TOWER POWER A sluggish start from the gate was not enough to hold LONDON TOWER back from winning her 3-year-old debut for Steve Owens and family, taking the Fury Stakes at 7 furlongs. The big bay gal by Head Chopper, bred by Owens, […]

**5 P.M. DEADLINE for KENTUCKY DERBY PICKS CONTEST!  Top 3 picks get points coinciding with finish position, lowest number wins, put down a race time as a tie-break! Win a copy of 50 to 1 movie! Enter picks under Comment button on any of last few posts!!   RICHARD MOYLAN,  CARMEN DIPAOLA and family hoping […]

   QUEENSTON STAKES   At one time a 5 1/2 furlong dirt race at Fort Erie (when it was inaugurated in 1956), the Queenston no doubt is named for the area bear that track (Queenston Lewiston bridge etc.). It grew into a spring event at Woodbine that a lot of trainers of Canadian bred sophomores […]

What to watch today – Woodbine racing of course! also – Churchill Downs – Canadian based and owned and trained SOMETHING EXTRA is the favourite in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint – the 9th race Kentucky Oaks – the fillies do battle – place your bet on the OAKS – DERBY DOUBLE!   KENTUCKY DERBY […]

  *DON’T FORGET the KENTUCKY OAKS and a great Churchill Downs card is also today – watch and wager at WOODBINE or on HPI!    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 – […]

  THURSDAY MORNING – JAY PRIVMAN OF DAILY RACING FORM captures the scene for training at CHURCHILL DOWNS:                                               The entries are rolling in for the Thoroughblog Kentucky Derby Contest – send your […]

  HANDICAPPING CONTEST ON THOROUGHBLOG!     Win a copy of the movie 50 to 1, the story of MINE THAT BIRD if you can win the Kentucky Derby handicapping contest! Here’s what you do (please only one entry per VALID email address –  YOU HAVE TO USE A VALID EMAIL ADDRESS TO ENTER THE […]

** UPDATE – KENTUCKY OAKS POST POSITIONS: 1 – Forever Unbridled (Fipke) 2 – Shook Up 3- Include Betty 4- Eskenformoney 5- Condo Commando 6- Angela Renee 7 – Lovely Maria 8 – I’m a Chatterbox 9 – Themoney’soncharlotte 10 – Oceanwave 11 – sarah Sis 12 – Stellar Wind 13 – Birdatthewire 14 – […]

UPDATING the blog late Monday morning..keep refreshing as I continue to pile in racing notes!                      CAT FEVER – Champion Sprinter has miraculous rally in Jacques Cartier   It looked grim for CALGARY CAT, the reigning Champion Sprinter who received his award just 16 days ago […]

   Woodbine news and notes, Kentucky Derby updates as Thoroughblog continues to watch morning workouts at Churchill Downs via live-stream..it’s all here!   PHAROAH FLIES SUNDAY MORNING What a move by Kentucky Derby favourite AMERICAN PHAROAH Sunday morning at Churchill Downs. The son of Pioneer ofthe Nile flew through 5 furlongs in 58 with ease, […]

**Below today’s picks – Saturday’s handicapper stats from Gabriele Di Paolo   JACQUES CARTIER – 62nd running of stake named for….    JACQUES CARTIER of course! If you live in this country, surely you know Monsieur Cartier (born 1491), the French explorer who essentially discovered the St. Lawrence waterway entrance and mapped it. He was […]

                            DANZIG MOON works for Derby With jockey Julien Leparoux aboard, John Oxley’s Danzig Moon worked a half-mile in company in :48.80. Working with maiden winner Bollente, Danzig Moon posted fractions of :12.80, :25, :37 and galloped out five furlongs in 1:01.80. […]

  GOOD LUCK ON SATURDAY BABY A beautiful image sent by Josie DePaulo of Thoroughbred love.     OCALA APRIL 2-YEAR-OLD REMAINS STRONG   Prices on ready-to-race juveniles were still strong on the 3rd day of the April OBS sale but a few Canadians worked their way into the shopping line. BEAR STABLES purchased a […]

                      WHO IS MUBTAAHIJ? His name means “cheery” in Arabic. He beat older horses as a 2-year-old last year, for fun. He is from Dubai, trained by a South African, ridden by a Frenchman. He traveled thousands of miles to Arlington Park where he worked […]

Race 1 – POST Time – 1:00 PM First Half Daily Double / Exactor /.20 Triactor /.20 Pick 3 (Races 1-2-3) ALLOWANCE Purse $47,500. (Plus $6,650 – Other Sources). For Ontario Sired Three Year Olds Which Have Never Won Two Races. Weight, 122 Lbs. Non-winners Of A Race Other Than Claiming Since March 24 Allowed […]