Toronto, ON – El Brujo, a three-year-old son of Candy Ride, won his first added-money event and third career race, taking the $150,000 Achievement Stakes in authoritative fashion, Saturday at Woodbine. With Patrick Husbands in the irons, El Brujo, in his seventh lifetime start, dueled between several rivals through opening fractions of :22.01 and :44.73. Around […]
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Rexdale, ON – The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) is pleased to announce the release of the 2009 Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP), featuring $9.6 million in awards, bonuses, breeding incentives and added purse money. Established to further develop the breeding and racing of Ontario-Bred horses in Ontario, this year’s TIP offers more than […]
Lexington, Ky. – The Breeders’ Cup announced today a $100 discount off the standard $500 nomination fee for all foals nominated electronically or “on-line” by the close of business August 1 to the Breeders’ Cup program. The early on-line discount was proposed by the Racing and Nominations Committee as a way to stimulate nominator participation during the […]
Clinton, ON – The Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron (REACH) staff is pleased to advise that final touches are now being applied to the REACH facility, and they are looking forward to moving into their offices in early May. The Centre, located in Clinton, Ontario, includes an Olympic-sized indoor arena, warm-up arena, two oversized […]
Toronto, ON – Jockeys Patrick Husbands and Chantal Sutherland got out of the gates in strong fashion on Opening Day at Woodbine, winning three and two races, respectively, on Saturday at the Toronto oval. Husbands, who took the Woodbine riding title and netted his sixth Sovereign Award as Canada’s top rider in 2008, won the second […]
Toronto, ON – Van Lear Rose, Canada’s champion two-year-old filly in 2008, will be sidelined for the year due to a suspensory injury. Trained by Catherine Day Phillips and bred and owned by her brother, Richard Day (Kingview Farms), the three-year-old daughter of Stroll suffered the injury while breezing at Gulfstream Park (in Florida) two weeks […]
Toronto, ON – Woodbine Entertainment Group has always believed that safety of horse and rider is paramount in the sport of Thoroughbred racing. In 2007, the company installed Polytrack, a partially synthetic, all-weather surface at Woodbine. It was an important step in saluting that mandate. The track’s starting gate is also well-regarded by horsepeople across the […]
Toronto, ON – The entry box for the first program of the 2009 Thoroughbred season will close today and Woodbine racing secretary Steve Lym is excited to see the curtain rise on the new year. If the strength of this past weekend’s workout tabs is any indication, racing fans will have plenty from which to choose on […]
The Executive Director of the Ontario Racing Commission has issued the 2009 Licence to Operate a Racetrack to Nordic Gaming Corporation for Fort Erie Race Track. The issuance of the licence includes approval of a 78 race date schedule to begin May 2nd and running through to October 27th. From January to March this year, […]
Lexington, KY – The Breeders’ Cup announced today that the distance of the $500,000 Breeders’ Cup Marathon has been lengthened from 1 ½ miles to 1 ¾ miles for this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships, Nov. 6-7, during the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita Park. The Breeders’ Cup Marathon will be the longest major stakes race […]
Toronto, On – Breeders’ Cup Juvenile runner-up Square Eddie was today installed as the early favourite for the 150th edition of the Queen’s Plate. Last year, Not Bourbon staved off a determined deep-stretch bid from Woodbine Oaks winner Ginger Brew to win the $600,000 winner’s share of the Plate purse. The son of Not Impossible was […]
Guelph, ON – The Ontario Equine Centre (OEC), a not-for-profit public private partnership, is moving ahead with its plan to develop a world-class equine facility and research incubator, which will serve all equine breeds and disciplines. Having consulted widely with the various levels of government and all sectors of the equine industry and with a sustainable […]
Assiniboia Downs blew out the final candle on its 50th anniversary with the crowning of Horse of the Year and Manitoba-bred Horse of the Year in the annual Horse of the Year Banquet held Saturday evening. Monsoon Rain, owned by Larry Carter and trained by Marty Drexler, washed away his completion for Horse of […]
Toronto, On – Woodbine’s main track opened for training on Thursday morning, a key sign that the start of the 2009 thoroughbred season is just around the corner. The 167-day meet opens in less than a month, on Saturday, April 4. Since the backstretch opened in early February, training has taken place on the quarter-mile […]
The battle for Assiniboia Downs Horse of the Year, presented by the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA), will come down to two of the best horses ever to set foot on the local track. Sounds of cash registers could be heard when both Miss Missile and Monsoon Rain set their hooves on the track. […]
