The Sam-Son Farm homebred trained by Gail Cox will take on nine rivals in the Grade 3 event at Woodbine on Saturday.
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A 15-length winner of the Grade 2 Robert Lewis in his latest race, Messier can use the Santa Anita Derby as his final run before Kentucky.
The dispersal of iconic Canadian farm Sam-Son continued as it offered a select group of yearlings at the 100th Saratoga sale.
The one-eyed wonder won two-thirds of the Canadian Triple Crown and also was named the champion 3-year-old colt.
The Jockey Club of Canada will honour famous farm, also announces Media Award finalists and Outstanding Groom Michelle Gibson.
Mighty Heart, Pink Lloyd, Josie Carroll and Kevin Attard among the finalists for 46th Sovereign Awards to be held in April
Trainer Gail Cox saddles a winner for Sam-Son at Gulfstream while that farms' Say the Word competes in Pegasus Turf.
The farm, founded in 1972 by Ernie Samuel, became a renowned racing and breeding operation; some stock on offer at Fasig-Tipton Nov. Sale.
The Winter Mixed Sale in Ocala begins Jan. 28 at the OBS sales complex with some Canadian-breds in the catalogue including horses of racing age.
Business is brisk as farms in Ontario take advantage of the Mare Purchase program from Ontario Racing, others pick up horses of racing age
Sam-Son Farm’s filly Desert Ride closed out the Triple Tiara by taking the $225,000 Wonder Where Stakes on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.
Desert Ride circled the field to win the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, the first leg of the Triple Tiara series, on Saturday at Woodbine.
The Board of Directors of LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society is pleased to announce that the 2015 Lana Hershel Sniderman Award (formerly named the Volterra Award) will be presented to Sam-Son Farm and the Samuel/Balaz family at LongRun’s gala fundraiser, “Prancing With the Stars”, on the evening of September 25th. This prestigious award has been presented […]
Sam-Son Farm’s well-bred Speightsong, with Patrick Husbands aboard, made every pole a winning one, taking the featured $150,000, seven furlong Queenston Stakes for Canadian-bred three-year-olds, Saturday at Woodbine. Sent postward a prohibitive 3-5 choice in the six-horse field, Speightsong, a homebred product of Speightstown-Song of the Lark, clicked off fractions of 23.21 and 45.89. Turning […]
Seventy-three horses have been made eligible for the 154th edition of the Queen’s Plate. The historic Plate, set for Sunday, July 7th at Woodbine, is North America’s longest continuously-run stakes race and first jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. A $500 payment must have accompanied the nomination by May 1st. Last year, Canyon […]
