THURSDAY POST TIME 1:00 P.M. RACE 1 – First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN CLAIMING $25,000 Purse $25,400. (Plus $10,200 – Other Sources) (Plus $5,100 – State Bred) (Plus $5,250 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Two Years Old. Weight, 119 Lbs. Claiming Price $25,000. […]

MICHELLE PAYNE first woman rider to win Melbourne Cup – remarkable story   From a deep, horse racing family with 10 siblings raised by a single father, Michelle Payne has overcome a fractured skull to be one of Asutralia’s most notable jockeys. Now she has a Melbourne Cup.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-03/michelle-payne-rides-prince-of-penzance-to-melbourne-cup-win/6908594     FRANKIE DETTORI’S ‘SEVERE’ INTERFERENCE […]

  WOODBINE LEADERS LEADING JOCKEYS BY WINS – four wins separate Da Silva/Contreras Eurico Rosa Da Silva 674 155 115 105 $6,234,362 Luis Contreras           714 151 109 102 $6,007,708 Patrick Husbands      513 101 97 66 $5,127,926 Alan Garcia                 441 86 […]

RACE 1 POST TIME 1 P.M. First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus $22,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $11,200 – State Bred) (Plus $9,975 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Two Years Old. Weight, 119 Lbs. Seven Furlongs. (All Weather […]

  THE GREAT AMERICAN 120 Beyer Speed Figure for 1 1/4 miles in 2:00 flat. It went just as most hoped it would. The Triple Crown winner AMERICAN PHAROAH led his 7 rivals on a merry chase in the 1 1/4 mile BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC and drew off to win in 2:00.07, a track record. […]

      DID YOU SEE THAT? CATCH A GLIMPSE WINS FOR ONTARIO! A group of longtime Ontario horse owners and breeders, also good friends, celebrated one of the boggest wins possible in Thoroughbred racing yesterday at Keeneland: a Breeders’ Cup win. CATCH A GLIMPSE, bought by Jeff Begg’s Windways Farm as a yearling and […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 12:20 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine ALLOWANCE Purse $47,500. (Plus $6,650 – Other Sources). For Ontario Sired Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward Which Have Never Won Two Races. Three Year Olds, 120 Lbs.; Older, […]

                JAKE’S BREEDERS’ CUP ANALYSIS.. (with help from Thoroughblog) BREEDERS’ CUP JUVENILE TURF Virtually every one of these boys has a chance to win this race. The turf is expected to be on the soft side so the edge must go to the Europeans – a slight edge. […]

  RACE 1 POST TIME 1:00 P.M. First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Superfecta .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $45,000. (Plus $6,650 – Other Sources). For Ontario Sired Maidens, Fillies Two Years Old. Weight, 119 Lbs. One And One Sixteenth Miles. (All Weather Track) 7 Conquest Dynasty […]

BREAKING NEWS – BEHOLDER has poor scope following morning exercise and is SCRATCHED from Breeders’ Cup Classic…will race in 2016. WOODBINE must adjust TAKEOUT numbers as per Breeders’ Cup plan.. Takeout rates for Keeneland’s Breeders’ Cup card at WEG outlets for Friday and Saturday are as follows: Place & Show 18%; Exactor, Double, Super Hi-5, […]

. LEADING RIDERS (through Oct.25, 2015) Eurico Rosa Da Silva 650 150 112 103 $6,079,916 Luis Contreras  683 146 104 96 $5,775,962 Patrick Husbands 494 94 94 61 $4,879,498 Alan Garcia 430 84 53 59 $4,037,335 Jesse M. Campbell 601 80 87 85 $3,408,361 LEADING TRAINERS (through Oct. 25, 2015) Mark E. Casse 376 70 […]

    *BEHOLDER WORKS AT KEENELAND     BREEDERS’ CUP – RACES ARE DRAWN Time to start handicapping   THOROUGHBLOG is pleased to have freelance horse racing writer, horse owner and all-around cool racing fan RYAN DICKEY ( https://twitter.com/rdickey249) HANDICAP THE RACES FOR THE SITE COMING UP THIS WEEK – Stay tuned for Ryan’s awesome analysis. […]

BREEDERS’ CUP WEEK! Woodbine sprinter Sharp sensation out of Turf Sprint   **Watch the draw today at 1 p.m. at Keeneland.com, Classic drawn at 5:30   The best in the world will be racing on Friday and Saturday at Keeneland in the first ever Breeders’ Cup to be held at that famous racetrack. Canadian fans […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM First Half 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 – State Bred) (Plus $6,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $600 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds And Upward. Three Year Olds, […]

ONTARIO-BRED CONQUEST DADDYO works for Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf   TOP BEYER FIGURES FROM WEDNESDAY/FRIDAY 94  WHERE’S THE WIDGET (Giant Gizmo) Friday , allowance 93 COPPERPLATE (Curlin) allowance Wednesday 83  GRAN BID – (Smooth Bid) turf allowance So, the story of the week at Woodbine to this point is longshots, lots of them and a […]