SUMMER STAKES ARE SIZZLIN – 108th VICTORIA STAKES, 106th KING EDWARD STAKES   Woodbine has 2 full cards of racing on the weekend packed with turf, 2-year-olds and ton of horses. The stakes races, 4 of them, did not do as well as they have small fields and perhaps the Victoria Park Stakes […]

                                    AFTER 33 CARDS (100 left!)… The first Canadian classic at Woodbine has been recorded in the history books and it is less than 3 weeks until the Queen’s Plate. The field will likely be large: Lexie Lou’s […]

                    LEXIE FLEXES HER MUSCLES IN OAKS, on to Queen’s Plate It was a day where Ontario sired horses and the biggest race of the year for Canadian-born fillies went to a gal who originally cost just $5,500. LEXIE LOU, recently purchased privately by Gary Barber, […]

ONE OF MANY REASONS TO COME TO WOODBINE ON OAKS DAY! Canada’s top racehorses, hats and events (as a prep for Plate day) and award and rewards for betting on your account, come out to Woodbine on Oaks day for an experience you will remember.       PALADIN BAY GRACES THE PAPERS The Oaks […]

  It is Friday the 13th, in June, with a full ‘Honey Moon’ – will not see this again until 2098. Welcome to the provincial Liberal majority, Premier Kathleen Wynne romped in the election and Ontario horse racing will hope that she continues to support this important industry. Now that she has the majority, a […]

 Good Wednesday morning – heavy rain today through tomorrow..today’s post – Liberals government (Ontario) pledges $12 million to breeders just in time for June 12 vote..or is it too late….plus  Oaks preview for Sunday, recaps of last week at Woodbine   UPDATE – WOODBINE OAKS, PLATE TRIAL Trainer MARK CASSE is pleased at the progress […]

                        News, emotions and tons of racing action made up Saturday June 7. Too much to get at this Sunday morning but ONTARIO Thoroughbred breeders were greeted at last night’s CTHS Breeders’ Awards with big news: breeders’ awards incentives are getting a $12 million […]

    A CALIFORNIA CROWN? OR AN UPSET? Are you ready for one of the most exciting races in recent years? If you have been to Belmont Park for the Belmont Stakes, it is a unique horse racing experience. The track’s 1 1/2 mile circumference makes for a different race spectacle. The grandstand is huge. […]

  EARLE MACK PURCHASES FRIETAG,  MARK FROSTAD TO TRAIN   The successful owner/trainer combo of Earle Mack and trainer Mark Frostad has teamed up with recent Woodbine allowance winner FREITAG, recently purchased by Mack from owner and trainer NATHAN SQUIRES. Mack, former US Ambassador to Finland, philanthropist and senior partner of the Mack Company, a […]

                    ECLIPSE STAKES today at Woodbine – for picks and more don’t forget to visit http://jmbets.ca!     THE GREAT EXCAPER! – 101 Beyer in first stakes win   There was something satisfying, as strictly a horse racing fan, to watch EXCAPER battle back on to […]

  CALIFORNIA CHROME polishes off training with big Saturday workout: Onlookers were raving early Saturday morning after Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner CALIFORNIA CHROME had his final Belmont Stakes workout at Belmont this morning. Clockers got California Chrome going a half in 47.69, 5f in 59.93, with a very strong gallop out in 1:12.28, 1:26.28. […]

  LOOK WHO HAS GONE TO OLD FRIENDS!     Last weekend, some Ontario horse racing fans were shocked to see graded stakes winner, 12-year-old MARCO BE GOOD entered for $4,00 claiming at Suffolk Downs. The son of Bold ‘n Flashy had not raced in 2 years (Thoroughblog actually did a story on his ‘retirement’ […]

  TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF NORTHERN DANCER May 27, 1961 BELOW IS from a box of cue cards I  found at WINDFIELDS FARM in January 2012, each Windfields mare had one….               photo by CINDY PIERSON DULAY/HORSE-RACES.NET   WE MISS ARTIE WORKS: TWO SUPPLEMENTED TO […]

 Great racing day at Woodbine with QUEEN’S PLATE CONTENDERS in action against some tough American-breds and champions Solid Appeal and Sisterly Love square off on the grass….             IT’S SPRING!  FINALLY! It was almost as if SPRING IN THE AIR, the 4-year-old filly, knew that spring was indeed, in the […]

  updated SATURDAY MORNING… IT’S TIME FOR TURF RACING!! for FREE WOODBINE PICKS go to http://jmbets.ca    IM-POSSUM-BLE! – NYRA VIDEO                     SPADINA ROAD REELS IN WILD PACE BATTLE Woodbine wrap for Friday There was a lot of action on the track on Friday and trip […]