Edmonton, AB – Horse Racing Alberta (HRA) today announced the live racing schedule for 2009. A Circuit (included Extended A Meet) There will be a total of 96 thoroughbred and 96 standardbred racing days. Northlands Park in Edmonton – awarded a total of 96 days of thoroughbred racing starting from May 1st to October 25. – awarded a […]
Canadian Thoroughbred
The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce finalists in the 2008 Sovereign Award Media categories. Winners will be announced at the 34th Annual Sovereign Awards ceremonies at the Four Seasons Hotel, in Toronto on Friday 14 December 2008. The Jockey Club of Canada was founded in 1973 by E.P.Taylor to serve as an international […]
Toronto, ON – Manufacturers of tack equipment who believe they can supply and produce a suitable product for the Ontario horse racing industry are invited to participate in an upcoming safety reins pilot program. Announced last month, the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) launched the pilot program in a move designed to facilitate a smooth transition […]
Rexdale, ON – November 10, 2008 – The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division), well known as the industry’s premiere event for racing, breeding, and sport horse enthusiasts, is slated for Saturday, November 29 starting at 2:00 p.m. at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion, Woodbine Racetrack, in Toronto. The CTHS has catalogued 187 offerings for this […]
Toronto, ON – Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley captured The Living Legends Race, Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Hawley, aboard favoured Tribal Chief, won by 6 ½ lengths in a time of 1:21.03. The son of Tribal Rule paid $7.80, $4 and $3.20 across the board. Held in conjunction with racing’s new Legends on Tour […]
Toronto, ON – The consistent Bear Now, the fleet Fatal Bullet and 2007 Horse of the Year Sealy Hill head a list of 15 runners with Canadian connections that have been pre-entered to the 25th Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships, set for Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California on Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October […]
Toronto, ON – The richest card in Woodbine’s thoroughbred history (excluding the 1996 Breeders’ Cup) is set for Saturday, October 4, highlighted by the $2 million, Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International. Not only will the Pattison, which drew a field of 10 turf specialists, be contested, so will three other turf stakes – the $1 million […]
Revised Requirements on import of horses from all other U.S. States. The Ontario Racing Commission would like to ensure that all industry stakeholders are aware of the current federal restrictions on the import of horses to Canada (or returning to Canada) from the United States. Due to a recent outbreak of Equine piroplasmosis in Florida, […]
The Canadian border has closed to horses coming from Florida due to an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in the state. At press, fifteen properties remained under quarantine with five of those having at least one horse testing positive. Though the disease is a tick born infection the States Veterinarian’s Office suspects that it is being […]
The 50th season of live racing at Assiniboia Downs comes to a dramatic close Sunday with a lucky fan being awarded $50,000 and the oldest jockey in North America winning his third consecutive riding title. The final weekend of live racing also features some of the biggest stakes races since Derby Day. The $75,000 Matron […]
Toronto, ON – Ontario-bred Rahy’s Attorney, ridden by Slade Callaghan, scored a shocking upset in the Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile on September 7th at Woodbine. Rahy’s Attorney is a son of Crown Attorney, who finished third in the inaugural Woodbine Mile back in 1997. Trained by Ian Black, Rahy’s Attorney, unbeaten in three […]
Toronto, ON – IEAH Stables and Partners’ Kip Deville, the top-ranked turf miler in North America, is the 6-5 morning line favourite and will break from post four in a field of eight for Sunday’s Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile. The 12th edition of one of the premier grass races in North America will be […]
Toronto, ON – There’s a million reasons to pay attention to the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races at Woodbine over the next several weeks. A free-to-enter, lottery-style contest called the Woodbine $1,000,000 Megapick asks fans to choose the exact order of finish for the entire field from three of Woodbine’s six Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series races, […]
Rexdale, ON – LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society is very pleased to announce that it has entered into what is hoped to be the first of many partnerships with a First Nation. Members of Saugeen First Nation have adopted two thoroughbreds, Refuse to Bend and Explosive Lad, and moved them to Ron and Janet Root’s Creek Side Farm […]
Rexdale, ON – The countdown is on for the 2008 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale, taking place at the Woodbine Racetrack Sales Pavilion in Toronto, with the Selected Session set for Tuesday, September 2nd and the Preferred Session on September 6th. Long regarded as Canada’s premier Thoroughbred yearling sale, an exceptional lineup of over 470 yearlings has […]
