The annual CTHS Winter Mixed Sale takes place on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion in Toronto, Ontario. Consisting of broodmares, stallion seasons and shares, weanlings, yearlings, and horses of racing age, and with a total of 185 catalogued and supplemental entries still coming, this Sale offers something for […]
Horse Racing News
The CTHS (Ontario Division) is proud to announce that Eva Hirmer of Guelph, Ontario, has been selected as the winner of this year’s Gillian Luxton MD Scholarship. Currently in her fourth year at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph in Ontario, Ms. Hirmer has earned a $5,000 scholarship towards her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine […]
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ehrnrooth’s Sarah Lynx, the sole filly in the field of 16, swept to the front along the rail in mid-stretch, then pulled away to an emphatic four length score in the Grade 1, $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International, Sunday at Woodbine. Ridden by Christophe Soumillon and trained by John Hammond, the […]
The Ontario Jackpot Futurity and Ontario Jackpot Derby kicked off the opening of Quarter Horse racing at Fort Erie on Saturday, October 8th. The nomination to the Jackpot races began April 1st, and preference for entry to the races was based on the highest earnings in 2011. Program registered horses – Ontario Bred, Ontario Foaled […]
Three-time Sovereign Award-winning conditioner Mark Casse will look to break the mark of 89 wins by a trainer in a single Woodbine meet, a record he currently shares with the late Frank Passero, Wednesday evening at the Toronto oval. Set to become the Toronto oval’s top trainer for the fifth consecutive campaign, Casse will saddle […]
The Canadian Dressage Team is preparing for the Pan American Games, being held in Guadalajara Mexico, October 11 to 21 (dressage runs from October 16–19). Team members Diane Creech, Tom Dvorak, Tina Irwin, Crystal Kroetch and first alternate Roberta Byng-Morris will be attending training camp in Gardiner, New York, September 25 to October 11. Canada […]
A special seminar on horse breeding practices is being held this fall in Fort Erie. The seminar will be of benefit to all interested horse breeders, particularly those with an interest in Quarter Horses. The session will be held: Friday, October 7, 2011 1:00 p.m. Bridgewater Country Club 700 Gilmore Road Fort Erie, ON L2A […]
To provide clarity on the scope of the 2011 Clenbuterol Testing Pilot Project for Quarter Horse racing, the Ontario Racing Commission has issued Quarter Horse Directive 2-2011 and notes that owners and trainers should be aware of the following: The enhanced testing for clenbuterol for Quarter Horse Racing in Ontario (effective August 15, 2011) has […]
Equine Canada’s Health and Welfare Committee would like to remind Canadian horse owners that Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) is a potentially fatal viral disease that is constantly present, to some degree, in the Canadian equine population. All individuals involved in the Canadian horse industry should be vigilant about monitoring and testing for EIA, commonly referred […]
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a complete ban on the use of double-decker trailers to transport American horses to slaughter. Previously, the 2006 regulation only prevented the transport of horses in double-decker trailers if they were en route directly to slaughter plants. The new rule extends protections to horses that are […]
Vinery Stables’ Indian Evening won his second race and first added-money crown, in the $152,700 Swynford Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Indian Evening, a Kentucky-bred son of Indian Charlie, was sent off as the 4-5 choice in the seven-furlong feature contested over the Toronto oval Polytrack. It was Buongiorno Johnny who set the early tone, taking […]
Trainer Ashlee Brnjas, who was at her wedding reception, watched her 70-1 Reconnect rally in deep stretch to take Saturday’s $126,600 La Prevoyante Stakes, an Ontario Sires event for three-year-old fillies, at Woodbine. With Omar Moreno at the controls, Reconnect, in her first grass test, flew down the outside of the E.P. Taylor Turf Course […]
A special seminar on horse breeding practices is being held this fall in Fort Erie. The seminar will be of benefit to all interested horse breeders, particularly those with an interest in Quarter Horses. The session will be held: Friday, October 7, 2011 ~ 1:00 p.m. Bridgewater Country Club 700 Gilmore Road Fort Erie, ON […]
The Ontario Quarter Horse Racing Industry Development Program (QHRIDP) is pleased to announce two new buyer incentives just in time for the 2011 QROOI Yearling and Mixed Sale, to be held at the Orangeville Fairgrounds on Saturday, September 24th. These incentives are: Sales Graduate Stakes Certificates – Purchasers of all 2011 Sales Graduates will receive […]
William Gierkink’s Moonlit Beauty captured Sunday’s $100,000 Belle Geste Stakes at Woodbine. The seven-furlong event, taking place over a ‘good’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course, was the five-year-old mare’s first win since a triumph in last year’s Zadracarta Stakes. Under Eurico Rosa da Silva, Moonlit Beauty took charge from almost immediately, taking the field through early […]
