(above) DAILY RACING FORM’S MARTY MCGEE CAPTURES FLORIDA STORM Racing at Gulfstream was cancelled after race 5 due to heavy rain and storms. While it sure looked nasty, most of us up here in the frozen north are not overly sympathetic  🙂 – stakes events from yesterday will be run next Saturday.   […]

    CANADIAN-BRED 3-YEAR-OLDS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND GRAND BILI, a hard-fought winner of his debut on Feb. 1 at Gulfstream at 5 1/2 furlongs, will try the Swale Stakes tomorrow at 7 furlongs. The son of Langfuhr was bred by Gus Schickedanz and he is owned by Groupo 7C racing Stable. His debut Beyer […]

 UPDATE – VISITATION FOR BARBARA will be held at SCOTT’S FUNERAL HOME AND CHAPEL, Friday 5 p.m., 289 MAIN STREET, BRAMPTON – FUNERAL is on SATURDAY AT 3 P.M. Reception to follow     BARBARA A. PIRIE A long, cold and tough winter became a little more harder to take after the passing of Woodbine […]

  Oscar night but we saw some good performances that will not get awards yesterday on the track. UPSTART and INTERNATIONAL STAR are the top contenders for the Kentucky Derby in the east currently but they have a lot of work to do yet The deep freeze went away for 2 days in southern Ontario […]

    A fun ride at racetracks in the south begins mid-afternoon with tons of stakes events and Kentucky Derby preps at Gulfstream and Risen Star… cozy up in front of HORSEPLAYER INTERACTIVE and watch and wager all day long – don’t forget the almost $400,000 carryover on the last race at Woodbine Standardbred tonight! […]

  WOODBINE TRACK HOURS Early numbers reported by the Woodbine race office this morning suggest that 100 horses could ship into Woodbine today, however the bitterly cold temperatures may have most changing their minds. Snow is expected tomorrow also.   Starting Sunday, February 22nd –    Sand Ring Hours: 6:00 a.m. through 12:00 noon. (weather permitting) […]

  WE GET LETTERS AND PHOTOS! Thank you KRISTA KOCOT at Kingsgate Farm who sent Thoroughblog a nice note and adorable photos of this little girl: Thought I would send a couple of pictures of our first foal of 2015 – a filly by Legal Jousting(IRE) out of Cherokee Lynn (half sister to the good […]

  REAL BOSS – Winner’s circle jammed for “Homeless” horse There has been any number of syndicates that have attempted to get going over the years to lure new people into horse ownerships. Plenty have been put together in Ontario and some have worked (Two Bit Racing, Grasshopper) but most do not get off the […]

                                    KARIBU GARDENS wins big for Melnyk/Carroll – CANADIAN STUFF     Sky Classic (Grade 2) stakes winner KARIBU GARDENS was up to win an allowance/optional claiming event at Gulfstream on Friday the 13th for Eugene Melnyk and […]

  JUNE 12 – 1956 – 60 years ago WOODBINE RACETRACK opened United Press photo clipping below. Do you know who won the very first race run at Woodbine?                                       WOODBINE BACKSTRETCH opens in 7 days, training […]

          UN – BELIEF – ABLE!   STRETCH RUN LIKE WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN YEARS On to Dubai for California Chrome, Big Cap for Shared Belief Everyone hoped for it and gosh darn it, we got it. CALIFORNIA CHROME made his move at the quarter pole of the San Antonio Handicap […]

                                              In the south, Canadians are heading out to the track to watch the DONN HANDICAP or they are in California to take in the SAN ANTONIO.. here, we are going to be […]

  *Thoroughblog will handicap some of the big races for Saturday and post picks in the morning!  **Don’t forget the huge carryover that continues at WOODBINE for the standardbred races, up to $268,000 for this evening.   CALIFORNIA CHROME VS. SHARED BELIEF L.A. Daily News feature (with great photo) By Art Wilson, Correspondent   Better […]

  TALKIN’ HORSES  is back! SEASON 2 set for JUNE https://www.youtube.com/user/TalkinHorsesTV/videos September 2014 saw the HBPA of Ontario introduce the T.V. show Talkin’ Horses. Pleased with the success of last year’s show, the Board of the HBPA is excited to announce that Talkin’ Horses will be back for another season, expanding from 10 to 21 […]

         CATCHING UP WITH…JOHN LEBLANC JR. With just about 2 weeks before horsepeople and horses start to filter into Woodbine’s backstretch, one stable to watch for 2015 is that of John LeBlanc Jr. who has some eye-catching horses coming off a winter break. PHIL’S COCKTAIL, a homebred son of Philanthropist for Ron […]