The Ontario Animal Health Network (OAHN) is a dedicated group of veterinarians from primary care practices, academia, government and laboratories who meet regularly to discuss Equine disease and health issues. It is their intent to monitor and protect the health of horses in Ontario. At this link they have provided the Equine Expert Network Quarterly Owner […]
Horse Racing News
Robert Harvey’s Calling Rhy Rhy, expertly handled by Alan Garcia, answered the call with a powerful front-running performance in Sunday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes, at Woodbine. Calling Rhy Rhy, trained by Roger Attfield, avenged her Duchess Stakes loss to Jammed Lovely rival Tiz Imaginary with a prominent effort in Sunday’s seven furlong sprint for Ontario-bred […]
Moonlit Promise, under confident handling by Gary Boulanger, made every pole a winning one in Saturday’s $131,500 La Lorgnette Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Josie Carroll for owner-breeder Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings Inc., Moonlit Promise secured her first added-money score with a front-running effort in the 1 1/16-mile Tapeta route, which was reduced to […]
TORONTO, September 2 – Robert Masterson’s Tepin, along with defending champion Mondialiste, headline a list of 30 horses nominated to the Grade 1 $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile, to be held Saturday, September 17, at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Tepin, a five-time Grade 1 winner and the Eclipse Award champion grass mare of 2015 known as […]
The stylish Christopher Burton (AUS) is on course to win his first CCI4* on British soil after storming into the lead at the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials (GBR), final leg of the FEI Classics™ 2015/2016, with a stunning Dressage test on the 17hh Nobilis 18. Burton, who also led the Dressage at the Rio […]
Celebrated Canadian thoroughbred horse owner and breeder June Sifton passed away on Aug. 26 in Winnipeg, the city where she was born 82 years ago, in the month she was named after. She was predeceased by her husband John, her parents Melvyn and Sophia, and her brothers Gordon and Russell. She is survived by her […]
Rob Cook spoke to Canadian Thoroughbred about the future of racing in the province, government funding, and integration with OLG.
Dr. Dubro Zerajic, a veterinarian and equine acupuncturist, based for many years in Aurora, Ontario, died on August 26, 2016
Wednesday night’s Canadian Millions Sales Stakes program at Woodbine was highlighted by a pair of scores for jockey Rafael Hernandez and a stirring effort by Melmich to defend his OLG Elgin title. The lucrative card, restricted to horses entered in past local Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) Yearling Sales, featured six stakes worth $900,000 in […]
Two great traditions are returning to the historic Border Oval on Labour Day weekend, with Circle the Course and Puss N Boots on Sunday, September 4.
CTHS Yearling Sale graduate Shake Down Baby, sold privately over the winter to Cheyenne Stables, made a successful return to Canada to win Sunday’s $127,000 La Prevoyante Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Christophe Clement, the Wando bay arrived at the one-mile turf event for Ontario-sired sophomore fillies from a narrow nose defeat in the turf […]
Six Yearling Sales Stakes, worth more than $900,000, will be staged Wednesday evening at Woodbine. Sponsored by Ontario Lottery & Gaming (OLG), the six stakes, annually showcasing Canadian-bred yearlings purchased at previous Canadian Premier Yearling Sales, will feature two-year-olds and three-year-olds and upward competing in both Tapeta and turf events in a night billed as […]
Midnight Miley made every pole a winning one in Saturday’s Grade 3 $150,600 Seaway Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Julia Carey for Little Red Feather Racing, the four-year-old Midnight Lute bay proved that turning back in distance from her front-running route in the Grade 3 Ontario Matron was no issue at all with yet another […]
There were two significant stakes run as prep races for the British Columbia Oaks and Derby, on Monday at Hastings Racecourse, that will be presented on September 10. The Derby prep went to a horse winning its third stake in a row and the Oaks warm up fell to a maiden making its second career […]
The Jockey Club of Canada, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting and improving Thoroughbred racing, is working hard to get their message out and increase their exposure. Plans include a complete overhaul of their website and revamping of their social media presence, plus new sponsorship opportunities. In a press release, they said: “We rely on the goodwill […]
