*CHECK THE NEWS SECTION OF THE BLOG each day for updates and horses to watch for the 2015 CTHS YEARLING SALE, coming up SEPT 8. FRIDAY – RACE 1 – POST TIME 1 P.M. First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta CLAIMING $10,000 – $9,500 Purse […]

LEADING RIDERS (through August 16, 2015)Eurico Rosa Da Silva 404    91    71    58    $3,921,485Luis Contreras            407    80    60    64    $3,140,306    Alan Garcia                   306    67    35    42    $3,035,872    Patrick Husbands    304    59    45    38    $3,208,835    Jesse Campbell             393    50    […]

  COMING SOON ON THOROUGHBLOG.. Catalogue updates for the September 8 CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED HORSE SOCIETY yearling sale 299 yearling up for sale beginning at 11 a.m.                       EXPLOSIVE RUN FOR DANISH DYNAFORMER 9th Breeders’ win for Attfield, 4th for Husbands           […]

BREEDERS’ STAKES – Is Danish Dynaformer ready to get back on track? DANISH DYNAFORMER is a turf ace, the Plate Trial winner who was a close 2nd in the Plate, but he comes off a drab outing in the Prince of Wales on the dirt. BREAKING LUCKY moved too soon the Plate and then won […]

    Race 1 – POST Time – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta 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. […]

TODAY at Woodbine we remember FLAMING PAGE and VANDAL…   Flaming Page (foaled April 24, 1959 in Ontario) was a Canadian Hall of FameThoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Flaring Top, a daughter of the 1937 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt Menow, she was sired by Bull Page, the 1951 Canadian Horse of the Year and […]

**hey, don’t miss TALKIN HORSES on CTVtwo at 11:30 this morning, or on CTV at 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon for one of the best shows of the year..www.talkinhorses.com is where you can go for past episodes.. Good luck to ACADEMIC, the Woodbine Oaks winner, who will challenge boys in the 1 3/8 mil Canadian Derby […]

   Race 1 – POST Time – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus $22,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $11,200 – State Bred) (Plus $9,975 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year Olds, […]

 What a showdown tonight in the ONTARIO JOCKEY CLUB STAKES as champions CALGARY CAT, ALPHA BETTOR AND THE RETURNING ESSENCE HIT MAN battle at 6 furlongs – great feature for a weekday card!   Race 1 – POST Time – 6:45 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) […]

      ELUSIVE COLLECTION is the star of Woodbine last weekend First-time starter ELUSIVE COLLECTION, owned and bred by Ivan Dalos and trained by Josie Carroll, posted one of the most impressive Beyer Figures for a first-time starter in Woodbine history when she won her maiden with a 98 Beyer Speed Figure for a […]

  Race 1 – POST Time – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta Woodbine MAIDEN CLAIMING $12,500 – $11,500 Purse $20,000. (Plus $8,000 – Other Sources) (Plus $4,000 – State Bred) (Plus $2,100 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Fillies And Mares Three Years […]

  Thoroughblog is on a short hiatus , returning beginning of the week. Good luck with your selections!   SATURDAY RACE 1 – POST TIME 1 P.M. First Half Daily Double / Exactor / .20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $55,900. (Plus $9,975 – Other Sources) (Plus […]

FRIDAY RACE 1 POST TIME 1:P.M. First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta Woodbine MAIDEN CLAIMING $20,000 – $19,000 Purse $20,300. (Plus $8,100 – Other Sources) (Plus $4,100 – State Bred) (Plus $3,675 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year Olds, 119 […]

   PHAR OUT  A canter in the park? A common gallop? Barely took a deep breath? AMERICAN PHAROAH left us with goosebumps yesterday as he crushed an overmatched field in the $1.75 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth in front of 60,000 fans. There was never any doubt he was going to win this race as […]

*Races on this Civic Holiday Monday are handicapped for the grass – however, despite the hardness of the grass this week, there was a lot of rain yesterday… be ready to make adjustments to wagers   Race 1 – POST Time – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 […]