'Red' McKenzie has been owning, training and riding horses since the 1950s and he became the oldest trainer to win a race in North America.
Horse Racing News
The latest news of Canadian horsepeople and horses, from recent winners to tracks opening and movers and shakers.
A colt bred by the late Mike Carroll was pinhooked by Wavertree Stables at the March 2-year-old sale for $750,000.
It was a big weekend for Canadian-bred horses with three stakes winners and a handy romp for the King's Plate hero of 2023.
The clockers were back to work at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver on the weekend and Horseracing BC seeks out horses to watch.
Domestic Product won an exciting Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby but there was no betting on the race as a tote issue was widespread in the U.S.
Ontario-bred filly wins $200,000 turf race on a day when a tote crash caused the featured race, the Tampa Bay Derby, to race without betting.
A big stakes card at Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday has the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby and Florida Oaks and some Canadian runners.
My Boy Prince is the top King's Plate contender on Canadian Thoroughbred's first look at the leading Canadian-bred three-year-olds.
The Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins next week and there are plenty of Ontario-breds entered.
There are 38 graded stakes races on the 2024 schedule and several big race days, but the iconic Canadian International has been shelved again.
Woodbine has announced a $50 Starter Bonus for trainers who start a horse in an overnight race that finishes outside of the top five.
The King's Plate hero is entered for March 10 at Gulfstream, Canadians keep winning, and what a day in Barbados and for Horseracing Journeys.
The winner was bred by Ken Ramsey whose Cash Equity (Fr) just missed at the wire in the Caribbean's most famous race.
Newgate wins the Santa Anita Handicap for Starlight Racing and partners, Imagination edges stablemate Wine Me Up in San Felipe Stakes.
