Multiple stakes winner Biofuel made her return to Woodbine a winning one, taking Sunday’s $101,000 Belle Mahone Stakes courtesy of a furious stretch rally. The three-year-old bay filly, facing accomplished older runners, won the 1 1/16-mile event by a neck, besting U.S. invader Askbut I Won’ttell and Much Obliged. Biofuel, who was third in the […]
Horse Racing News
Seven-year-old Marsh Side sprinted away from his rivals through the stretch to take Sunday’s $254,900, Grade 2 Sky Classic Stakes at Woodbine. Last year’s Grade 1 Northern Dancer Stakes winner and the 2008 Pattison Canadian International champion showed his affinity for the E.P. Taylor Turf Course once again, capturing the 1 ¼-mile race by five […]
Jim and Susan Hill’s Miami Deco, at 65-1, became the longest-priced winner of the Breeders’ Stakes taking the 120th edition of the race, Sunday at Woodbine. At the finish of the mile and one-half turf contest, Miami Deco, ridden by Richard Dos Ramos and trained by Brian Lynch had scored a three-quarters of a length […]
The Ontario Quarter Horse Racing Industry Development Program (QHRIDP) is funding the production of a four-episode television pilot, The Full Quarter, to capture the imagination of a potential 3.5 million CTV viewers in the GTA and Golden Horseshoe regions of Ontario. Four episodes of The Full Quarter will air on CTV on Saturday mornings at […]
Sharp Secretary, a daughter of Cactus Ridge, won her second consecutive race and first added-money tilt, in taking Saturday’s $151,200 Duchess Stakes at Woodbine. For the bay Landsdowne Stables filly, the seven-furlong event was her fourth lifetime score from eight starts. The three-year-old stalked the early pace set by Simply Spiteful, who took the field […]
Jockey Alex Lai, Hong Kong’s leading apprentice rider in 2003-04, will make his Canadian riding debut, Sunday at Woodbine. A lifetime winner of 154 races, Lai, who began riding professionally in 2000, will ride Grey Boundary for trainer Tino Attard in Sunday’s seventh race, a 1 ¼-mile race contested on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course. […]
Over 465 yearlings are set to take centre stage in September at the CTHS Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale, a group who will no doubt add to the growing list of money-making Yearling Sales graduates. Long-regarded as the premiere source of Canadian-Breds, the Selected Session will be held on September 7th with 225 yearlings offered and the […]
Melnyk Racing Stables homebred Grazettes Landing captured Wednesday’s $126,200 Shepperton Stakes at Woodbine. The five-year-old son of Paynes Bay is trained by Mark Casse and was ridden to victory by Corey Fraser in the 6 1/2-furlong dash for Ontario-sired runners. Grazettes Landing broke well and took charge through a moderate opening quarter in :23.05. He […]
Equine Canada’s Breeds & Industry Division and Health & Welfare Committee would like to inform all stakeholders that effective immediately the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has lifted their restrictions for horses from Arizona. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has completed their investigation of the Vesicular Stomatitis outbreak and lifted all quarantines at […]
Unzip Me, making her Canadian debut for trainer Marty Jones, got back on the winning track in Holiday Monday’s featured $157,400 Royal North Stakes at Woodbine. The Toronto oval’s world-renowned E.P. Taylor Turf Course proved to be the perfect tonic for a return to the winner’s circle for the California-based four-year-old daughter of City Zip. […]
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 […]
Six horses died at the Calgary Stampede, held July 9-18, 2010, causing yet another public outcry to shut down the event. Two horses died of heart attacks, three were euthanized because of injuries and the cause of death for one had yet to be determined pending a post-mortem exam. Four of the deaths were related […]
Guelph, ON – Live and online now, Equine Guelph’s new and improved Biosecurity Calculator, sponsored by Vétoquinol, is a tool designed for horse owners to generate a report that grades them on their biosecurity management practices on their farms. Today, the equine industry faces a high biosecurity risk – especially given the high rate of […]
Calgary, AB – CBC and the Calgary Stampede today announced a renewed broadcast agreement, to begin July 2011 and continue through 2015, with an option for additional coverage in 2016 and 2017. The agreement ensures that coverage of the world-renowned The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth will continue to be seen on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca and […]
Everyone is invited to honour the 2010 Inductees at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame’s 2010 Induction Ceremony and Gala Fundraising dinner on Thursday, August 19 at the Mississauga Convention Centre. Tickets are now on sale and are $150 each or a table sponsorship is $1500 which includes eight seats plus a $300 donation […]
