Six of the world’s top female riders, including Woodbine’s own Emma-Jayne Wilson, will compete in the inaugural $30,000 Pimlico Female Jockey Challenge on Friday’s Black-Eyed Susan Day at Pimlico Race Course. The challenge is part of The People’s Pink Party, a combined effort between Pimlico and Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest […]
Six horses, including the aptly-named Queen’splatekitten, are set to go postward in Saturday’s featured $150,000 Marine Stakes at Woodbine. Owned by Mill House and trained by Todd Pletcher, Queens’platekitten, a dark bay son of Kitten’s Joy, will make his third start at the Toronto oval and sixth overall, having launched his career with two races […]
Experts have reported that the outbreak of Equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy (EHM), the also referred to as Neurotropic Equine Herpes Virus -1 (nEHV-1), originated at the National Cutting Horse Association’s Western National Championships in Ogden, Utah, held April 29 – May 8, 2011. This is a mutant strain of the highly contagious and potentially fatal disease, […]
Equine Canada’s Health and Welfare Committee is notifying horse owners that Neurotropic Equine Herpes Virus-1 (nEHV-1) has been reported in horses in the United States, with confirmed cases in Alberta (1) and British Columbia (3). This is the neurological strain of Equine Herpes Virus 1 (EHV 1). Outbreaks of nEHV-1 are contagious and have a […]
A case of nEHV-1 with neurological symptoms has been confirmed in a Southern Alberta horse that recently returned from the U.S. The horse is isolated and is recovering. This bulletin will provide some facts about the disease so that horse owners are aware of the current situation
A filly that won the Queen’s Plate and the Woodbine Oaks in 2002 along with Burning Point and Invitro, two Standardbred pacing mares with combined earnings of over $5 million, headline this year’s class of inductees into Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The five members of the Thoroughbred class include Dancethruthedawn along with her […]
Fares Farm’s Embur’s Song made a triumphant return to Woodbine, rallying smartly to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $182,500 Hendrie Stakes on a rainy afternoon in Toronto. The four-year-old daughter of Unbridled’s Song, who contested three races at Woodbine in 2010, seized command from Whimsical Stakes winner Wildcat Marie at the eighth-pole, and easily fended off […]
Donver Stable’s Inglorious, with Luis Contreras aboard, stamped herself as the favourite for the upcoming Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, with a commanding performance in Sunday’s $180,000 La Lorgnette Stakes. Trained by Josie Carroll, Inglorious, sent postward the 3-5 choice in the field of seven three-year-old fillies, was reserved in sixth for most of the […]
Bear’s Chill threw caution to his three-year-old Canadian-bred rivals heading towards the Queen’s Plate after dominating Saturday’s $150,000 Queenston Stakes at Woodbine. The seven-furlong Queenston is traditionally a key prep for the $1 million Plate, first gem in Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, which is set for June 26 at Woodbine this year. On […]
Janice Attard’s Stunning Stag, with Gerry Olguin aboard, collared pacesetter Essence Hit Man at the sixteenth pole and went on to a three-length score in the featured $174,900 Grade 3 Vigil Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Sid Attard, Stunning Stag, an Ontario-bred seven-year-old gelded son of Running Stag-Midday Fun, was making his seasonal debut […]
Canadian content for the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby might be short this year, save for a filly that has a big shot to win one for the home side. There, of course, have been many years when Canadians and Canadian horses are featured front and centre in the Kentucky Derby, the annual “Run for […]
Emile Ramsammy, who has been one of North American racing’s most consistent, resilient and successful jockeys, was today named the 2011 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Born December 11, 1962, Ramsammy first made a name for himself in his native Trinidad, hailed as one of the best jockeys the Caribbean has ever produced. […]
His connections certainly know what it takes to win the Queen’s Plate, Canada’s most famous horse race, which will be contested on June 26 at Woodbine. Now, Check Your Soul just has to get to the classic for his owner-breeder Charles Fipke and his Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield. Attfield, of course, is an […]
Eugene Melnyk’s Roxy Gap got back to her winning ways, taking Saturday’s $150,000 Fury Stakes at Woodbine by three-quarters of a length. The three-year-old daughter of Indian Charlie now has four wins from five starts and stamped herself as a major contender for the Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, on June 5. She came into […]
Bill Marko, who won a Sovereign Award as Canada’s champion trainer in 1982 and 1983, passed away on Saturday afternoon. Marko, who led Woodbine trainers with 11 stakes wins in 1981 and eight stakes wins in 1982, had over 500 career victories, including 48 stakes scores. He was the trainer and part owner of Frost […]
