In year one of operation, initial revenue studies provided to Canadian company EquiLottery Corp. estimate its lottery and horse racing game EquiLottery to generate $100 million in ticket sales. Factor in the effect the game will have on increasing horseplayer interest and EquiLottery is projected to generate $101.5 million in handle to the racing industry. […]
On July 17, 2014, the British Horse Racing Authority announced that five horses had tested positive for the banned substance morphine at recent meets. One of the horses is owned by the Queen. Estimate, a five-year-old filly, tested positive after placing second in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, a race she won in 2013. It […]
It reads like a Hollywood story line. Matador and East Side, both trained by Mark Casse, worked Monday morning over the Woodbine training track in a thick veil of fog. In fact, the morning air was so dense that the time for the 5 furlong breeze could not be recorded by the Woodbine clockers. “I […]
Ami’s Holiday, a rallying runner-up to Lexie Lou in the Queen’s Plate, heads a list of 11 horses nominated to the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, to be held on Tuesday, July 29 at Fort Erie Racetrack. The 79th edition of the Prince of Wales for Canadian-foaled three-year-olds will be televised live on TSN from […]
Regal Conqueror battled bravely down the lane to take the co-featured Ontario Damsel Stakes for Ontario-bred juvenile fillies, Saturday at Woodbine. The William Sorokolit homebred, trained by Darwin Banach, was making her turf debut in the one-turn mile with Eurico Rosa da Silva in the irons. It was the second career stakes score for the […]
Sam-Son Farms’ homebred Up With the Birds rallied last-to-first to capture Saturday’s Grade 2 $236,400 Nijinsky Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Malcolm Pierce and expertly ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, Up With the Birds was in full flight for the stretch run to win going away. It was the second stakes win on the […]
Lafontaine, under a ground-saving trip from Steve Bahen, overtook favoured Heart to Heart in the final strides through the pouring rain to capture Sunday’s $128,500 Toronto Cup Stakes for three-year-olds, at Woodbine. Trained by Liz Charalambous, the Cudney Stables homebred named for Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United […]
Al Shahania Racing’s Pirate’s Trove earned a hard-fought nose score over Cactus Kris to capture Sunday’s co-featured $125,000 Duchess Stakes for sophomore fillies, at Woodbine. Trained by Michael Stidham and ridden by Florent Geroux, the Speightstown bay arrived at Woodbine off an impressive 12 ¼-length debut score at Arlington Park. Sent to post as the […]
The nominations for the second jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown closed Tuesday, July 15th with 11 possible entrants for the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes.
Ottawa, ON, July 15, 2014 – The Canadian Eventing Committee has announced the riders representing Canada at the 2014 Adequan FEI North American Junior and Young Riders Championships. Presented by Gotham North, these Championships will be held July 15-20 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY. Riders will compete for top honours in team […]
Lexie Lou charmed many racing fans and produced countless new ones with her win at the 155th edition of the Queen’s Plate at Woodbine on Sunday. On the business side, Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) also considers this year’s event a terrific success. A total of $9,079,520 million was wagered on the 13-race card, the second […]
Gary Barber’s Lexie Lou, confidently handled by jockey Patrick Husbands, took over in upper stretch from pacesetter Asserting Bear and went on to a comfortable one and one-half length victory over Ami’s Holiday in the $1 million Queen’s Plate, Sunday at Woodbine. Sent postward the 3-1 second choice behind favoured We Miss Artie, Lexie Lou […]
The Worms & Germs Blog is an educational website coordinated by Drs. Scott Weese and Maureen Anderson of the Ontario Veterinary College’s Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. Check out this post, by Dr. Weese, on how to avoid an strangles outbreak: A couple days ago, I was talking to a vet who’s trying to manage […]
We Miss Artie is the first horse Ken and Sarah Ramsey will run in the Queen’s Plate as owners. They bred Queen’splatekitten, who ran in the race in 2011, but sold him privately after his second start. Queen’splatekitten finished fifth. Best known for running homebreds by their star stallion Kitten’s Joy, the Ramseys purchased We […]
From London, Ontario to London, England, from the thoroughbred Melbourne Cup to the standardbred North American Cup – horse racing is truly an international sport — and one of the most regulated sports in the world. Equine athletes are tested more than While Ontario has rigid standards locally, illegitimate operators have crossed jurisdictional borders easily […]
