The announcement by the government to cancel the Slots and Racetracks Program has immediate implications and raises serious concerns about the future of horse racing and breeding in Ontario. At the same time, Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) also recognizes the longer term opportunities presented by OLG’s modernization strategy. Given the success of our long-term partnership, […]
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In February, some 397 three-year-olds were nominated to the 2012 U.S. Triple Crown, (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes) including seven horses trained by Woodbine’s leading trainer Mark Casse. The 2012 Kentucky Derby, which will be held on May 5 at Churchill Downs, is limited to 20 starters. Should more than 20 horses […]
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The Woodbine stakes schedule, released today by the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), is highlighted by the 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate. The 1 1/4-mile classic, which carries a $1 million purse, is set for Sunday, June 24. The Plate, North America’s oldest continuously-run stakes event and first jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown of Racing, […]
The Woodbine Training Track will open for business on the morning of Sunday, February 12, weather permitting, a clear indication that the start of the local 2012 Thoroughbred racing season is drawing closer. The training track hours run from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. and the sand ring from 6:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m., […]
Riverdee Stable’s Eagle Poise, under Patrick Husbands, rallied to win the Grade 3, $153,300 Valedictory Stakes, the final added-money event of Woodbine’s 2011 thoroughbred season, in record fashion. The five-year-old gelded son of Empire Maker dueled with a game Harrods Creek down the lane, gutting out a head score. Eye of the Leopard, the 2009 […]
The year-end drama had played out well before Sunday’s huge 13-race season-ending card at Woodbine, but many of the magical moments of the meet were no less historic. Mark Casse set records in both major training categories. It was a fifth straight training title and sixth overall for Casse, who won 119 races, shattering the […]
Jockey Luis Contreras, who recently became just the second rider in the history of Woodbine to win 200 races in one meet, recorded another impressive feat, most purse earnings in a Woodbine season, a mark he set on Thursday afternoon. Contreras, who won the 2011 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate with Inglorious, as well as […]
Eagle Poise, a five-year-old son of Empire Maker, who finished second in the 2009 edition of the $150,000 Grade 3 Valedictory Stakes, looks to go one better in the marathon feature on Sunday, closing day of the 2011 Woodbine thoroughbred meet. Owned by Riverdee Stable and trained by Graham Motion, Eagle Poise won the 1 […]
The 2011 Woodbine thoroughbred racing season will take its spot in the history books after Sunday’s 13-race card, which was drawn Thursday. The 165th and final day of the eight-month meet, which has a first-race post time of 1:00 p.m., will feature a season-high 155 horses, including eight also-eligible runners. For the serious horseplayers, both […]
Jockey Luis Contreras, currently leading the Woodbine standings, won his 200th and 201st races of the campaign, guiding Frank Di Giulio’s undefeated three-year-old filly Anywhere to victory in Friday afternoon’s seventh race and Mr. Monty to a triumph in the eighth. Contreras, who won the 2011 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate with Inglorious, as well […]
Jenna’s Wabbit, a two-year-old son of Old Forester-In The Buff, will try for his third-consecutive added-money score in Saturday’s $125,000 Kingarvie Stakes, at Woodbine. In fact, but for a neck loss in the Clarendon Stakes on July 3, the wascally ‘Wabbit’ would be working on a five-race win streak. Still, Jenna’s Wabbit has been a […]
Court Vision, the 2010 Grade 1 Woodbine Mile and 2011 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile champion, who will stand at Michael Byrne’s Park Stud in Ontario in 2012, will be paraded in the Woodbine walking ring on Saturday, at noon, as part of a retirement ceremony for the future stallion. Not only will the event […]
Coming off of the success of last year’s awards ceremony, The Jockey Club of Canada is excited to announce that the 37th Annual Sovereign Awards Ceremony will once again kick off the new racing year in April, 2012 at Woodbine Racetrack. Honouring the Canadian Champions of 2011, the 37th Sovereign Awards Ceremony will be held […]
Norseman Racing Stables’ Maritimer blew past his rivals in early stretch to take Sunday’s $250,800 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine. The Sid Attard trainee rallied from mid-pack after opening splits of :24.38 and :49.25 in the 108th edition of the race to prevail by 2 ¼ lengths over Menlo Castle. Hampstead Heath was third. The son […]
