As we move towards the second weekend of 2016, the after effects, the heavy hearts, the wide-range of emotions continue to consume all of us in Ontario horse racing. It has been remarkable the outpouring of support from all three Breeds of horses in the province. It is so very sad it had to […]

updated.. WOODBINE CLASSY LANE MEMORIAL SLIDESHOW –       It is a phone call, the middle-of-the-night phone call, that no one wants to answer. A call from the place where your horses live, these wonderful and generous athletes whom we love and cherish and play around with every single day, 365 times a year. […]

  IN MEMORY OF JACK O’CONNOR If you have been a part of the Woodbine backstretch family through the 1980s, 90s to the current year, then you know Jack. Jack was one of the most recognizable faces not just at Woodbine, but at many racetracks around North America. The master of Sallee vans and a […]

Welcome to 2016!   Let’s slowly get back into the swing of things…   (PHOTO BELOW – BILL THARRENOS greets Tyler Gafflione and the Where’s the Ring gelding ENDOGENY after a New year’s Day win at Gulfstream – Gulfstream Park photo)                 BEAR STABLES and MIKE DEPAULO in […]

**It is the time of year for horse racing lovers who are watching and wagering to get down to homework and start figuring out the races on simulcast. Wheter you are watching on Horseplayer Interactive or at your favourite Champions teletheatre, the winner below from Mahoning Valley is one we always look for! Norm Files […]

CORRECTION – Thoroughblog was bogged by egg nog and messed up the photo credits for the Dec 24 post – the images of Tommy Wong and Bilby Rhode were taken by Norm Files and the others were taken by Mr Will Wong!               Ontario-bred BEST BEHAVIOR won the Grade […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR from THOROUGHBLOG and JAKE                                 It is the time of the year for reflection and for hope. For the thousands in the horse racing industry in Canada, we think about the great moments […]

                                                ALL WE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS…a stable industry Signs are good we will get our wish     Horsepeople can be confident that there will be horse racing in this province […]

          ONTARIO-BRED SOLEMN TRIBUTE TALES TROPICAL PARK DERBY 97 Beyer for 1:39.87, 1 1/16 miles on turf   From losing for $32,000 maiden claiming almost a year ago to a stakes race winner’s circle, SOLEMN TRIBUTE has cetrainly blossomed in in 7 races in that time. A dark bay son of […]

                CANADIANS ELSEWHERE   A day after OWNER/TRAINER Scott Fairlie had Dig ALittle Deeper claimed away at Mahoning Valley, his stable kept up its roll at Penn National when SICK LOVE rallied to win an allowance race on Wed. night. The Where’s the Ring filly out of Cosa Rara […]

          REPORTING STAR gets some good luck, wins El Prado at Gulfstream 100 Beyer Figure, 1:31.29 7 1/2 on turf He won the Grade 2 Play the King Stakes by a nose this year at Woodbine and had a pair of good, 5thplace finishes in both the Woodbine Mile and Canadian […]

GULFSTREAM SATURDAY – CANADIANS PROMINENT IN STAKES  TOWER OF TEXAS, an Ontario bred, will be in action in the El Prado Stakes today for owner Scott Dilworth and partners and trainer Roger Attfield. The photo shows the son of Street Sense, bred by Anderson Farms, winning the King Edward Stakes at Woodbine earlier this year. […]

        CANADIANS BUSY ALREADY THIS SATURDAY Ivan Dalos and trainer Josie Carroll will try to keep the roll going as they race horses in stakes events at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. AMI’S HOLIDAY, the 2014 Breeders’ Stakes winner who has been trying to get back on track since then, is in the […]

**As we prepare for the holidays, racing fans who are still in Ontario are tuning in to Gulfstream racing, Aqueduct and more. There are plenty of Ontario horsepeople in action in the next few days at Gulfstream including Bill Tharrenos and Pat Parente who each had solid 2015 campaigns. **Wild temperatures here in T.O. with […]

  CANADIANS ELSEWHERE   GINGER BEER was a winner at Laurel Park on Saturday for Layne Giliforte and Catherine (Holly) Robinson. The Ontario bred by Milwaukee Brew – Gin N Ginger by Go for Gun was 7-1 and won by 2 1/2 lengths in a starter allowance ($16,000) and she earned $13,000 for the win. […]