BREAKING NEWS – KENTUCKY DERBY POSTS WAR OF WILL draws post 1 for trainer Mark Casse and owner Gary Barber Horse Points Owner Trainer Gr. Stakes Earnings last 3 Beyer Speed Figures (most recent is first) Jockey if known 1 War of Will – 60 Gary Barber Mark Casse $450,840 – 78, 90, 94 2 […]

BREAKING NEWS – KENTUCKY OAKS POST DRAW 1) Out For A Spin 1st Ashland (G1) – Hard Spun – D. Stewart 2) Chocolate Kisses 6th Ashland (G1) – Candy Ride – M. Casse/T. Gaffalione 3) Lady Apple 1st Fantasy (G3) – Curlin – S. Asmussen/R. Santana Jr. 4) Bellafina 1st Santa Anita Oaks (G1) – […]

A NEW CENTURY (TRACK) Century Mile opens Sunday in Alberta Stakes winners TROOPER JOHN and BORN IN A BREEZE headline the feature race at new CENTURY MILE RACETRACK on Sunday, the first day of the one-mile track in Alberta. Nine races at 5 and 5 1/2 furlongs will kick off the introduction of the first […]

BEST BET – SILENT RESPECT – 3RD RACE  2-1 LONGSHOT PICK – BIG CLASSIC – 8TH RACE 10-1   RACE 1 –  5 fur; Claiming $5,000 1-2-5-6 1 – PRIZED BOURBON came off a very long layoff to win her season debut last weekend and she ran hard and fast. Yes, she could regress a […]

QUEEN’S PLATE CONTENDERS START IN WANDO STAKES Woodbine begins 3 days of racing today and the weekend stakes races feature 3-year-olds with the Woodstock Stakes on Saturday and the Wando Stakes on Sunday. The Woodstock, at 6 furlongs, is a race for sprinters although the filly TIZ BREATHTAKING is getting her season started against the […]

  BEST BET: SHAKHIMAT – 7TH RACE (5-2) LONGSHOT PICK:   R U WATCHINGBUD – 10th race (10-1)   RACE 1- 7 fur; optional/claiming 1-2-3-4   1 – PREFERRED GUEST  may be the lone 3-year-old filly in this tiny field but she is a stakes winner who was in Florida all winter. Nancy Guest’s CTHS yearling […]

TED BURNETT’S JOSHAM FARMS SELLS $525,000 ONTARIO-BRED                                 An Ontario bred colt by CURLIN from graded stakes placed Mekong Delta by Stormy Atlantic brought a bid of $525,000 from US owner Frank Fletcher on Day 2 of the April 2-year-old […]

Welcome to Day Three of the 2019 Woodbine racing season!   BEST BET: SILENT CONSORT – 7TH RACE (5-2) LONGSHOT: MAKEMINEAMANHATTAN – 1ST RACE (8-1)   RACE 1-  7 furlongs; claiming $16,000 4-6-2-1   4 – CAPE ROMANCE was winter raced a few times up to February at Penn National. he had a couple of […]

  KENTUCKY DERBY/OAKS ACTION HEATING UP Kentuckyderby.com has a one hour show on Facebook and its website with news and footage of morning action from Derby and Oaks horses. BY MY STANDARDS was all the rage on Monday when he had an impressive workout at 6 furlongs. Below is the workout by Tacitus on Monday. […]

WOODBINE WEEKEND WRAP Sister Peacock and Shakopee Town win opening weekend stakes For just $9,000 Russell McLellan of Alberta bought SISTER PEACOCK as a yearling at the 2017 Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The Kentucky bred by Real Solution was hip number 2893 in that giant sale and she has proven to be a wonderful bargain. […]

RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF                         Owners Al and Bill Ulwelling of Minnesota and trainer Kevin Attard didn’t take long to follow up on their stakes win at the end of the 2018. The Minnesota family,, who have increased their involved in Ontario racing, […]

    RACE 1- 5 fur. starter/optional 3-1-2-4 3 -MISS FORESTER won first time out in 2018 at 5 furlongs and had a speedy workout on April 9 for trainer Scott Fairlie. 1 – COBRA SOPHIE also won first time out in 2018 against better and she is also from the Fairlie barn. She has […]

BEST BET:  BIG MAMBA – RACE 1 LONGSHOT – HARPER PM – RACE 10   RACE 1- 5 fur maiden optional 2-6-1-3 2 – BIG MAMBA – From the Francine Villeneuve stable that won  3 of first 4 of its starters in 2018 and was 11 for 37 (30%) during the year. Filly had chasing […]

WONDER-FUL NIGHT Tears and many cheers for some amazing horses and great horsepeople                               SOVEREIGN AWARD WINNERS 2018 – Vote totals and more JOCKEY CLUB OF CANADA It was a lovely night out at CHATEAU LE JARDIN in Woodbridge, ON for […]

THEY’RE AT THE POST! Woodbine’s 64th racing season gets underway Saturday, post time 1 p.m., with a card of 10 races including the Grade 3 WHIMSICAL STAKES at 6 furlongs for fillies and mares. The race is sponsored by Irish Thoroughbred Marketing. Favouristim will likely land on last year’s STAR SHOOT STAKES winner SLY BEAUTY […]