The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition (CHDC) has learned that Bouvry Exports horse slaughter plant in Fort MacLeod, Alberta closed operations on December 3rd to complete renovations related to sanitation. This news is not surpising. It is well documented that horse slaughter operations in Canada and the U.S. have a long history of pollution troubles and […]
Horse Racing News
The Horse Welfare Alliance of Canada (HWAC) and the Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) are pleased to introduce the Recommended Handling Guidelines and Animal Welfare Assessment Tool for Horses. This comprehensive industry developed guideline and animal welfare assessment tool will provide consistent standards for the handling of horses at processing. This project enabled a joining of […]
For the second consecutive year, Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) is announcing a sharp increase in betting handle on its live Thoroughbred racing season. The 167-day meet, which concluded December 5, saw an “all-sources” total of $393,507,233 wagered, a stunning 8.9 per cent overall rise from the $361,435,208 figure recorded from the 167 dates offered last […]
Jockey Chantal Sutherland netted her meet-leading eighteenth stakes score, guiding 6-5 favourite Inglorious to her second added-money win in as many starts, in Saturday’s $151,600 Ontario Lassie Stakes at Woodbine. Inglorious, a two-year-old daughter of Hennessy, trained by Josie Carroll, made her first two-turn test a memorable one, crossing the wire 5 ¾-lengths in front […]
Mark Casse fell short in his chase of a 15-year-old record, but managed his fourth straight Woodbine training title as the track’s eight-month live Thoroughbred season came to a close on Sunday. Casse was three wins away from tying the mark of most wins in single season by a trainer at Woodbine (set by the […]
Bill Farish, Jr.’s Pool Play rallied with authority to take the $177,400 Valedictory Stakes, the final added-money event of Woodbine’s 2010 thoroughbred season. The five-year-old son of Silver Deputy drew off late to defeat 2009 Queen’s Plate champ Eye of the Leopard by three-quarters of a length. Brandon Meier landed third money with Helicopter. Trained […]
In 2004, Eurico Rosa da Silva grinned when he spoke of his desire to one day win the Woodbine riding title. Six years later, that grin has turned into a wide-eyed smile as he closes in on his coveted first championship. It’s been quite the ride in 2010 for the jockey from Brazil. Aside from […]
Frank Passero Jr., the man who still holds the record for most wins at one Woodbine meet by a trainer, passed away Tuesday morning in Toronto. Passero, born in Fort Erie, succumbed after a long battle with cancer. He was 77. Based at Woodbine for most of his excellent career, Passero collected two other Woodbine […]
Horsepower took several forms over the weekend, as the CTHS hosted its annual Winter Mixed Sale on November 27th in front of a solid crowd at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion, Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. By day’s end, gains were seen in the broodmare, weanling, and yearling sessions, which included a 33% increase in purchase price […]
Gary and Mary West Stables charge Tiz Blessed ran away with Sunday’s $152,100 Display Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile test was the first career stakes score for the Chad Brown trainee, who was making just his third career start. Tiz Blessed was under the wire a 5 1/2-length winner over Moonshine Mullin. Silverleo was […]
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society is proud to announce that Amanda Marsella of Pickering, Ontario, has been selected as the winner of this year’s Gillian Luxton MD Scholarship. A second year student at the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Ms. Marsella has earned a $5,000 scholarship towards her Veterinary Medicine […]
William Thompson Jr.’s Ariana D upset Sunday’s $152,800 Bessarabian Stakes at Woodbine. In her first ever attempt at the Toronto oval, the 18-1 shot closed strongly on the outside to best favorite Sugar Again in the final few yards of the seven-furlong event for fillies and mares. Hooh Why, who seized command at the top […]
Well-traveled Ravalo, at 7-1, captured the Grade 3 Kennedy Road Stakes, taking Saturday’s $153,500 feature by a hard-fought head. For the Donald Barr-trained gelded son of Mutakddim, the six-furlong event was his second victory of the 2010 campaign, his first appearance at Woodbine and his first win since March 15. Ravalo broke sharply from post […]
Jerry and Ann Moss’ great champion ZENYATTA, who recently retired from racing, will be boarded at Mr. and Mrs. William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Kentucky. She is expected to arrive in early December. ZENYATTA won 19 of 20 starts with her only loss coming in this year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic when she […]
Janice Attard’s Stunning Stag was full of run in the stretch to win his ninth career race, taking Saturday’s $171,000 Autumn Stakes at Woodbine. The Grade 2 event was the third win of the season for the six-year-old son of Running Stag, who came into the race off an impressive 1 ¼-length score in the […]
