The weatherman cut us some slack. There was sunshine, the track dried out to a large extent and people showed up to close it down for another year. Four stakes races buttressed the card with a Marathon Series finale at a mile-and-a-half thrown in to provide some variety. Hopefully a good time was had by […]
Horse Racing News
Between the Smithbilt/Cam Clark Ford Gala and the inaugural C Cup Classic charity race, an impressive total of $15,929 was raised over the Horses, Hats and Hope charity weekend. All funds are going directly to support breast cancer research through the Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta (CRINA). The Horses, Hats and Hope gala, hosted […]
Three-year-old Mr Havercamp schooled his older rivals in the $125,000 Bunty Lawless Stakes to a seven and a half length victory
Equine Guelph announces the free offering of the new ‘Gut Health & Colic Prevention’ online course to the first 50 grooms and trainers to register
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs was notified of a confirmed case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis in a horse in Bruce County.
Another year of horseracing has come to an end in Fort Erie. The border oval completed its 120th season on Tuesday, Oct. 17.
Field of Courage, the longest shot on the board at 40-1, stalked the pace from the outside and came on for a 1 3/4 length victory under rider Luis Contreras in Sunday’s Grade 2, $282,000 Nearctic Stakes over six furlongs on a “soft” turf course. “I just broke and I let my horse be really […]
Tiz a Slam and jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva powered to the lead turning for home and drew off to win the $125,000 Ontario Derby (Grade 3) for three-year-olds on Sunday’s Pattison Canadian International undercard. Filly Holy Helena was the talk of the toteboard in her return to Woodbine following victories in the Woodbine Oaks […]
Bullard’s Alley, sent away at 42-1, recorded the most dominant victory in Pattison Canadian International history with a romping 10 3/4-length score
Line of Vision, rallying strongly from off the pace, was along in time to score a half-length victory under jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva in Saturday’s $125,400 Victorian Queen at Woodbine Racetrack. The Victorian Queen, a six-furlong stakes for Ontario-sired two-year-old fillies, attracted a field of nine and Line of Vision, trained by Andrew Smith, […]
Idaho, the 5-2 morning line favourite for Sunday’s Pattison Canadian International, checked into Woodbine Thursday evening
The return of Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate champion Holy Helena will be another highlight for racing fans on Pattison Canadian International
The $250,000 Nearctic includes an enticing English prospect in Cotai Glory, who will face seven rivals in the six-furlong event for three-year-olds
Legendary Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien is on the verge of making racing history on Sunday’s Pattison Canadian International card, at Woodbine.
Horses that started the year as low level claimers had a successful weekend at Hastings winning two Grade 3 Stakes races.
