CEC Farms’ Cryptic Message made every pole a winning one in Sunday’s $150,800 Shady Well Stakes, at Woodbine. The bay daughter of Cryptograph-Abby O, trained by Ralph Biamonte and ridden Emma-Jayne Wilson, remained unbeaten while notching her first added-money score in the five and a half furlong ‘Poly’ sprint. Cryptic Message was off a step […]
Patrioticandproud rallied in the final furlong to take Saturday’s $150,000 Toronto Cup Stakes, at Woodbine. It was the first added-money score for the dark bay son of Proud Citizen-Luvina, trained by Mark Casse and ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, who entered the 1 1/8-mile turf tilt off a trio of second-place efforts. Favoured Hammers […]
Bluegrass Equine Bloodstock LLC’s Joha got up in the final jump to take Saturday’s $152,100 Colin Stakes, at Woodbine. The dark bay son of Johar-Mujado, bred in Kentucky by BEC Bloodstock, tipped off the rail in mid-stretch and chased down Honorable Guest with a powerful late run to win the six-furlong main track event. Post-time […]
Glen Hill Farm’s Marketing Mix rallied up the rail to capture Sunday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Dance Smartly Stakes at Woodbine. The dark bay daughter of Medaglia d’Oro-Instant Thought, bred in Ontario by Sean Fitzhenry and trained by Tom Proctor, took an inside path through the stretch under jockey Julien Leparoux in the 1 1/8-mile turf […]
The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has initiated a plan of action which makes every effort to ensure that the adjudication and officiating of horse racing continues if tis unionized employees choose to strike. A vote was held by AMPACEO, the union that represents some ORC employees, on June 26 and June 27. The union has […]
Gravelly Bay, an improving daughter of Strong Hope, seeks her first stakes win in her first-added money test, Saturday’s $150,000 Ontario Damsel, set for one mile on Woodbine’s E.P. Taylor Turf Course. Owned by Jim Lawson and trained by Sid Attard, Gravelly Bay, which was the original name of the settlement now known as Port […]
Ontario Conservative Senator Bob Runciman will carry his fight against the McGuinty government’s plans to throw at least 30,000 Ontarians out of work to Georgian Downs in Innisfil later this month. Runciman will be at the harness-racing track along with Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop to draw attention to the negative economic impacts and significant […]
Ontario stallion Philanthropist, sire of champion Pender Harbour from his first crop of foals, has been sold to Drakenstein Stud in Cape Town, South Africa. The 11-year-old son of Kris S. had been standing at Gardiner Farms in Caledon East, Ont. as property of a partnership since he stood his first season in 2007. The […]
Stunning Stag, a son of Running Stag, earned his first turf win and the 11th triumph of his career, in taking Holiday Monday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey Club Stakes, at Woodbine. The eight-year-old gelding, owned by Janice Attard and trained by Sid Attard, found a seam along the rail over a ‘firm’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course […]
Jenna’s Wabbit was a wire-to-wire winner of the $150,000 Achievement Stakes, on Holiday Monday at Woodbine. With Eurico Rosa da Silva in the irons, the son of Old Forester led at every pole in the six-furlong event for Ontario-foaled three-year-olds, winning by 3 ½ lengths over Incredicat in 1:11.16 on the Polytrack, after hot early […]
Amerman Racing LLC’s Blue Heart saved all the ground before launching a decisive run to capture the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The 1 1/16 mile-event is the second jewel of the Triple Tiara, for three-year-old fillies, foaled in Canada. The Exchange Rate-Flawless Diamond filly, trained by Brian Lynch and ridden by Alex […]
Stronach Stables’ Hunters Bay won a stirring stretch duel with Pender Harbour to capture Sunday’s Grade 3, $208,400 Dominion Day Stakes, at Woodbine. The five-year-old son of Ghostzapper-Smok’n Frolic, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson, needed the length of the stretch to get past Pender Harbour, who was named Canada’s champion three-year-old […]
David Marcus of Campbellville, ON, and Chrevi’s Capital, recently nominated to the Canadian Olympic Committee for review and naming to the 2012 Canadian Olympic Team for dressage, have begun their journey to London. In preparation, the pair will compete at the CDI3* Hartpury international dressage competition in Great Britain from July 6 to 8. Marcus […]
Equine owners and others with an interest in equine welfare have an opportunity to provide input into the revision to Canada’s Equine Code of Practice through online surveys. The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) is conducting a third stakeholder survey to gain further input as the Equine Code of Practice is revised. The Code […]
The spectacular saddlecloths worn by all 2012 Queen’s Plate participants and signed by their respective jockeys are now available for bidding on eBay. Generously donated by Woodbine Entertainment Group, the saddlecloths are being offered to raise funds for LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society, a registered charity currently fostering, rehabilitating and retraining over 45 retired racehorses. The […]
