“The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” runs from July 3 – 12. CBC has exclusive coverage of the world’s largest outdoor rodeo with more than 140 total hours of action on CBC Television, CBCSports.ca and CBC’s digital channel bold, including weekday broadcasts on CBC Television, from July 6 – 10, for viewers in Calgary starting […]
Horse Racing News
New York, N.Y. – The Breeders’ Cup Challenge, a series of automatic qualifying races for the $25.5 million (US) 2009 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, will increase expansion this year with a record 62 races taking place in seven countries at the world’s greatest racing venues, it was announced today. (Click here for complete schedule www.breederscup.com/content.aspx?id=40070) […]
Toronto, ON – Sam-Son Farm’s favoured Eye of the Leopard saved his best for last in the 150th edition of the historic Queen’s Plate, Sunday at Woodbine. At the thrilling finish of the mile and one-quarter, $1 million classic for Canadian-foaled three-year-olds, Eye of the Leopard and jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva just managed to collar […]
Toronto, ON – Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings’ Smart Surprise, under Patrick Husbands, wired her rivals in the co-featured $100,000 Hill ‘n’ Dale Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. Smart Surprise fired from the inside post, setting moderate early fractions of :24.66, :49.44 and 1:13.74 in the mile and one-sixteenth test for fillies and mares, as she coasted […]
Toronto, ON – Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has reached an agreement with TVG, America’s leading horseracing network, to broadcast both its thoroughbred and standardbred live racing products from Woodbine and Mohawk racetracks throughout the United States. As part of the deal, TVG will also offer online wagering on all WEG races through its TVG.com Web site. […]
Norman Alan Todd (“Todd”), is licensed by the Ontario Racing Commission as an exercise person, owner and trainer, for quarter horse racehorses, Licence Number 124928. On August 26, 2008, a training day at Ajax Downs Racetrack, Todd was found in possession of a quantity of hypodermic syringes, needles and injectables, contrary to Rule 15.02.01 (a) […]
Field for the 150th running of the Queen’s Plate to be run Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Woodbine For Three-Year-Olds, Foaled In Canada One Mile and One-Quarter All to carry 126 pounds, except fillies Milwaukee Appeal and Tasty Temptation (121 lbs.) PP/HORSE/OWNER/TRAINER/JOCKEY/ODDS 1. El Brujo/Windways Farm/Malcolm Pierce/Emma-Jayne Wilson/15-1 2. Flip for the Coin/Molinaro Stable/Vito Armata/Emile […]
Rexdale, ON – The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) honoured the Ontario-Bred champions of 2008 at their 27th Annual Awards, which took place on Friday, June 12th at the Lionhead Golf & Country Club in Brampton, Ontario. The event honoured Adena Springs as Breeder of the Year and the late Morgan Firestone as […]
Lexington, KY – Rachel Alexandra, will race in the 1 1/8-mile Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park, Saturday, June 27. She is expected to arrive at Belmont Park on Tuesday, June 23. The race will mark the first competition for the super filly since defeating the colts in the Preakness Stakes. Her last race against fillies […]
Toronto, ON – Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced an exciting new concept for its Pick 6 wager…a Turbo-charged Pick 6. The new Turbo-charged Pick 6 starts on Sunday, June 21, Queen’s Plate Day, and will run once a week on Sundays. There will be $150,000 added to the June 21st Pick 6 carryover with a […]
Toronto, ON – Fifty-year-old Russell Baze, the world’s winningest jockey, has been recruited by trainer Lorne Richards to ride K.K. Sangara’s Shut It Down in the Queen’s Plate, June 21. Baze, who last rode at Woodbine in 2003 but also appeared in the 1999 Queen’s Plate, finishing eighth to Woodcarver aboard Dave the Comet, has notched […]
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – Saratoga Race Course employees arrived at work Monday morning to find a cow moose wandering on the sidewalk outside track property, New York Racing Association officials said. After NYRA security worked in support of the Saratoga Springs police department to bring the moose to safety inside the gates to Saratoga Race Course, Environmental […]
El Brujo Looks to Rebound After Plate Trial Debacle: It’s all systems go, literally and tactically, for Achievement and Queenston winner El Brujo for next Sunday’s $1 million Queen’s Plate. Trainer Malcolm Pierce said the Windways Farm homebred is in good order following his ninth-place finish as the favourite in the Plate Trial Stakes, but […]
Eye Of The Leopard ready to pounce: You might want to keep an ‘Eye’ on the red and gold silks of Sam-Son Farm in this year’s Queen’s Plate. With four “Gallop for the Guineas” crowns to their name, one of Canada’s most prominent owner/breeders look to a horse that was ‘spot on’ in a key […]
Toronto, ON – Effective Wednesday, June 17, Woodbine Entertainment Group will reduce the takeout on its live thoroughbred and standardbred triactors to a total takeout of 27%, from 28.3%, when all of the mandatory regulatory deductions are included. Unlike U.S. racetracks where taxes are primarily applied to winnings, Canada has its taxes applied as a […]
