The HBPA Ontario honoured horses and humans from the 2024 racing season at Fort Erie that completed 40 days on October 22.
Fort Erie Racetrack
A field of 10, including a supplemental entry, was drawn for the September 10 Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie.
Gary Chudobiak had to jump in the infield pond at Fort Erie after his Society Joe won the Puss N Boots Cup on Labour Day at 40-to-1.
There have been seven fillies to win the Prince of Wales, second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown, and there is one in this year's field.
The leading Fort Erie jock was badly injured when a horse flipped over on him during a training incident at Woodbine; recovery will be long.
The 89th running of the second jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown will take place at Fort Erie Race Track on September 10th.
Few Canadian-bred three-year-olds are afraid of King's Plate winner Paramount Prince; Prince of Wales, 2nd jewel in Triple Crown is Sept. 12
Henley Thoroughbreds' Nikolaou won Fort Erie's popular race in which the tradition is for the connections to then jump in the pond
The second jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown is on the dirt at Fort Erie Race Track on Tuesday, September 12.
Fort Erie Race Track let the dogs out and the crowd in at the 4th annual Wiener Dog Day; Chico is now a three-time winner of the event.
The good news is, wagering on Woodbine racing in 2021 will be up marginally but that growth has come from the U.S.
Kevin Attard gets his second 'Wales win and his trainees finish first, second and fourth in the second jewel of Canada's Triple Crown.
HC Holiday, third in the Queen's Plate, is 5-to-2 morning line choice marginally over Keep Grinding (3-to-1).
The popular Puss n Boots Cup at Fort Erie means the winning connections take a dip in the Fort Erie pond, like the race's namesake.
With Plate winner Safe Conduct awaiting the Breeders' Stakes, a number of Plate starters will get a chance to do better on dirt.
