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 Old […]

      GATOR KITTEN – He’s Woodbine’s King of the Cats, top handicatter, already featured in Toronto Star and the boss of the Mark Frostad stable. ..Sarah Ritchie Photo       LUCKY LANDS AT WOODBINE A fascinating weekend at Woodbine awaits fans with 3 stakes races over 2 days and 2 nice events […]

  *Races handicapped for the turf, rain is expected. The weekend is expected to be hot and humid!   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 $10,000 – $9,500 Purse $20,000. (Plus $4,000 – State Bred) (Plus […]

  LEADING JOCKEYS (through July 12, 2015) Eurico Rosa Da Silva    278    66    48    34    $2,824,974 Alan Garcia                      230    49    29    34    $2,249,382 Luis Contreras                 283    58    37    50    $2,227,207 Patrick Husbands          215    37    31   […]

  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 $10,000 – $9,500 Purse $21,000. (Plus $8,400 – Other Sources) (Plus $4,200 – State Bred) (Plus $900 – Other Sources). For Three Year Olds And Upward. Three Year […]

  **Watching today for horses from the Sam-Son Farms at Arlington (UP WITH THE BIRDS), Malcolm Pierce (OVERHEARD) and Brian Lynch, the Queen’s Plate winning trainer who has GRAND ARCH in the Forbidden Apple in New York and POWER ALERT in the Parx Dash (meeting the mighty Ben’s Cat). Lots of good racing today…   […]

  *Thank you to GABRIELE DI PAOLO who continues to track handicappers in TB and SB racing at Woodbine and Mohawk – *The more RED, YELLOW..GREEN, the better!   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 […]

  FOR OUR FRIEND LOU MYLES..     GLOBE & MAIL by Deidre Kelly – Canadian sartorial legend Lou Myles has passed away at age 87. The proprietor of Lou Myles Disegnatore, a men’s apparel shop that was among the first in Canada to specialize in custom-made suits from fine imported material, died July 9 […]

Race 1 – POST Time – 6:45 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) Woodbine CLAIMING $32,000 – $30,000 Purse $39,500. (Plus $15,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $7,900 – State Bred) (Plus $6,300 – Other Sources). For Fillies Three Years Old. Weight, 122 Lbs. Non-winners Of A Race […]

        BEYER FIGURES OF THE WEEK 99 RED RIFLE – Dominion Day 98 GO BLUE OR GO HOME  Highlander 95 ALDOUS SNOW  Singspiel 94 CALGARY CAT Achievement 93 allowance/optiona 92 STRUT THE COURSE Dance Smartly 91 Sweet Briar Too                           […]

UPDATED – WITH RACING NOTES FOR YOU TO ENJOY! *QUEEN’S PLATE ANALYSIS by RYAN DICKEY on the post “KINGS AND QUEENS”    Race 1 – POST Time – 12:00 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) […]

 Getting word that MILWAUKEE MIST may be scratched… Please enjoy a Queen’s Plate analysis from our guest and friend RYAN DICKEY and check out the latest Woodbine news – see you at the Plate on Sunday!   QUEEN’S PLATE – 156     The storylines are irresistible. The best Canadian-bred 3-year-olds that are still in […]

  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, Fillies Two Years Old. Weight, 119 Lbs. Five Furlongs. […]

  We will have ace racing journalist and handicapper RYAN DICKEY doing a Plate analysis for Thoroughblog this weekend, stay tuned!       The 14 horses for the 156th Queen’s Plate have their posts and now it is just a matter of keeping each of of these lovely Canadian-bred 3-year-olds safe and sound until […]

  LET’S GET READY FOR 3 BIG CARDS OF RACING…!     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 $25,000 – $23,500 Purse $25,400. (Plus $10,200 – Other Sources) (Plus $5,100 – State Bred) (Plus $5,250 […]