160TH QUEEN’S PLATE Fillies have won the last two Queen’s Plate and have won a whole lot more of them over the years. The Canadian-bred 3-year-old crop is small enough that the gals can always contend with the boys and 2019 is no different. SAM-SON FARMS’ DESERT RIDE, winner of the Woodbine Oaks and closely […]

  160TH QUEEN’S PLATE – Saturday June 29                             The post position draw will be held Wednesday June 26 for the 160th Queen’s Plate and the field has swelled to 12 horses, seemingly most not afraid of the big two – AVIE’S […]

  GUSTAV SCHICKEDANZ- A pioneer in modern Canadian racing                 Gus leads in his Triple Crown champion Wando             “I’d like to think that we do no more or no less than anyone else. We take good care of them, they have good […]

ONE BAD BOY HEADED TO WOODBINE THIS WEEK California rider sought for Queen’s Plate starter, Santana likely for Tone Broke Speedy ONE BAD BOY, owned by SAYJAY RACING, GREG HALL and BROOKE HUBBARD is on his way to WOODBINE this week for the 1650th Queen’s Plate on June 29, less than two weeks away. Hubbard […]

QUEEN’S PLATE NEWS Javier Castellano to ride Avie’s Flatter in 160th Plate AVIE’S FLATTER, who has been favoured for the Queen’s Plate since he won the Coronation Futurity last fall at 1 1/8 miles on the Tapeta track for owner and breeder Ivan Dalos, will once again have Javier Castellano as his jockey come Plate day. […]

QUEEN’S PLATE NEWS 160th edition June 29, TSN to broadcast OLG Triple Crown The chase for the OLG Canadian Triple Crown begins with the 160th running of the $1 million QUEEN’S PLATE, airing Saturday, June 29 at 4:30 p.m. ET on TSN and CTV, live from Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack.  The historic OLG Canadian Triple Crown, […]

WHO WILL START IN THE QUEEN’S PLATE? Last minute supplements aside, the June 29 Queen’s Plate gained perhaps a few added entrants following the Woodbine Oaks and Plate Trial. Desert Ride’s 8 to 1 upset of the Oaks over three Mark Casse trainees puts the Candy Ride (Arg) filly on the Plate list though her […]

WHAT A RIDE: SAM-SON FARMS’ WINS 8th WOODBINE OAKS Pay for Peace upsets Plate Trial   It was a great day for the husband and wife team of jockey Steve Bahen and trainer Rachel Halden as each won stakes race on Saturday with horses headed to the Queen’s Plate. Bahen, a longtime horsebacker at Woodbine, […]

BELMONT STAKES TOPS HUGE CARD SATURDAY Racing starts at Belmont on Saturday at 11:30 in the morning (!) and there are nine graded stakes races on a brilliant card of racing. Canadian bred stars ESCAPE CLAUSE and CHANNEL MAKER are among the contestants on the day. Of course, WAR OF WILL, who learned his lessons […]

CANADIAN TRIPLE CROWN SEASON KICKS OFF WITH NEW BONUS                 A $500,000 bonus awaits any horse that can sweep the OLG CANADIAN TRIPLE CROWN this year, a super incentive to fuel interest in the three-race series that has been won 7 times since the series was inaugurated in […]

WOODBINE OAKS – PLATE TRIAL SATURDAY The first big weekend for Woodbine racing is this Saturday with the $500,000 WOODBINE OAKS and $150,000 Plate Trial part of a day of racing that includes simulcast of the Belmont Stakes. The Oaks, the equivalent of the Queen’s Plate for fillies, is an important race in its own […]

  ‘BALLYDOYLE BONANZA’ Investec Epsom Derby a Work of art for Anthony van Dyck     ANTHONY VAN DYCK bided his time inside and halfway back in the field early in the 1 1/2 mile EPSOM DERBY (Group 1) on Saturday, sought seams in the stretch and darted through inside to win the famous race. […]

MANITOBA: ARDELL SAYLER, ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S TOP TRAINERS PASSES AT 66 12 Leading Trainer titles, 1,300 victories for Manitoba legend From ChrisD.ca Scott Taylor writes: One of the giants of Manitoba thoroughbred racing, owner/trainer Ardell Sayler, has passed away. Sayler died Sunday in Winnipeg of an apparent heart attack. He was 66. SATURDAY : INVESTEC […]

*Looking for WOODBINE SELECTIONS and Analysis? Find it here  https://ontarioracing.com/Learn-To-Bet/Bettors-Corner     JOHNNY BEAR RECOVERING FROM SURGERY John Brnjas’ Colebrook Stable star is 2-time Grade 1 winner, resting at Colebrook                           JOHNNY BEAR, the champion turf male in Canada in 2017 and winner of […]

TRAINER PHIL HALL FINALLY WINS RACE NAMED AFTER DAD’S HORSE George Royal Stakes at Hastings Park “I wasn’t around when George Royal was running,” an understandably emotional Hall explained in the winner’s circle after leading-in the five-year-old son of Hansen, “but I’ve heard all the stories. I’ve always wanted to win this race and this […]