Toronto, ON – S J Stables’ homebred Cloudy’s Knight showed what a game, gutsy competitor he is by winning the $2 million Pattison Canadian International, Canada richest horse race, Sunday at Woodbine. Ridden brilliantly by Ramsey Zimmerman, Cloudy’s Knight, sent postward an 18-1 outsider, took over around the eighth-pole from Sunriver, opened a length on […]
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Vancouver, B.C. – Sir Gallovic played the role of giant killer with a dramatic at-the-wire victory over True Metropolitan in the $100,000 BC Premiers at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon. Winning by a neck, Sir Gallovic took advantage of a 13-pound weight difference and timed his move perfectly under jockey Mario Gutierrez in a winning time […]
Toronto, – Overcoming a terrible start, Deputiformer, ridden patiently by red-hot Jono Jones, surged to the front in the closing yards to defeat favoured Cryptonite Kid in the $253,200 Cup and Saucer Stakes October 14th at Woodbine. At the finish of one of the classic stakes for Canadian-foaled two-year-olds, over one and one-sixteenth miles on […]
Vancouver, B.C. – As farewells go, Monashee did it up right. With jockey Dave Wilson enjoying the trip – again – the 5-year-old gray mare won her 11th consecutive stakes race to capture the $125,000 Ballerina Breeders’ Cup before a throng of appreciative fans at Hastings Racecourse on October 13th. “I just had to sit […]
The last remaining horse slaughter plant in the country was effectively shut down September 21 when a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled an Illinois law banning horse slaughter for human consumption is constitutional. The ruling comes four months after Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed the law, overwhelmingly passed […]
VisionTV is getting on its high horse Oct. 1st, launching a week of programming that celebrates the noble equine spirit. In addition to the previously announced Canadian premiere of the BBC drama series Rough Diamond and a broadcast of the feature films The Black Stallion and The Black Stallion Returns (see below), the network has […]
Toronto, Ontario – Favoured Shakespeare, ridden by Garrett Gomez, saved all the drama for the final sixteenth of a mile, as he powered his way along the rail to win the Grade 1, $1 million Woodbine Mile on Sunday. When the curtain came down at the finish of the turf classic, Shakespeare, trained by Kiaran […]
Rexdale, ON – September 9, 2007 – The 2007 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale concluded its two-day session with the Preferred Session selling a total of 151 yearlings for $1,247,000, up 2.6% from last year’s total of 138 sold for $1,215,800. As well, the number of yearlings not sold declined significantly with a 48.6% decrease, from 72 […]
Rexdale, ON – September 5, 2007 – Brilliant sunshine and a bustling crowd set the tone for the Selected Session of the 2007 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale held at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion in Toronto. A total of 159 yearlings were sold for a total of $6,374,000, at an average of $40,088 and a median of […]
MILTON, August 20 – It is with great sadness that Sam-Son Farm announces the death of Canadian and U.S. champion and Hall of Fame member, Dance Smartly. Dance Smartly was euthanized on the weekend after suffering an irreparable injury in her paddock, related to an arthritic stifle. Dance Smartly was not in foal and her […]
Rexdale, ON – With the end of summer approaching, preparations for the 2007 Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale are well underway. Taking place at the Sales Pavilion at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, the sale’s Selected session will be held on September 4th at 3 p.m. while the Preferred session will be on September 8th at 4:30 […]
Ottawa, ON — Equine Canada is pleased to announce the official launch of its new and improved, fully bilingual website, www.equinecanada.ca. The result of months of planning and hard work, the new website will provide users with a unique and helpful ‘web portal’ which will encompass Equine Canada, and all of its divisions and disciplines. […]
The North American members of the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA) remind the Thoroughbred industry that the minimum purse value for North American black-type races will increase from $45,000 to $50,000 beginning January 1, 2008. The increase was first announced last July as one of several changes recommended by the North American representatives of […]
Toronto, ON – Quiet Action captured her first career stakes victory in Sunday’s $150,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes at Woodbine. The Mark Casse trainee capitalized on a furious early pace duel, rallying from well off the pace for the 3 ¾-length score, traveling 6 ½ furlongs, over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, in 1:18.40. After stalking […]
Vancouver, B.C. – It was a successful homecoming for Ookashada at Hastings Racecourse Sunday in the inaugural Chris Loseth Handicap. The champion 2-year-old in B.C. last year held off a gallant charge by longshot Bad Sneakers to win by a half-length and earn $33,268 for his owner Mike Boylan and T.D. Stables. Ooksshada, trained by […]
