TORONTO, May 13 – Sam-Son Farm homebred Strike Softly capitalized on fast fractions to win Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Hendrie Stakes at Woodbine. For the Mark Frostad trainee, the four-length score was her fourth career stakes victory in her first start as a four-year-old. The filly’s time for 6 1/2 furlongs was 1:16.20. “She’s been […]
Canadian Thoroughbred
Ottawa, Ontario — Equine Canada’s Recreation Division, the Provincial Equestrian Federations and Official Spokesperson, 2006 World Equestrian Games Silver Medalist Team member Lance Griffin would like to remind everyone that Horse Week 2007, which is taking place June 2-10, is fast approaching! If you have an event taking place, and would like to register it […]
Sealy Hill will fly the flag for Canada when she goes into the gate for Friday’s Kentucky Oaks, the filly companion to Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, at Churchill Downs. She completed her preparations for the 1 1/8-mile race by galloping a mile and a half before the harrow break. Trainer Mark Casse likes the way the […]
Kentucky Oaks starter Sealy Hill has a Toronto cheering section TORONTO, May 2 * Sealy Hill may be a longshot to win Friday’s Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, but for enthusiastic followers of Canadian racing and trainer Mark Casse, the talented filly is a fan favorite. Owned by Eugene and Laura Melnyk and […]
Vancouver, B.C. (April 29) – As expected, Ookashada and Thesaratogaexpress went head-to-head in the colts and gelding division of the $50,000 CTHS Sales Stake Sunday at Hastings Racecourse. Unexpectedly, Stephanson closed in the stretch to score an upset victory in 1:18.1 for owner Roland Embree and veteran trainer Allan Jack. Stephanson paid $20.40 to win […]
TORONTO – Kinghaven Farms homebred Seductively kicked off her four-year-old campaign in style, winning the April 15th Grade 3, $155,800 Whimsical Stakes at Woodbine by 2 1/4 lengths. The six-furlong Polytrack event was the second career stakes triumph for the Thunder Gulch filly, who also won the Grade 3 Selene Stakes at 1 1/16 miles […]
March 31 – Canada’s Jambalaya has made it two-in-a-row in the Sunshine State. The five-year-old captured the Grade 1 Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup on February 24, and on Saturday took the Grade 1, $150,000 Bulleit Bourbon Pan American Handicap over the same turf course, in Hallandale, Florida. Trained by Catherine Day Phillips and ridden by […]
Toronto – Josie Carroll became the first female trainer to win a Queen’s Plate when Edenwold scored in the 2006 edition of the race. What she’ll wholly accomplish in 2007 is still to be determined, but she’s off to a good start after winning two races on the Opening Day card of the Woodbine Thoroughbred […]
TORONTO, March 29 – Jockey Jim McAleney, who has ranked in the top five at Woodbine the past five years, is sidelined indefinitely after a morning training accident. The Ancaster, Ontario resident, who won a career-best 113 races in 2006 at the Toronto oval, sustained a broken femur in the mishap, an injury that will […]
Windfields Farm is deeply saddened to announce that leading 2006 freshman sire Cat’s At Home died suddenly on March 24 at the Oshawa farm. Bred and raced by E.P. Evans, the 10-year-old son of Tabasco Cat out of Mr. Evans’ outstanding producer Homewrecker, by Buckaroo, was owned by a partnership between Evans and Windfields. A […]
Elajjud, by Dayjur out of Aisha, by Alydar, was humanely euthanized the morning of March 18th, 2007 after an apparent paddock accident. Following a year where Elujjud had been one of the leading stallion in Canada in several important categories it comes as a devastating blow to say the least. “He was a beautiful animal […]
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) is pleased to announce the release of the 2007 Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP). This coming after negotiations with Woodbine Entertainment Group, Fort Erie Racetrack, the HBPA and the approval of the industry regulator the Ontario Racing Commission. Established to promote the breeding and racing of Ontario-Bred and Canadian-Bred […]
Two highly regarded three-time winners, one based in the United States, the other in Canada, are the early favourites for the 2007 Queen’s Plate. Two years ago, it was U.S.-based runners who stole the Queen’s Plate spotlight, as Wild Desert outdueled King of Jazz. In 2006, Woodbine-based Edenwold, named after a small town in Saskatchewan, […]
A special committee on shoeing and hoof care that was formed coming out of the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit is calling for a ban of toe grabs with a height greater than four millimeters on the front horseshoes of Thoroughbred racehorses. The committee began meeting in January to follow through on the Welfare […]
BETHESDA, Md. – The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely available for use by biomedical and veterinary researchers around the globe, leaders of the international Horse Genome Sequencing Project announced today. The $15 million effort to sequence the approximately 2.7 billion DNA base pairs in […]
