Under jockey Calvin Borel, Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird had his final pre-Belmont Stakes work Monday morning at Churchill Downs, covering a half-mile in 50.00 in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million race at Belmont Park. Clockers caught the Birdstone gelding in splits of :13.40, :26, and :38.40, galloping out five furlongs in 1:02.20 and […]
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Keogh Doubles His Chances for Oaks Win – Trainer Mike Keogh and owner Gus Schickedanz go after their first win in Sunday’s Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, with a pair of three-year-old fillies, Politelyprecocious and First Circle. “She’s a complete kook,” laughed Keogh, of First Circle, a bay daughter of champion Langfuhr, who has one […]
Elmont, N.Y. – Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra will skip the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6, freeing jockey Calvin Borel to ride Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird in the 1½-mile “Test of the Champion.” “After careful consideration, we have decided not to run Rachel Alexandra in the […]
Toronto, ON – Sam-Son Farm’s impeccably-bred Eye of the Leopard collared Southdale in the final jump to win Sunday’s featured $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes at Woodbine. Spotting his rival more than a length, after Southdale had opened a clear lead in mid-stretch of the mile and one-eighth contest, Eye of the Leopard, ridden by Eurico Rosa […]
Toronto, ON – Robert King, who has worn many different hats throughout his enduring horse racing career, was today named the 2009 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Born May 14, 1964 in Ottawa, Ontario, King notched his first riding win on November 6, 1982, before switching to the training ranks in the 1990’s. He […]
Continued wet weather in the New York metropolitan area has left the final serious works of several contenders for the 141st running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 6 up in the air. Mrs. John Magnier, Michael B. Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Dunkirk and Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren’s Charitable […]
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Thoroughbred horse racing industry today announced a new Use of the Whip Initiative. The Initiative asks all jockeys in the first two races of every card at Woodbine from Wednesday, June 3, 2009 through Sunday, June 28, 2009 to use a Lite Touch Whip. Jockeys will have the option of using the […]
A state-of-the-art large-animal isolation unit that will set a new standard in patient housing and infection control opened today at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. In the isolation facility, potentially infectious animals will be separated from other patients, especially horses that are being admitted for elective medical/surgical evaluations or other procedures. Animals showing […]
A decision on whether Preakness heroine Rachel Alexandra will start in the $1 million Belmont Stakes on June 6 won’t be made until early next week, majority owner Jess Jackson said this morning at Churchill Downs after the filly breezed in her first serious move since winning the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown. Under […]
Toronto, On – Sterwins rallied late to defeat reigning turf champion Rahy’s Attorney in Sunday’s Grade 3, $173,300 Connaught Cup at Woodbine. The Melnyk Racing Stables homebred completed the 1 1/16-mile E.P. Taylor Turf event in 1:38.99, breaking a 14-year-old course record by about one-fifth of a second (Jet Freighter, 1:39 1/5, June 4, 1995). The […]
Toronto, ON – Jockey Chantal Sutherland teamed with Sans Sousi to take the 28th running of the $125,000 Lady Angela Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. Sent off as the 4-1 second choice in the seven-furlong feature, Sans Sousi, who has never finished lower than fourth in 11 career starts, rallied late to net her first added-money victory. […]
Toronto, ON – Last year’s Champion Male Turf Horse Rahy’s Attorney makes his seasonal bow in Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Connaught Cup Stakes at Woodbine. Owned by Ellie Boje Farm, Read Peters and Jean and Jim MacLellan, the gelding captured last year’s Connaught Cup and the $1 million Woodbine Mile, credentials which vaulted him to the […]
Toronto, ON – The incomparable Somebeachsomewhere did what he has been doing for the past two seasons when he led seven other inductees into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Joining the world-record pacing colt in the class of 2009 will be Gustav Schickedanz, one of North America’s leading breeders the past 10 years, Canadian […]
Toronto, ON – Field Commission, a four-time winner in 2008, made his second start of the season a winning one, defeating some big-name rivals in Holiday Monday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Vigil Stakes. Despite a third-place finish, just a half-length back of Disfunction in the Jacques Cartier Stakes on April 25 at Woodbine, Field Commission was considered […]
The Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. (QROOI) wishes to notify all its members due to information received from Ajax Downs, that all Stakes Races will be postponed for two (2) weeks from the original published commencement date of May 23, 2009 to June 6, 2009. The exception is the Jackpot Stakes Race which will […]
