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Quarter Horse Industry Breeding Seminar

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 […]
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A Great Time to Buy a Quarter Horse

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 […]
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Moonlit Beauty Delivers a Belle Geste Beauty

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 […]
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Kara’s Orientation Steals the Show in Sky Classic

Kara’s Orientation, under Emile Ramsammy, went wire-to-wire in taking Sunday’s Grade 2, $250,000 Sky Classic Stakes at Woodbine. One month after a three-length win over 1 1/8 miles on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, the son of Orientate came up with his most memorable victory to date, winning the 1 ¼-mile Sky Classic by 2 […]
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Stars to Shine Twinkles in Belle Mahone

Stars to Shine seized control of Saturday’s $100,000 Belle Mahone Stakes as the field came off the final turn, then sprinted away from her rivals for an authoritative victory, her first added-money triumph. After a troubled fifth-place finish in the Grade 2 Dance Smartly Stakes on July 10, Stars to Shine, a dark bay daughter […]
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Filly Shows Winning ‘Touch’ in Eternal Search

Chiefswood Stable’s Niigon’s Touch was given a patient ride from Tyler Pizarro, resulting in an impressive victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes at Woodbine.  In the Eternal Search, her third consecutive stakes appearance, Niigon’s Touch, a daughter of 2004 Queen’s Plate winner Niigon, was fifth in the six-horse field (L’Avenue was scratched) through fractions […]
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Jay Hayes Captures Win in Jump Canada Young Horse Series

Two-time Canadian Olympian Jay Hayes topped the Seven and Eight-Year-Old Division of the Jump Canada Young Horse Series held during the first week of the National Capital Show Jumping Tournaments held August 10 to 14 at the Nepean Equestrian Park in Ottawa, ON.   Hayes of Orangeville, ON, captured victory in the Seven and Eight-Year-Old […]
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Champion and Fan Favourite Rahy’s Attorney Retired

Rahy’s Attorney, best known for his thrilling upset triumph in the 2008 running of the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, has been retired after a highly successful career that saw him reach the winner’s circle on 14 occasions. Owned by Ellie Boje Farms, Jim and Jean MacLellan, Mitch Peters and Dean Read, the multiple stakes winner […]
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WEG Thoroughbred Meet Enjoys Strong First Half

Thursday’s program marks the start of the second half of Woodbine’s live Thoroughbred racing season and judging by the first-half wagering figures, released Thursday by the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), it has been a successful meet so far. All sources betting on the live Woodbine campaign is up 11.82% on wagering handle of $206,056,400, nearly […]
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James Street Finds a Winning Path in the Seagram Cup

James Street held off a fast-closing Stunning Stag to capture Saturday’s Grade 3, $161,200 Seagram Cup Stakes at Woodbine. The four-year-old son of El Prado made his first appearance for trainer Josie Carroll a memorable one by notching his first added-money score. Court of the Realm, who came into the Seagram Cup on a five-race […]
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Pender Harbour Adds Breeders’ to Triple Crown Resume

Pender Harbour became the first horse in six years to capture two-thirds of Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing when he out-nodded Celtic Conviction at the wire in the 121st edition of the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. The son of Philanthropist was ridden to the nose victory by Luis Contreras, who made history becoming […]
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Queen’splatekitten scratched from Sunday’s Breeders’ Stakes

Queen’splatekitten, the 3-1 morning line favourite in Sunday’s $500,000 Breeders’ Stakes, third leg in Canada’s Triple Crown, at Woodbine, has been scratched from the race. Trainer Todd Pletcher communicated the colt’s status to the Woodbine race office on Friday morning. Pletcher said he is not completely happy with how Queens’platekitten, who was prepping for the […]
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Graded Stakes Races In Canada Now Counted In Official Breeders’ Cup Point Standings

The Breeders’ Cup announced today that horses finishing first, second or third in graded stakes races run in Canada  will  receive official Breeders’ Cup points toward starting positions in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup World Championships.   The Breeders’ Cup, Thoroughbred racing’s premier global event, consisting of 15 races and purses totaling $26 million, will be […]
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Is Contreras Fit for an Historical (Triple) Crown?

Luis Contreras, who won the Queen’s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes, the first two jewels in the Canadian Triple Crown, will look to make history in the Breeders’ Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Should he win the 1 ½-mile Breeders’, contested on the Toronto oval’s world-renowned E.P. Taylor Turf Course, Contreras would become the first […]
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Jenny’s So Great So Good

Bill and Vicki Poston’s Jenny’s So Great won Monday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine. The Gregory De Gannes trainee was last of 11 at first call as Wildcat Marie and True Religion sparked an early pace duel in the six-furlong turf tilt, but Jenny’s So Great rallied energetically down the E.P. Taylor […]