Judy the Beauty, bred in Ontario by Adena Springs, captured the $1-million Filly and Mare Sprint on Saturday’s 31st Breeders’ Cup World Championships, at Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California. Owned and trained by Wes Ward, the five-year-old Ghostzapper-Holy Blitz chestnut held off the late rally of Better Lucky for a head score. Leigh Court, […]
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Brooklynsway enjoyed a ground-saving trip under Emma-Jayne Wilson, before splitting rivals in deep stretch to capture the 69th running of the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes on Sunday, at Woodbine. Owned and trained by John Ross, the dark bay daughter of Giant Gizmo-Explosive Story arrived at the 1 1/16-miles ‘Poly’ stake for Canadian-foaled juvenile fillies from […]
Elections for the provincial boards of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society were scheduled for December 3, 2014, but no province received enough nominations to trigger an election. All directors who agreed to run again have been acclaimed and any candidate whose nomination met the criteria to run has been acclaimed to their respective provincial board […]
Mike Doyle, a 63-year-old native of Dublin, Ireland with a career in racing spanning forty years secured his 1000th win when Evangeline’s Hope captured Saturday’s 10th race, at Woodbine. Doyle has enjoyed much success since the early 1970s, in a variety of challenges in his four decades in racing as a trainer, farm and racing […]
Savvy Hester set a contested pace and stayed on gamely down the lane to capture Saturday’s $111,200 River Memories Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Ricky Griffith for Debmar Stables, the graded stakes placed Heatseeker-Changeable filly, piloted by Justin Stein, picked up her first stakes victory after winning a photo over Dance Again in the one-mile […]
River Seven rallied off the sharp pace of Excaper and Best Bard to capture Sunday’s $113,200 Labeeb Stakes, giving Jesse Campbell a sweep of the Sunday stakes at Woodbine. Last year, the Tucci Stables charge, trained by Nick Gonzalez, romped the one-mile event by 10 lengths over a ‘yielding’ turf course with a front-running effort. […]
Paul Mouttet’s Green Doctor set a sharp pace and kept on going to capture Sunday’s co-featured $150,000 Fanfreluche Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by John LeBlanc and aggressively ridden by Jesse Campbell, the bay daughter of The Green Monkey-Junior Prom Queen broke sharply and never looked back in the six furlong ‘Poly’ sprint for Ontario-bred juvenile […]
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Horses Offering People Encouragement (HOPE) pilot project. “We are thrilled to see the inspiring outcomes of this program,” says Nick Eaves, WEG President and CEO. “WEG is committed to supporting racehorse adoption and placement programs to ensure the welfare, safety and dignity […]
A quiet Wednesday evening at home playing the races turned into a celebration for 82-year-old Claude Isaacs after taking down Woodbine’s Jackpot Hi-5 for a bumper $235,983.30 score. A native of Sri Lanka, Isaacs emigrated to Canada in 1973 with his wife Maureen and their children Ron and Christine. “The very first Queen’s Plate winner […]
The College of Veterinarians of Ontario welcomes three new Council members as a result of the election held on October 7, 2014. Elections were held in three electoral districts which include the communities of Bruce, Dufferin, Grey, Huron and Simcoe; Halton and Peel; and also members employed by the federal government or an agency of […]
Four Mark Casse trainees are among a record 201 horses pre-entered for the 31st Breeders’ Cup World Championships, set for Santa Anita Park, in Arcadia, California, Friday, October 31, and Saturday, November 1. Breeders’ Cup races set for Friday, October 31, will air in Canada on TSN2 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and the […]
British-bred Caspar Netscher, with jockey Andrew Mullen aboard for the first time, came flying between horses late to win the Grade 2 $300,000 Nearctic Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. At the finish of the six furlong turf tilt, which attracted 10 hopefuls, Caspar Netscher had proven the best by three-quarters of a length over Black Hornet, […]
Favoured Just The Judge, with Jamie Spencer aboard, held off Odeliz in deep stretch to win the $510,000 Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes, part of the Pattison Canadian International card Sunday at Woodbine. At the finish of the mile and one-quarter turf classic for fillies and mares, Just The Judge proved a half-length to the […]
Sir Evelyn De Rothschild’s Hillstar, brilliantly ridden by champion jockey Ryan Moore, collared the leaders turning for home and went on to post a three-quarters of a length win over Big Blue Kitten in the Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International Sunday at Woodbine. It was the second consecutive win for Moore in the $1 million […]
Tickets are going fast for this year’s Jump Canada Hall of Fame Gala, presented by BMO Financial Group, to be held on Sunday, November 9, 2014, at the Liberty Grand in Toronto, ON. The Jump Canada Hall of Fame was created in 2006 to recognize outstanding contributions to hunter/jumper sport. This year’s celebrated inductees are: […]
