APPRECIATE

SUNDAY NEWS… PASSIONATE WIN FOR HUTZEL Julia Carey wins 2, Mast Track sires first winner   He’s a little guy who was not all that exciting when he first began his early training but passion for action became the 78th winner of the prestigious Cup & Saucer At Woodbine On Sunday For Owner and breeder […]

INCOMPARABLE

  INCOMPARABLE, INVINCIBLE, UNBEATABLE –  CIGAR                                                                                                   […]

STUN

 Reminder – it’s ARC day at Longchamp, curl up and watch the French races before heading out to Woodbine for a huge day with the Grey and Mazarine Stakes. Come see the Conquest Stables runners and their challengers.   **The Talkin Horses team will be on site all day as we prepare for the next […]

REACH

  STRUTTIN’ – John Unger’s homebred hits 90 in the Beyer Figures at Woodbine   STRUT THE COURSE did just that on Sunday at Woodbine when she won the Classy ‘n Smart Stakes for owner and breeder John Unger. It was the 2nd stakes win for the 4-year-old by Strut the Stage from Bold Course […]

SPINNING

 CANADIAN-BRED gelding PRIVATE ZONE among Super winners! $10,000 yearling, by Macho Uno, bred by Adena Springs..     WINNING BEYER FIGURES FROM SATURDAY STAKES… VYJACK    KelsoH-G2     400,000     FT     7         8     103 BELLA GALLANTEY      D     TB     1 1/8M     BldmInv-G1     400,000     FT     7    […]

LEADERS

    10 GRADE 1 RACES – EAST AND WEST-Breeders’ Cup challengers getting final tests Get ready for a whirlwind of action on the simulcast networks at 10 Grade 1 races will be held from mid-afternoon to late evening . ET, as Breeders’ Cup contenders get their final tests. 10 races – 1o picks, let’s […]

PROVINCE

                JOHNNY LA RUE named FORT ERIE HORSE OF THE YEAR Colebrook Farms’ JOHNNY LA RUE won all 3 of his races at Fort Erie including the Puss n Boots Stakes and was named the Horse of the Fort Erie season last night at the track’s annual awards […]

TALL

                             CANADIAN 3-YEAR-OLD COLT CHAMPIONSHIP STILL UP FOR GRABS When 10 to 1 shot FLORIDA WON, a Kentucky bred by Birdstone, rallied past Coltimus Prime and Ami’s Holiday in Sunday’s Grade 3 Ontario Derby, it  it left the Sovereign Award for top […]

TALKIN’

      The return of the Chrome today!  The showdown for Ontario’s top 3yo colt tomorrow..and don’t forget the super new horse racing show TALKIN’ HORSES is on this morning at 11:30 on CTV2 and at 1 pm on CTV!   Let’s go!   SHOWDOWN, AMI VS. COLTIMUS on SUNDAY!     Could a Sovereign […]

SIMPLY WOW

    FREE TRADE $7 MILLION bet on Woodbine card, up from $6.7 million in 2013! On-track handle is up too!     Trade Storm sticks to inside of turf course and charges to Woodbine Mile win The 6-year-old horse TRADE STORM has been well traveled through his 34 races but this kind-hearted fellow tries […]

PIVOTAL

  SUNDAY MORNING UPDATE…Canadian-breds sweep 3 stakes races over open company! (Woodbine Mile picks over at JMbets.ca)   ERNIE AND DORY CONQUER WOODBINE (so does Husbands and Casse) The Conquest Stables of Ernie Semerky and Dory Newell  won both Win and You’re In Stakes races for 2yos on the grass yesterday at Woodbine while Patrick […]

CREST

      MILES OF SMILES Horse racing fans in Canada are pumped up for a big weekend of racing from coast to coast: Win and You’re In races at Woodbine and a huge BC Derby and BC Oaks card at Hastings Park on Sunday. Horsepeople are pumped with big fields and lots of chances […]

LANDING

posts update at 3:50 p.m. –     WOODBINE MILE POST POSITION DRAW AT NOON Check in with THOROUGHBLOG for news from the post position draw for the WOODBINE MILE and the blockbuster racing card at Woodbine on Sunday! Nice story on jockey David Moran in the Toronto Sun today, Moran rides Jim and Susan […]

WIN AND IN

                            HAIR RAISING MILE COMING UP Gary Barber has 2 major contenders in super Mile line-up   Gary Barber is the latest Mark Casse owner to celebrate big wins at Woodbine, having won the Queen’s Plate with Lexie Lou this summer. On […]

FORTUNE

    THE POT OF GOLD Many breeders and consignors got a taste of some riches on Tuesday and Wednesday when our Canadian-bred yearling sale got back some of its losses it experienced in the last 2 years. A select yearling average price hike of 50% was bettered by a 70% rise in open yearling […]