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Live Inaugural Online Winter Mixed Sale on Now

The inaugural CTHS Online Winter Mixed Sale is now live on our website at www.cthsont.com. Ninety-seven horses have been catalogued, including broodmares, stallion seasons and shares, weanlings, yearlings and horses of racing age. This year’s Sale includes Mares in foal to sires such as, Bold n’ Flashy, Giant Gizmo, Leonnatus Anteas, Maclean’s Music, Marchfield, Messner, […]
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LongRun Day at the Races 2.0

Poor weather conditions forced the cancellation of the November 10th race card at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, ON, and along with it LongRun Day at the Races, which was planned for the same day. Mark your calendars for this Saturday, November 30th though, because the fundraiser is back on. In support of the LongRun Thoroughbred […]
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Lexie Lou Skips Away in South Ocean

Lexie Lou turned the tables on Princess Elizabeth Stakes champ Paladin Bay with a powerful front-running performance to capture Sunday’s $125,000 South Ocean Stakes, at Woodbine. Lexie Lou, owned and trained by John Ross, arrived at the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake off a length loss to Paladin Bay in the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth with a […]
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‘Bunny’ Sensational in Glorious Song

Zensational Bunny made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $128,000 Glorious Song Stakes, at Woodbine. The two-year-old daughter of Zensational-Beach Bunny, saddled by Mark Casse for the first time, was purchased privately from Camilla Farms by Gary Barber following her impressive three-length debut score for trainer Pat Parente, and the filly proved to […]
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Canadian Sportsman to Cease Publishing

After 143 years, The Canadian Sportsman to cease publishing in December. The Canadian Sportsman, Canada’s oldest magazine, will cease publishing in December 2013. Dedicated to the sport of harness horse racing, The Canadian Sportsman produced its’ first edition in 1870 and ran continuously for 143 years. “Several factors have led to this very difficult decision,” […]
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Coachella Valley reaches new heights in Jammed Lovely

Coachella Valley split rivals down the lane to earn her first stakes score in Saturday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Reade Baker for Jus Luk Stables, Coachella Valley notched her third win in a row since adding blinkers to break her maiden in a $16,000 maiden claiming event on August 11. The […]
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Asserting Bear Powers to Coronation Futurity Victory

Asserting Bear earned his first stakes score with a powerful stretch run to win the $250,000 Coronation Futurity. Trained by Reade Baker for Bear Stables Ltd., the bay son of Bear’s Kid-Star Guest tracked the early pace of Heart to Heart in the 1 1/8-mile ‘Poly’ stake for two-year-old Canadian-breds and kicked on down the […]
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Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale Wrap-Up

Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale concluded Thursday with a 38 percent increase in total sales, demonstrating exceptional strength at every level of the market. Strong demand for quality broodmares and weanlings from an internationally diverse clientele drove double-digit gains in gross, average and median, and produced 14 million-dollar-plus horses, double the number sold in 2012. […]
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Flashy Margaritta Wires Frost King

Flashy Margaritta made every pole a winning one to capture Saturday’s $125,000 Frost King Stakes, at Woodbine. The bay son of Bold n’ Flashy, bred by trainer Ralph Biamonte and owned by Danny Lococo and Mary Biamonte, notched his third straight score with a relaxed front-running victory engineered by jockey Patrick Husbands. “I knew if […]
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Ontario PCs Unveil Plan to Save Horse Racing Jobs

Today, the Ontario PC Party is unveiling a strong and bold turnaround plan for Ontario’s embattled horse-racing industry, recognizing that a robust horse-racing business is a vital component of the province’s rural economy. “A thriving horse-racing industry is not just something to be toyed with. It needs to have a plan,” says PC Leader Tim […]
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Five Equestrians Receive Honours at 2013 FEI Awards Gala

HRH Princess Haya, President of the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) led the applause as the five winners of the 2013 FEI Awards went on stage in Montreux, Switzerland to receive their honours. Master of Ceremonies Jonathan Edwards, Olympic gold medallist in Triple Jump and the current world record holder, described the accomplishments of the recipients […]
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US Federal Court Issues Injunction to Prevent Horse Slaughter Inspections

A US federal appeals court issued a temporary injunction on November 4th preventing the US Department of Agriculture(USDA) from conducting inspections at would be horse slaughter facilities in New Mexico, Iowa and Missouri. The decision was made by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Colorado, after a lawsuit filed by the Humane […]
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Goldencents Triumphs in World Championships

Chalk up an historic “golden” moment for Manitoba on the world stage of horse racing. Goldencents, the 3-year-old colt born to an Assiniboia Downs mare, has now earned $2 million–and is a leading candidate for champion 3-year-old horse of the year–after crushing his rivals in the Dirt Mile in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at […]
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Youcan’tcatchme Wires Ontario Fashion

Murray Stroud’s Youcan’tcatchme made every pole a winning one to capture Sunday’s $150,000 Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes, at Woodbine. Sent postward as the emphatic 1-5 choice, Youcan’tcatchme and jockey Justin Stein immediately took to the lead in the six furlong ‘Poly’ tilt marking a quarter in :23.61 and the half in :46.72 as Wes […]
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ORC Launches Pilot Project for TCO2 Sample Collection

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) and the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) will launch a pilot project that will allow for the collection of Official (blood) samples at the same time as TCO2 (Plasma Total Carbon Dioxide) samples. The pilot will take place at The Raceway at Western Fair District, commencing on November 15, 2013 and […]