RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $20,000 – $19,000 Purse $25,900. (Plus $10,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $5,200 – State Bred) (Plus $3,675 – Other Sources). For Fillies Three Years Old. Weight, 122 Lbs. Non-winners […]

  What a week and weekend (long in Canada) we are having…a thrilling Prince of Wales to start the week, $3 million wagered at Woodbine on Friday…AMERICAN PHAROAH on Sunday and 3 days of stakes action at Woodbine..hang on! It is AUGUST 1 – SATURDAY MORNING and already Canadian racehorses are making noise!  HENRY THE […]

  REMEMBERING VICTORIANA –  Students of Canadian horse racing will know the influence of VICTORIANA on Canadian racing. The daughter of Windfields produced Belmont and Queen’s Plate winner VICTORIA PARK, one of the great Canadian breds and another champion, NORTHERN QUEEN. Victoriana never raced herself but was one of those wonderful foundation mares for E,P, […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $16,000 – $15,000 Purse $23,500. (Plus $9,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $4,700 – State Bred) (Plus $2,625 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds And Upward. Three Year Olds, 119 Lbs.; Older, […]

                                                        80TH PRINCE OF WALES – SPOTLIGHT IS ON FORT ERIE         It is FORT ERIE RACETRACK’S big afternoon as thousands of fans and horsepeople […]

PHOTO – HARD NOT TO LIKE, foaled in Erin, Ontario, wins her 3rd Grade 1, the Diana on Saturday at Saratoga. Shes wearin’ red and white these days! NYRA PHOTO Below – that is her winning the Cup and Saucer 4 years ago at Woodbine – Michael Burns photo     RIKER is an island, […]

  RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .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. Six Furlongs. (All […]

   There is a lot going on, lots of stakes action at Woodbine on what will be another humid weekend, PRINCE OF WALES is Tuesday evening, weather expected to be great, Saratoga racing through Monday this week – let’s go!   GOLDEN HORN scratched from King George/QE – 10:40 a.m. – watch on HPIBET.COM or […]

  REMEMBERING COLIN …..     read more at this cool site – http://colinsghost.org/2008/06/colin-is-still-king-belmont-stakes-1908_02.html   Race 1 – POST Time – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta Woodbine CLAIMING $20,000 – $19,000 Purse $25,900. (Plus $10,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $5,200 – State Bred) […]

AFTER 53 CARDS OF RACING – HANDICAPPER STATS from Gabriele Di Paolo (@noahurstats) Number of wins on top is Hits – Pick 1 – Thoroughblog is at 151, with $446.45 payouts for $1 bet     FRIDAY – RACE 1 – POST TIME – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 […]

RACE 1 – POST TIME 6:45 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 $22,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $11,200 – State Bred) (Plus $9,975 – Other Sources). For Maidens, Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward. Three Year […]

                                      NO LASIX – NO PROBLEM FOR SHAMAN GHOST   Lost in the flurry of fans, fashion and furious racing action  was the fact that SHAMAN GHOST (Ghostzapper – Getitback Time by Gilded Time) was the first […]

    Visit Sunday’s WOODBINE SELECTIONS post for a memorable video of one of the great racehorses in the world, the Canadian-bred NIJINSKY II   READY FOR ROMANCE WHIPS THE DAMSEL FIELD – 86 Beyer Figure, day’s high number                                 […]

  REMEMBERING NIJINSKY II   Northen Dancer – Flaming Page Foaled 1967 Bay Horse Deceased 1992 Runs: 13 Wins: 11 Places: 2 Earned: $677,177 Form: 1111 – 111111122 Timeform Rating: 140 15th Ever Triple Crown Winner Champion 2yo 1969 Won Railway Stakes 1969 Beresford Stakes 1969 Angeles Stakes 1969 Dewhurst Stakes 1969 Gladness Stakes 1970 […]

                                   FREAKY FRIDAY at WOODBINE The track was getting wetter as the day went on and as some figured out the surface was quick but not kind to speed, it was certainly biased to outside closers all day. race […]