Friday stuff on Thoroughblog – DUBAI WORLD CUP live blogging here tomorrow morning..FLORIDA DERBY and LOUISIANA DERBY are big races on the road to the Kentucky Derby, Fort Erie hanging in the balance..and more…       DUBAI WORLD CUP – TOMORROW MORNING watch and wager through Horseplayer Interactive (HPI)   Thoroughblog will have ‘live […]

POSTS FOR FLORIDA DERBY ON SATURDAY: 1-Wildcat Red 2-Matador(Canadian-bred owned by John Oxley, won Cup & Saucer) 3-Cairo Prince 4-Constitution 5-East Hall 6-General A Rod 7-Allstar 8-Spot   DUBAI WORLD CUP DRAW:      POST POSITION DRAWS FOR WORLD CUP RACES and FLORIDA DERBY today – RAINBOW PICK 6 carryover IS OVER $4 MILLION and […]

  NEWS UPDATE – MONDAY 6:30 P.M. – WE MISS ARTIE TO GO STRAIGHT TO KENTUCKY DERBY after returning to Palm Meadows training centre and trainer Todd Pletcher. ASSERTING BEAR will head to the TOYOTA BLUE GRASS at Keeneland. Trainer READE BAKER was pleased with ‘Bear’s Spiral run, “He was going along well, was pinched […]

  WE MISS ARTIE on to the Kentucky Derby, posts 85 Beyer Speed Figure in Spiral (G2) win)…read on..   WE LOVE ARTIE! Canadian-bred headed to Derby during 50th anniversary of the Dancer Canadian-bred 3-year-old colt WE MISS ARTIE, by Artie Schiller – Athena’s Gift by Fusaichi Pegasus got up in the last jump to […]

    Good luck to Canadians in big races today – ASSERTING BEAR for the Bear Stable, Reade Baker, WE MISS ARTIE and special hug to my buddy APPRENTICE HANOVER, at Yonkers tonight riding a 9 race winning streak…   SPIRAL AND SUNLAND, Derby preps this weekend The Sunland Derby is worth a whopping $800,000 […]

Welcoming a new soul into the horse racing world at Hill ‘n’ Dale. GLENN SIKURA helps out EXPECT THE END, who won over $200,000 and was a stakes winner by Precise End, as she delivers a Silent Name (JPn) colt. Thanks to Lorie Sikura for these awesome images of this special moment.  Good luck to […]

            CANADIAN WINNERS AND OTHER COOL CANADIAN NEWS   WHY KATHERINE is as tough as nails in the female grass category at Woodbine and the daughter of Whywhywhy, owned by Ontario’s TERRA RACING of Dom Romeo, won an allowance race at Gulfstream yesterday by an easy 5 lengths. She sizzled […]

      Congratulations to Queen’s Plate winner BIG RED MIKE, who has a new home:   Happy Friday – the snowbanks are super high again after another big snowfall in southern Ontario, here are some hot topics in racing to warm you up:   FULL SLATE OF STAKES FOR WOODBINE 2014 The release of […]

      MARCH OCALA 2YO SALE – BIG MONEY Led by a pair of colts that sold for $1.6 million, the Ocala March 2yo sale broke records on Tuesday with an increase in average of over 22% (up to over $190,000) per horse. An Ontario bred colt by DISTORTED HUMOR  ENDLESS JOURNEY by Storm […]

          PATRICK HUSBANDS COLLECTS 4TH BARBADOS GOLD CUP wins all 3 stakes on card, 1st jockey to do so   He may have lost most of 2013 due to a bad injury and he may not be nominated for a Sovereign Award for 2013 for the first time in many years, […]

    ***BREAKING NEWS SATURDAY – MAJOR MARVEL, an 8yo son of Bernstein – Ms Isadorable, owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey, easily won the 33rd SANDY LANE GOLD CUP at Garrison Savannah racecourse in Barbados at about 3:40 p.. EST. The bay gelding track speedy pacesetter Areutalkintome, took over with just over two furlongs […]

HOLY WILD FINISH BATMAN Stretch battle in Gotham city   SAMRAAT tracked 3 wide all the way in the Gotham at Aqueduct on Saturday and won a stretch fight with rivals Uncle Sigh and In Trouble (on rail). The winner posted a 96 Beyer (as did Uncle Sigh). SAMRAAT (‘Emperor)  is trained by Rick Violette […]

                                HORSEPOWER! WELCOME to WILLOW RIDGE FARM From an OPP Aux. Officer of the Year to breeding and selling classy racehorses, Bonnie Rowntree strives to be the best   Thoroughblog recently had a chance to interview owner/breeder/CTHS director Bonnie Rowntree […]

    BOOM! Ontario Sire Program altered and rewards get bigger!   The Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) and Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) have spent months reviewing the Ontario Sired (OS) racing program at Woodbine Racetrack. We have consulted extensively with Owners, Trainers, Breeders and other industry stakeholders representing numerous viewpoints on how to […]

    UP WITH THE BIRDS HAS FIRST BREEZE Sam-Son Farms’ top 3-year-old colt of 2013, UP WITH THE BIRDS, had his first workout of 2014 when he posted a :38.00 time for 3 furlongs on Tuesday at Fair Grounds. Trained by Malcolm Pierce, Up With the Birds won the Grade 1 Jamaica on the […]