A look at how local media covered the end of Thoroughbred racing at Northlands Park, after 118 years. In the end, the Edmonton track went out with a bang.
Bob and Pam Cramers have developed Westana Equine Training and Rehab Centre into a world-class facility for thoroughbred racehorses and other breeds.
Turning an active racing filly into breeding stock is not about sending an athlete into an easy, idle retirement. Rather, it’s the start of a new career.
Owner, breeder, trainer, promoter, teletheatre owner and media member. There’s virtually nothing Glen Todd doesn’t do in racing in British Columbia.
Empire Meadows Thoroughbred Park has been reborn under the name Empire Equestrian, now owned and operated by Martin and Lori Neyka.
Ray Paulick says racing – especially horse owners – will have a tough time convincing politicians it deserves a piece of the action from sports gambling.
Two young Saskatchewan women are off to the Thoroughbred Makeover Competition at the Kentucky Horse Park with their retired racehorses.
After working for Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield on and off for eight years, Nigel Burke has gone out on his own as a trainer at Woodbine.
With a foot in both the show and racing worlds, Stacey Krembil has been a powerful advocate for the Thoroughbred and has a favourite in the Breeders Stakes.
A look at the history of the Manitoba Derby, which just celebrated its platinum edition at Assiniboia Downs, with the 70th running on August 6th.
As a member of a family with deep roots in Alberta, thoroughbred breeder Sybil Palmer has a long tradition of loving horses and thoroughbreds in particular.
Stronach Stables’ Holy Helena won the 2017 Sovereign Award for Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, and has raced her way into the hearts of racing fans.
Admiralty Pier, winner of the 2017 Sovereign Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Male, has shown great maturity and progress, says his trainer, Barb Minshall.
Kirsty Luft-Nault, an Alberta exercise rider and Olds College instructor teaches her students how to gallop thoroughbreds at the track.
Assiniboia Downs will have a new and dynamic element to its live racing this year and it’s attracting more horses than usual to the prairie track.
