SHOPPING TIME IN LEXINGTON The first year of the Mare Purchase Program initiated by the HBPA (Ontario) and CTHS (Ontario) will wrap up with today’s Fasig Tipton Febnruary Mixed sale in Leexington beginning at 10 a.m. Plenty of Ontario bred mares and youngsters are in the […]

                      IRISH WAR CRY SOUNDS OFF ON DERBY TRAIL EMPIRE DOES NOT STRIKE The racy chestnut son of Curlin, IRISH WAR CRY led all the way in the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, ruining the return of last year’s champion 2-year-old CLASSIC […]

      Yvonne Schwabe of Persley Den Farms posted this picture of a set of horses training in the snow this week                 ***3 WEEKS and horsepeople will be making arrangements to ship in their horses to Woodbine for the 2017 racing season..it is expected that the […]

  2017 ONTARIO BRED BEYER FIGURE LEADERS SHAMAN GHOST  (Ghostzapper) 111 – 2nd Pegasus World Cup EIRIGH 97 (More than Ready – Pleasant N Low by Pleasant Tap) Tampa Bay allowance STILL KRZ 96 3rd allowance Aqueduct – Old Forester – Krz Exec by Bold Executive JOHNNY BEAR – 96 1st Tampa Bay allowance English […]

      PEGASUS-GATE 116 Beyer Figure for Arrogate Ontario-bred SHAMAN GHOST’s game rally for second earns him 108 Beyer Speed Figure                     ARROGATE is the new King. The grey freak is just that; he pokes along in the post parade, calm, cool and collected but […]

IT’S PEGASUS DAY! – Watch on NBC at 4:30 – place some bets on HPIBET/com, Thoroughblog picks below..   Whether you are cheering for CALIFORNIA CHROME, the people’s horse are you are convinced that ARROGATE is the next superstar and simply has Chrome’s number, it is going to be one of the greatest spectacles in […]

**Thoroughblog will join JASON PORTUONDO for a PEGASUS WORLD CUP DISCUSSION on G98.7  FM.Saturday morning at about 11:20-11:30-a.m. – .listen live http://g987fm.com/world-beat-sports       TAKING FLIGHT Arrogate is wearing 3/4 shoe, Shamam Ghost 3 furlongs Fri. morning 38.43             It is the biggest horse racing story since American Pharoah’s […]

    FRANK STRONACH’S VISION   It seems that every few years for the last many decades there is word that Frank Stronach has a new vision for horse racing. From racing syndicates at affordable prices to racing channels and websites to his continued support of the Ontario breeding industry with his impressive stallion station […]

2016 SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES – horses and Humans ceremony is April 13 at Palais Royale in downtown Toronto Many of the stars of 2016 are up for a coveted Sovereign Award, some horses and their people are up for numerous honours. On the horse side, CONQUEST ENFORCER made headlines as he is nominated for 3 […]

                      Pegasus World Cup post positions Here are the post positions with morning-line odds (and jockeys in parentheses): 1. Arrogate (Mike Smith), 7-5  – good post for speed colt, perhaps the most valuable horse in the world 2. Prayer for Relief (Florent Geroux), 50-1 – […]

  CALIFORNIA CHROME IS HORSE OF THE YEAR AGAIN As wonderful and amazing as the Chrome is, the show is getting old from one standpoint – the owner. Perry Martin, who still co-owns the horse, had a dreadful acceptance speech for Horse of the Year…     with files from horse-races.net.. The 46th annual Eclipse […]

POST POSITION DRAW – PEGASUS WORLD CUP Post positions for the richest horse race in the world – the $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) – will be drawn Monday, Jan. 23 at Pegasus Park at Gulfstream Park. The park will open at 4:30 p.m. and the post position draw will take place at […]

  BREAKING LUCKY has final official Pegasus work Breaking Lucky breezed five furlongs in 1:00 2/5 Wednesday morning at Palm Beach Downs in preparation for a start in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) at Gulfstream Park Jan. 28. The breeze was his fifth since Dec. 19 and his final official workout prior […]

            NOBLE BIRD RUNS IN EARLE MACK’S STARTING GATE SLOT IN PEGASUS The PEGASUS WORLD CUP, Jan. 28, prospective field with last 4 Beyer Figures: California Chrome – 104, 119, 112, 113 Arrogate – 120, 122, 99, 103 Keen Ice – 97, 103, 96, Dubai Neolithic –  103, 100, 88 […]

CHROME WORKS, LUCKY SCHOOLS Lucky Gulfstream Park fans who got up early were able to watch California Chrome have a workout at Gulfstream Park on Saturday morning. One of the modern era’s greatest racehorses is getting ready for the $12 million Pegasus World Cup, the unique race at Gulfstream coming up on Jan. 28 in […]