The newly built Century Mile marks a turnaround in Alberta’s horse racing industry. General manager, Paul Ryneveld, shares some secrets to the success.

Woodbine’s senior manager of racing operations, Karl Lagerborg, has seen, and loved, it all in 41 years working numerous jobs in the industry.

There was no one quite like Assiniboia Downs’ 12-time leading trainer, Ardell Sayler, who died of heart failure in May at the age of 66.

Owner George Gilbert and leading BC trainer Phil Hall are on fire at Hastings Racecourse thanks mostly to stellar three-year-old filly Summerland.

One Bad Boy made the long trek from California to Toronto and coasted to victory in the 160th Queen’s Plate on a stakes card dominated by Americans.

The CTHS Manitoba Yearling Sale is coming up and the province’s leading Thoroughbred breeder Cam Ziprick is eager to showcase Manitoba-breds to new owners.

Ordered off the Internet from Final Furlong at Assiniboia Downs, the Manitoba-bred mare Something Posative has been an amazing find for Suzanne Henry.

Trainer Reade Baker discusses the finer points of purchasing Thoroughbred yearlings, from conformation and pedigree to pre-purchase exams.

While horse racing will always contain an element of risk, it is crucial that the industry do everything possible to make the sport as safe as possible.

The Individual Final was super-exciting, and once again it was a Brazilian, Marlon Modolo Zanotelli aboard the brilliant mare Sirene de La Motte, who snatched the gold medal (which seems to be a running theme at these Games). The silver was won not by the USA or Mexico, which you might expect, but by Argentinian José María Larocca riding Finn Lente, much to the delight of the fans waving the blue-and-white. Beezie Madden of the US snagged the bronze with Breitling LS thank goodness so that North America was represented on the podium.

While it is not uncommon for sons and daughters of top riders to be competing against their parents in the show jumping ring – think Ian, Jonathon and Amy Millar, or the Whitaker dynasty in the UK – it is unusual for them to be representing different countries. Mario Deslauriers and his 20-year-old daughter Lucy are doing just that.

Those darn Brazilians (again). And Mexicans. And Americans. They all prevented us from winning a medal today (booo!) but we qualified a team for Tokyo anyway (yay!) seeing as there were three spots available and the US had already qualified. (Phew.)

Trained by Mike Nault, the three-year-old filly Hidden Grace, by Going Commando—High Pioneer by Pioneering, is now a perfect 4-for-4 at Assiniboia Downs.

We began the final day of eventing with just three horses, as Dana Cooke's lovely mare Mississippi had scraped her elbows on one of the cross-country fences and needed a few stitches. Jessie, Karl and Colleen did an awesome job with clear rounds across the board to take the bronze medal.

So the sun shone as promised on cross-country day – but not particularly on the Canadians. While Jessica Phoenix and her reliable partner Pavarotti showed once again that they are the cross-country machines of legend, having a clear ride on this difficult course just a smidge over the time allowed, some of the other team results were not as good. It was not for lack of talented horsepower; it was a difficult course and there were some cases of miscommunication and even some plain old rotten luck.