Toronto, ON – Fifty-year-old Russell Baze, the world’s winningest jockey, has been recruited by trainer Lorne Richards to ride K.K. Sangara’s Shut It Down in the Queen’s Plate, June 21. Baze, who last rode at Woodbine in 2003 but also appeared in the 1999 Queen’s Plate, finishing eighth to Woodcarver aboard Dave the Comet, has notched […]
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Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Saratoga Race Course employees arrived at work Monday morning to find a cow moose wandering on the sidewalk outside track property, New York Racing Association officials said. After NYRA security worked in support of the Saratoga Springs police department to bring the moose to safety inside the gates to Saratoga Race Course, Environmental […]
El Brujo Looks to Rebound After Plate Trial Debacle: It’s all systems go, literally and tactically, for Achievement and Queenston winner El Brujo for next Sunday’s $1 million Queen’s Plate. Trainer Malcolm Pierce said the Windways Farm homebred is in good order following his ninth-place finish as the favourite in the Plate Trial Stakes, but […]
Eye Of The Leopard ready to pounce: You might want to keep an ‘Eye’ on the red and gold silks of Sam-Son Farm in this year’s Queen’s Plate. With four “Gallop for the Guineas” crowns to their name, one of Canada’s most prominent owner/breeders look to a horse that was ‘spot on’ in a key […]
Toronto, ON – Effective Wednesday, June 17, Woodbine Entertainment Group will reduce the takeout on its live thoroughbred and standardbred triactors to a total takeout of 27%, from 28.3%, when all of the mandatory regulatory deductions are included. Unlike U.S. racetracks where taxes are primarily applied to winnings, Canada has its taxes applied as a […]
Rexdale, ON – A limited number of spaces are still available for the 2009 CTHS New Owner Syndicate program, which is being offered through the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division). Sponsored by the CTHS, the syndicate program has been formed to assist those wishing to make only a 10% investment into a racehorse, but […]
For the first time in many years on a “non-Manitoba Derby day”, the total wagering at Assiniboia Downs has exceeded $200,000. On the fourth night of Wednesday live racing on June 10th, the total wagering was $219,107. This exceeds the previous Wednesday’s $168,000 and the first Wednesday’s $182,000. This was the result of […]
Elmont, N.Y. – Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Dunkirk, a game second to Summer Bird in Saturday’s 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes, underwent surgery Tuesday morning to repair a condylar fracture in his left hind cannon bone and could return as soon as this fall. “It’s kind of […]
Toronto, ON – C.E.C. Farms’ homebred Milwaukee Appeal, craftily ridden by Stewart Elliott, emphatically captured the 54th edition of the prestigious $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, Sunday at Woodbine. At the finish of the mile and one-eighth classic for Canadian-foaled three year-old fillies, Milwaukee Appeal had posted a decisive three and three-quarter length tally over […]
Elmont, N.Y. – Redemption came from off the pace Saturday afternoon, on a day when speed ruled and youth was served. Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, after six failed tries that included “the toughest beat in history” with Real Quiet in 1998 and last year’s aborted Triple Crown attempt with Big Brown, capped a […]
Fort Erie, On – On behalf of the not-for-profit Fort Erie Thoroughbred Racing Consortia, the Town of Fort Erie, the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario and Nordic Gaming, Mr. James Thibert, President and General Manager of the Fort Erie Economic Development & Tourism Corporation (EDTC), provided an update on the current offer by the […]
Friday, June 05, 2009 Contact: Jenny Kellner (718) 659-2240 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TRAINERS WRAP UP PREPARATIONS FOR 141st BELMONT ELMONT, N.Y. – Trainer Chip Woolley radiated confidence Friday morning after Belmont Stakes favorite Mine That Bird galloped strongly over Belmont Park’s sloppy main track, but politely declined to predict a victory for the little gelding […]
Toronto, ON – A full field of 14 will go postward Sunday in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, the most prestigious event in the country for Canadian-bred three-year-old fillies. Post time for the 54th edition of the mile and one-eighth classic over Woodbine’s Polytrack is 5:10 pm ET, with The Score televising a special […]
In an effort to maximize the opportunities for consistent, full field live race cards, Assiniboia Downs has made a modification to their 2009 live race calendar. The addition of Tuesday night racing, with the first post time of 7 p.m, will now begin on Tuesday, June 23 instead of the original featured start of […]
Under jockey Calvin Borel, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird had his final pre-Belmont Stakes work Monday morning at Churchill Downs, covering a half-mile in 50.00 in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million race at Belmont Park. Clockers caught the Birdstone gelding in splits of :13.40, :26, and :38.40, galloping out five furlongs in 1:02.20 and […]
