18-year-old Canadian Champion Musketier offered in Dec. sale, Sam-Son dispersal continues in January auction.
Horse Racing News
Horse Acquisition Program returns, stall applications due January 29, 2021, Will Fleissig named Chief Development Officer.
Equine Guelph is looking for input on racehorse health priorities and online industry training (you could win a $50 Tim Hortons gift card!)
Three new faces to the Frank Stronach Ontario stallion division for 2021 join 2020's leading sire Silent Name (Jpn).
Orphaned as a foal, the Bodemeister gal has won 6 of 8 races this year for a litany of owners and trainers and Dec. 5 won an $80,000 event.
The British Columbia Horse Racing Industry Management Committee has proposed 51 racing dates for 2021 with backstretch opening Feb. 5.
Home market area wagering down 41 per cent, foreign market holding its own after shortened 2020 Thoroughbred season.
Tracks in the U.S. are in different stages of opening, re-opening or not opening as the final month of 2020 begins.
Some Canadian horses and horsepeople have headed south for the winter; some to rest, some to race, or maybe a bit of both.
Son of Scat Daddy was bred by Steve and Kathleen Kemp's Ballycroy Training Centre in Loretto and was also Grade 1 placed.
A case of a blurry lip tattoo mistakenly had $700,000 earner Saskawea recently rescued by Days End Horse Rescue in Maryland.
Sam-Son Farms' homebred, now owned in partnership with Agave Stable and trained by Phil d'Amato, boosts Sovereign Award case.
Shortened racing seasons, fewer stakes races mean that tabbing this year's Horse of the Year and Sovereign Award champions is a puzzle.
Rafael Hernandez edged Justin Stein in a heated and very close jockey race, while Mark Casse earned his 12th Woodbine training title.
Saskatoon financial advisor Kane Kuchar sold his claiming filly for big money at Keeneland November when a sibling won big.