Flashy Margaritta made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $125,000 Frost King Stakes, at Woodbine. The bay son of Bold n’ Flashy, bred by trainer Ralph Biamonte and owned by Danny Lococo and Mary Biamonte, notched his third straight score with a relaxed front-running victory engineered by jockey Patrick Husbands. “I knew if […]
Today, the Ontario PC Party is unveiling a strong and bold turnaround plan for Ontario’s embattled horse-racing industry, recognizing that a robust horse-racing business is a vital component of the province’s rural economy. “A thriving horse-racing industry is not just something to be toyed with. It needs to have a plan,” says PC Leader Tim […]
A US federal appeals court issued a temporary injunction on November 4th preventing the US Department of Agriculture(USDA) from conducting inspections at would be horse slaughter facilities in New Mexico, Iowa and Missouri. The decision was made by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, after a lawsuit filed by the Humane […]
Chalk up an historic “golden” moment for Manitoba on the world stage of horse racing. Goldencents, the 3-year-old colt born to an Assiniboia Downs mare, has now earned $2 million–and is a leading candidate for champion 3-year-old horse of the year–after crushing his rivals in the Dirt Mile in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at […]
Murray Stroud’s Youcan’tcatchme made every pole a winning one to capture Sunday’s $150,000 Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes, at Woodbine. Sent postward as the emphatic 1-5 choice, Youcan’tcatchme and jockey Justin Stein immediately took to the lead in the six furlong ‘Poly’ tilt marking a quarter in :23.61 and the half in :46.72 as Wes […]
The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) and the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) will launch a pilot project that will allow for the collection of Official (blood) samples at the same time as TCO2 (Plasma Total Carbon Dioxide) samples. The pilot will take place at The Raceway at Western Fair District, commencing on November 15, 2013 and […]
Joshua Tree, ridden by Ryan Moore, won a record third Pattison Canadian International Sunday at Woodbine, hanging on to defeat Hyper and Seismos in the Grade 1, $1 million mile and one-half turf classic. Owned by Khalid Nabooda and Kamel Albahou for the past three years, six-year-old Joshua Tree, trained this year by Ed Dunlop, […]
Forte Dei Marmi, Slumber, Hyper and defending champion Joshua Tree top a very competitive field of 11 for the $1 million, Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International Sunday at Woodbine. The 11 hopefuls were bred in Great Britain, United States, Ireland, France and Canada. In addition to the mile and one-half Pattison turf event, one of […]
Ultimate Destiny out dueled Pender Harbour to capture Sunday’s $125,000 Bunty Lawless Stakes, at Woodbine. Owned and trained by Alec Fehr, the chestnut son of Dance to Destiny arrived at the 1 1/6-mile off-the-turf stake from a narrow neck defeat to Phil’s Dream in the Overskate Stakes. Ultimate Destiny, expertly piloted by Eurico Rosa da […]
In a pulsating stretch-long duel, John Oxley’s Matador got the bob over Chiefswood Stables’ Cool Faith to capture the $251,200 Cup and Saucer Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. With Luis Contreras aboard Matador and Omar Moreno urging on Cool Faith, the only filly in the field of 11 Canadian-foaled two-year-olds, the Cup and Saucer turned into […]
It’s been quite a year for Tucci Stables, trainer Nick Gonzalez and jockey Jesse Campbell. In July, they teamed to win the Queen’s Plate with Midnight Aria in a major upset. Saturday at Woodbine, they once again pulled off a bit of a shocker, as 10-1 River Seven led virtually throughout to take the co-featured […]
Sky High Lady, despite missing the break, was full of run down the lane to win Saturday’s $105,400 River Memories Stakes, at Woodbine. A John Oxley homebred trained by Mark Casse, the four-year-old daughter of Sky Mesa arrived at the River Memories off a similar last-to-first move in a grassy Kentucky Downs allowance tilt. With […]
At a recent meeting of the Ontario Racing Commission, the Board approved a proposal received from the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society – Ontario Division (CTHS) to extend the deadlines for mares under the Ontario Resident Mare Program affecting the 2014 foaling season. This change to the Thoroughbred Improvement Program has been approved for this year only, as a special […]
Last week, the Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel released their final report, “Building a Sustainable Future Together; Ontario’s Five Year Horse Racing Partnership”. Pages 9 and 10 dealt specifically with the Fort Erie Thoroughbred track. It stated; “In short, the Panel can find no path to sustainability for a resident racing program…”. The Panel in […]
New Democrat Leader Andrea Horwath was in Niagara today to attend the last races of the season at Fort Erie Race Track. She was joined by NDP horse racing advocate Taras Natyshak. From a grandstand packed with horse racing fans, Horwath rejected Kathleen Wynne’s view that there’s no future for the Fort Erie Race Track. […]
