ALL THE WAY – BROOKLYNSWAY WINS BIG AT KEENELAND The shocking upset of I’m a Chatterbox at Keeneland in the Grade 3 Doubledogdare came courtesy of Ontario-bred BROOKLYNSWAY, recently sold by John Ross at auction to Naveed Chowhan for $180,000. The daughter of Giant Gizmo   – Explosive Story by Radio Star fended off Chatterbox […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $20,000 – $19,000 Purse $24,100. (Plus $4,800 – State Bred). For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Never Won Three Races. Three Year Olds, 118 Lbs.; Older, 123 Lbs. Non-winners Of […]

Four racing cards into Woodbine 2016 and Thoroughblog has 17 winners – see chart courtesy of Gabriele DiPaolo below ‘Hits’       RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine ALLOWANCE Purse $47,500. (Plus $6,300 – Other Sources). For Ontario […]

                More than 1,000 2-year-olds in training are up for sale between today and Friday in Ocala and plenty of Canadians and Woodbine horsepeople are on site to do some shopping. SPORT OF QUEENS RACING, the new syndicate club is inspecting horses and getting prepared to obtain its […]

TOP BEYER FIGURES FROM DRF FOR WOODBINE SUNDAY:   NOHOLDINGBACK BEAR – 89 SUN DAZE – 80 D’ORO PARADISE – 77 SECRETARIAT HUMOR – 76   STRONG WIN FOR NOHOLDINGBACK BEAR Woodbine’s 4th day of racing on Sunday was held in bright sunshine and warm temperatures, spring is here! The Tapeta continues to play quite […]

Woodbine, day 3 of the season and the new Tapeta surface was much different than it was last Sunday and during the week. The times were very slow for the Saturday card; a hard pace battle in race 7 between Copperplate and Flashy Margaritta was clocked in just :22 4/5, 46.00. Only once in 2 […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $20,000 – $19,000 Purse $24,100. (Plus $4,800 – State Bred) (Plus $4,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $3,255 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds And Upward Which Have Never Won Two […]

If you were following along with Thoroughblog picks for Woodbine’s opening weekend..9 winners in 20 races! Let’s keep it going, check out this weekend’s selections only on Thoroughblog!                         JOURNEY TO WOODBINE OAKS BEGINS AT WOODBINE Star Shoot was a stallion from long ago, […]

9 WINNERS on the first 2 days of the meeting at Thoroughblog..let’s see how things go today Horses are listed by program number and not post position   RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus […]

  COMING UP AT WOODBINE THIS WEEKEND:   TREASURED in town for STAR SHOOT STAKES. Three-year-old fillies go 6 furlongs on Saturday in the Star Shoot, a dash that sometimes can lead up to the Woodbine Oaks. American-breds tend to dominate this race – the last Star Shoot – oaks winner was MILWAUKEE APPEAL in […]

  NO HOLDING COURT 89 Beyer Speed Figure for Leigh Wagering on the first weekend was up a bit from last year’s opening weekend – $5.6 million compared to $5.4 million. It was a different Tapeta on Sunday as inside speed held very well and the times were faster (they were very fast for morning […]

SO MUCH ACTION!   Whew! What a day Saturday was for horse racing from the opening of Woodbine in the cold, brisk wind to Derby preps and awesome Keeneland racing. PASSION FOR ACTION won the Jacques Cartier which turned out to be a weird event and in Kentucky, Canadian-bred AMI’S FLATTER won the Commonwealth Stakes […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus $16,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $11,200 – State Bred) (Plus $8,925 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year Olds, 118 Lbs.; Older, 123 […]

Woodbine opens its 60th racing season today, it’s cold but sunny and a champion is in action in the stakes race!  The Blue Grass tops a great Keeneland card and how about that win by SHAKHIMAT in his season debut? Thoroughblog will catch up but for now, here is a photo of the SHAK ATTACK […]

*Horses are listed by Program number and not by Post Position! Files are from Equibase but please check track program before all wagers   RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM Rolling Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $6,250 – $6,000 Purse $16,000. (Plus $3,200 […]