Charles Fipke’s homebred Perfect Shirl, trained by Roger Attfield, surged to the lead in deep stretch to win the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf at Churchill Downs. Perfect Shirl, who was a finalist for a Sovereign Award as Turf Female in 2010, had yet to win this year in six starts while racing […]
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Woodbine-based Perfect Shirl stormed down the stretch to take the Filly & Mare Turf event at the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. It is an excellent topper for the Hall of Fame career of Woodbine icon, trainer Roger Attfield, who saddled the horse for owner-breeder Charles Fipke of Kelowna, […]
The National Farm Animal Care Council (NFACC) is conducting a second survey to gain further stakeholder input as it revises Canada’s official Equine Code of Practice which serves as our national understanding of equine care requirements and recommended best practices. NFACC is overseeing a multi-year project to renew the Codes of Practice for several farm […]
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 […]
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 […]
