Equine Canada’s Health and Welfare Committee would like to remind Canadian horse owners that Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a potentially fatal viral disease that is constantly present, to some degree, in the Canadian equine population. All individuals involved in the Canadian horse industry should be vigilant about monitoring and testing for EIA, commonly referred […]
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a complete ban on the use of double-decker trailers to transport American horses to slaughter. Previously, the 2006 regulation only prevented the transport of horses in double-decker trailers if they were en route directly to slaughter plants. The new rule extends protections to horses that are […]
Vinery Stables’ Indian Evening won his second race and first added-money crown, in the $152,700 Swynford Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Indian Evening, a Kentucky-bred son of Indian Charlie, was sent off as the 4-5 choice in the seven-furlong feature contested over the Toronto oval Polytrack. It was Buongiorno Johnny who set the early tone, taking […]
Trainer Ashlee Brnjas, who was at her wedding reception, watched her 70-1 Reconnect rally in deep stretch to take Saturday’s $126,600 La Prevoyante Stakes, an Ontario Sires event for three-year-old fillies, at Woodbine. With Omar Moreno at the controls, Reconnect, in her first grass test, flew down the outside of the E.P. Taylor Turf Course […]
William Gierkink’s Moonlit Beauty captured Sunday’s $100,000 Belle Geste Stakes at Woodbine. The seven-furlong event, taking place over a ‘good’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course, was the five-year-old mare’s first win since a triumph in last year’s Zadracarta Stakes. Under Eurico Rosa da Silva, Moonlit Beauty took charge from almost immediately, taking the field through early […]
Kara’s Orientation, under Emile Ramsammy, went wire-to-wire in taking Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Sky Classic Stakes at Woodbine. One month after a three-length win over 1 1/8 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, the son of Orientate came up with his most memorable victory to date, winning the 1 ¼-mile Sky Classic by 2 […]
Stars to Shine seized control of Saturday’s $100,000 Belle Mahone Stakes as the field came off the final turn, then sprinted away from her rivals for an authoritative victory, her first added-money triumph. After a troubled fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes on July 10, Stars to Shine, a dark bay daughter […]
Chiefswood Stable’s Niigon’s Touch was given a patient ride from Tyler Pizarro, resulting in an impressive victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes at Woodbine. In the Eternal Search, her third consecutive stakes appearance, Niigon’s Touch, a daughter of 2004 Queen’s Plate winner Niigon, was fifth in the six-horse field (L’Avenue was scratched) through fractions […]
Rahy’s Attorney, best known for his thrilling upset triumph in the 2008 running of the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, has been retired after a highly successful career that saw him reach the winner’s circle on 14 occasions. Owned by Ellie Boje Farms, Jim and Jean MacLellan, Mitch Peters and Dean Read, the multiple stakes winner […]
Thursday’s program marks the start of the second half of Woodbine’s live Thoroughbred racing season and judging by the first-half wagering figures, released Thursday by the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), it has been a successful meet so far. All sources betting on the live Woodbine campaign is up 11.82% on wagering handle of $206,056,400, nearly […]
James Street held off a fast-closing Stunning Stag to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $161,200 Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine. The four-year-old son of El Prado made his first appearance for trainer Josie Carroll a memorable one by notching his first added-money score. Court of the Realm, who came into the Seagram Cup on a five-race […]
Pender Harbour became the first horse in six years to capture two-thirds of Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing when he out-nodded Celtic Conviction at the wire in the 121st edition of the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The son of Philanthropist was ridden to the nose victory by Luis Contreras, who made history becoming […]
Queen’splatekitten, the 3-1 morning line favourite in Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, third leg in Canada’s Triple Crown, at Woodbine, has been scratched from the race. Trainer Todd Pletcher communicated the colt’s status to the Woodbine race office on Friday morning. Pletcher said he is not completely happy with how Queens’platekitten, who was prepping for the […]
The Breeders’ Cup announced today that horses finishing first, second or third in graded stakes races run in Canada will receive official Breeders’ Cup points toward starting positions in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s premier global event, consisting of 15 races and purses totaling $26 million, will be […]
Luis Contreras, who won the Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes, the first two jewels in the Canadian Triple Crown, will look to make history in the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Should he win the 1 ½-mile Breeders’, contested on the Toronto oval’s world-renowned E.P. Taylor Turf Course, Contreras would become the first […]
