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Exhi Nets Natural Hat Trick with Marine Score

Toronto, ON – Exhi, trained by Todd Pletcher, made his first start outside of the U.S. a winning one, taking Saturday’s Grade 3, $159,300 Marine Stakes, at Woodbine, for his third consecutive victory. Robby Albarado rode the bay son of Maria’s Mon to an easy 4 ½-length win over Queen’s Plate (July 4) contender, Sam-Son Farm’s […]
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Equine Canada Seeks a Manager of Recreation

Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada is very pleased to announce that they are seeking an energetic, well organized professional to fill the newly created position of manager of recreation at the national office in Ottawa. The new, full-time position was created as a direct result of Equine Canada’s national reform process, and will enable the federation […]
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Darren Dunn will call 15,000th race on Friday

Assiniboia Downs track announcer and director of operations Darren Dunn will reach an important milestone Friday night in his race-calling career by calling his 15,000th race. He’s been calling the races full-time since 1989 when he was 21, save three years in the late 1990’s when he was furthering his administrative career at the Downs […]
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Embur’s Song punches her Oaks ticket

Toronto, ON – Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, contender Embur’s Song made an impressive Woodbine debut in Saturday’s third race. A 13 1/4-length winner at Keeneland on April 17, the Fares Farm filly shipped to Toronto for her two-turn debut in the $71,600 feature at 1 1/16 miles. Under Chantal Sutherland, the Ontario-bred daughter of Unbridled’s […]
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Champion Biofuel rallies to La Lorgnette score

Toronto, ON – Biofuel rallied from last to first in Sunday’s $167,800 La Lorgnette Stakes at Woodbine. The Reade Baker trainee unleashed a determined rally from the quarter-pole to the wire to win by a length in a time of 1:45.49 for 1 1/16 miles. Canadian-breds Ernfold and Moment of Majesty finished second and third, respectively, […]
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Attfield dreams the ‘Impossible’ dream in Ballade Stakes

Toronto, ON – Impossible Time, a bay daughter of Not Impossible, netted her second win of the year, second straight score and first added-money victory, in taking Saturday’s $126,200 Ballade Stakes at Woodbine. The 2 ½-length win the Roger Attfield trainee’s fifth from 10 career starts, a victory that followed a resounding eight-length triumph at seven […]
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ORC Veterinarian Job Posting

The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC), a self-financing regulatory agency responsible for the regulation of the horse racing industry in Ontario, has an immediate opening for an ORC Veterinarian. As an ORC Veterinarian, you will complete pre-race examinations and observe to determine the racing soundness of horses. You will be present at the track in case […]
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Moment of Majesty Looks for Her Big Moment in La Lorgnette

Toronto, ON – Moment of Majesty, owned by Curtis Joseph and trained by Sue Leslie, goes after her first added-money victory in Sunday’s $150,000 La Lorgnette Stakes, at Woodbine. A three-year-old daughter of Saint Liam, Moment of Majesty comes into the 1 1/16-mile La Lorgnette, a key race on the road to the Woodbine Oaks, presented […]
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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Announces 2010 Inductees

Toronto, ON – The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame today announced its 2010 inductees including six horses and four people. The Thoroughbred class of 2010 is headlined by Belmont Stakes’ winner Victory Gallop, along with Lady Angela, one of the most influential dams in breeding history, and multiple stakes winner Victorian Era in the […]
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CBC to air Horse Slaughter Report on The National

Two years after her expose on the horse slaughter industry, Mellissa Fung investigates the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s response on CBC’s The National (program starts at 10:00 PM ET). No Country for Horses, the in-depth feature about the horse slaughter industry in Canada, originally aired on CBC June 10, 2008. Reporter Mellisa Fung investigated the controversial […]
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‘Belle’ of the Hendrie ball

Toronto, ON – Canvasback Farm homebred Tribal Belle rallied smartly to capture Sunday’s Grade 3, $155,500 Hendrie Stakes at Woodbine. The five-year-old daughter of Tribal Rule seized command from Grade 1 winner Dr. Zic with one sixteenth of a mile to go and was under the wire a 1 1/4-length winner. Starting for the first time […]
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‘Marvel’ at this: $140 winner kicks off Woodbine turf racing

Toronto, ON – Major Marvel, the longest shot on the board at 69-1, opened the Woodbine turf season with a major upset over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course on Saturday. For the four-year-old bay, trained by Laurie Silvera, the victory was his third lifetime triumph in nine starts and his first tally in his first-ever appearance […]
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Essence Hit Man Wins First of Plate Prep Races

Toronto, ON – Essence Hit Man, a three-year-old son of Speightstown, humbled five rivals courtesy of a six-length win in Saturday’s $150,400 Queenston Stakes at Woodbine. Essence Hit Man, fresh off a victory in the Woodstock Stakes on April 25, was sent off at 5-1 in the seven-furlong Queenston. The race featured several major Queen’s Plate […]
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First Woodbine turf race set for Saturday!

Toronto, ON – A star-stacked group, including two-time Canadian champion True Metropolitan and a pair of talented Sid Attard trainees, has been assembled for the highly-anticipated first grass event of the Woodbine meet, the Connaught Cup Prep, slated for Saturday, May 15. The seven-furlong event, worth $91,100, for four-year-olds and upward, is the fourth race on […]