*Races scheduled for turf  were handicapped for the grass 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 $10,000 – $9,500 Purse $18,000. (Plus $7,200 – Other Sources) (Plus $3,600 – State Bred) (Plus $900 – Other […]

  AFTER 32 RACING DAYS..   LEADING JOCKEYS – by Wins Eurico takes a short lead after a big week… 1    Eurico Rosa Da Silva        172    42    30    24    $1,613,019 2    Alan Garcia                         165    38    17    24    $1,571,268 3    Luis Contreras               […]

  It was a racing afternoon of many highs, too many lows and uncontrollable emotions. We move on to the Queen’s Plate with heavy hearts but with an interesting group of Canadian bred 3-year-olds including track record setting Academic, winner of the Oaks. The day was packed with fans and they bet with both hands […]

QUINCY WELCH will receive the AVELINO GOMEZ award on the 25th anniversary of the rider’s passing during the Oaks…the Oaks and Plate Trial are awesome betting races and even thunder and rain won’t dampen this party!   Welcome to ROBERT GELLER who took over the mike from Dan Loiselle yesterday at Woodbine. Geller smoothly ushered […]

  60th WOODBINE OAKS It all starts with a mare. One of the most  intricate, intriguing and downright unpredictable aspects of horse racing is breeding. E P Taylor said “breed the best to the best” and we know how well he did with that plan. But the process, the results, the champions, well, anything can […]

*RACES FOR SATURDAY ARE OFF THE TURF, except for the Bold Ruckus Stakes   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 $8,000 – Other Sources) […]

            WOODBINE OAKS to be DRAWN TODAY – 10 expected to go   The Woodbine Oaks is a well matched field, a great betting race and perhaps a star will emerge from the 9 furlong race. The entrants, while all nice fillies,  come into the race with only Beyer Figures […]

    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 $8,000 – $7,500 Purse $17,000. (Plus $6,800 – Other Sources) (Plus $3,400 – State Bred) (Plus $600 – Other Sources). For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And […]

 AFTER 28 RACING DATES  there is a 3-way tie in the jockey standings!                       Leading Owners – by Money Won 1    John C. Oxley             31    6    3    5    $402,250 2    Tucci Stables                30    6   […]

                      Are You Kidding Me? IT’S OAKS WEEK!   Now that the “Pharoah dust’  has settled, it’s time for Woodbine racing fans, racing lovers across Canada, to get ready for the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, the first jewel of the Triple Tiara and the biggest race […]

  American Pharoah – everywhere! At Woodbine, his cousin won, and a fellow son of Pioneerof The Nile won the last race at Woodbine..the signs were all there!     PHAR- OUT!                                           The anticipation […]

ECLIPSE FIRST – the rest nowhere… “The dominance of his bloodline in flat racing is even more extraordinary: 95 per cent of all thoroughbred racehorses are directly descended from this one animal, who was feted by princes, painted by the finest artists of his day, and, after an exemplary racing career, enjoyed a retirement that […]

STEADY GROWTH – Queen’s Plate winner 1979 for Kinghaven Farms, ridden by Brian Swatuk, trained by John Tammaro, is honoured today.   Race 1 – POST Time – 1:05 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor / .20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) .20 Superfecta Woodbine MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT Purse $45,000. (Plus $6,650 – […]

        HAIL THE TAIL You can feel how much horse racing wants this one to be the one. He has the name, the style, the connections, the quirks and, well the good looks. AMERICAN PHAROAH, with his shortened tail, cotton in his ears and his cuddly personality, is a monster on the […]

  Thoroughblog kicked off Belmont Stakes week with DEVIL’S BAYOU, a win pick Wednesday night who paid $34!   BELMONT STAKES Greatness awaits Owner Jerry Crawford (Keen Ice, PP 7, 20-1): “All of us who are running against American Pharoah on Saturday owe it to history, owe it to prior Triple Crown runners, owe it […]