Yvonne Schwabe’s homebred Surtsey, with Omar Moreno aboard, outduelled the defending champion Silent Treat through the stretch to win the featured $100,000 Zadracarta Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. Contested over seven furlongs of yielding turf, eight fillies and mares lined up for the challenge, with the Chad Brown-trained Wavell Avenue, a ship-in from New York, the […]
Trainer Josie Carroll will seek a third victory in Canada’s most famous horse race when saddling Ivan Dalos’s homebred Ami’s Flatter next Sunday in the $1 million classic for Canadian-foaled three-year-olds. Carroll won the 2006 edition of the ‘Gallop for the Guineas’ with longshot Edenwold, then returned to the winner’s circle in 2011 with filly […]
Come to Mischief couldn’t have been more impressive in her racing debut, easily taking the featured $125,000 My Dear Stakes Sunday at Woodbine. Ridden by Tyler Pizarro, Come to Mischief, a Kentucky-bred daughter of Into Mischief-One Act Play, blasted from the gate in the five furlong open stake for two-year-old fillies and was never threatened, […]
For the first time, representatives from the horse racing industry, the Government of Ontario and crown agencies are working together in support of a sustainable industry. Following government direction first announced in October 2013, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA), are working with the Alcohol and […]
Tower of Texas, patiently ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, powered up the rail to win Sunday’s $233,200 Grade 2 King Edward Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Roger Attfield for owners Thomas Van Meter II and Scott Dilworth, Tower of Texas made his grass debut a successful one while earning his first added-money score in […]
The European Commission’s Food and Veterinary Office released an audit report raising serious concerns about the reliability of controls on horses slaughtered in Canada for export of horsemeat to the EU. Amongst other things, the audit confirmed that it cannot be guaranteed that horses, particularly those exported from the US, have not been treated with […]
Trainer Roger Attfield could be on the verge of winning a record-breaking ninth Queen’s Plate after Charles Fipke’s homebred Danish Dynaformer proved a deserving winner of the $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. On a rainy, misty afternoon at Toronto, Danish Dynaformer and jockey Luis Contreras swung three wide turning for home and pulled […]
Bear Stables’ Academic, with Justin Stein, pulled off a shocker in the featured $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, wiring her nine rivals and winning comfortably by one and three-quarter lengths in the mile and one-eighth classic for Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies , Sunday at Woodbine Sent postward a 66-1 outsider, the longest shot on the […]
Never dismiss a defending champion. Saturday at Woodbine, Sam-Son Farm’s homebred Checkered Past came into the co-featured $116,400 Trillium Stakes on a two-race losing streak, well beaten in both outings. And even though she was listed at only 3-1 in the morning line, she went postward at 9-1. With jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva biding […]
Seffeara stalked a hot early pace en route to capturing Saturday’s $125,000 off-the-turf Bold Ruckus Stakes, at Woodbine. Owned and bred by Empress Stables, nom de course for the outfit headed by trainer Steve Owens, his wife Beverly and their young daughter, Emma, Seffeara tempered his trademark early speed under a patient ride by Gary […]
Trainer Mark Casse, who won his first Queen’s Plate last year with filly Lexie Lou, holds a strong hand for Sunday’$150,000 Plate Trial Stakes at Woodbine, a traditional prep for Canada’s most famous race, the $1-million Queen’s Plate, scheduled for July 5. Casse sends out five runners, including the two favourites Danzig Moon and Conquest […]
London Tower, Leading Edge and Brooklynsway head an extremely competitive 60th edition of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, Sunday at Woodbine. The filly classic, which attracted 10 Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies carrying 121 pounds over one mile and one-eighth on the Polytrack, will go postward at 5:45 p.m. and will be televised live on […]
Whether he’s speaking of the long journey to realize his career dream, or the approach he takes to his role, Robert Geller, Woodbine’s newly-anointed thoroughbred announcer, has come to appreciate the benefits of patience. His affinity for the sport of kings is well documented. Born in Birmingham, England, Geller, at the age of three and […]
On the heels of American Pharaoh’s dramatic sweep of the American Triple Crown series, TSN today confirmed its broadcast schedule for the network’s exclusive live coverage of the most prestigious events in Canadian horse racing, including every race from the historic Canadian Triple Crown: the QUEEN’S PLATE, PRINCE OF WALES STAKES, and BREEDERS’ STAKES. In […]
All-sources handle on Belmont Stakes Day, which saw American Pharoah become the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years, was the second-highest in the history of the New York Racing Association, with $134,839,391 wagered on Saturday’s 13-race card at Belmont Park. On track wagering was more than $16.8 million, also the second-highest in history, with […]
