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 […]
Horse Racing News
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 […]
Toronto, ON – True Metropolitan was truly tenacious in Sunday’s Grade 3, $200,000 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine. Appearing as though he would be inhaled by Shadwell Stable invader Mustanfar at the top of the stretch, the Terry Jordan trainee repelled the game challenger and won the 1 1/4-mile event by a half-length in a […]
Vancouver, B.C. – Jockey Dave Wilson said Spaghetti Mouse “was set up perfectly for this race†and there was no disputing his words Sunday in the $107,8540 Grade 3 Lieutenant Governors at Hastings Racecourse over his favourite distance of 1 1/8 miles. Spaghetti Mouse has now won five of his six starts at the distance […]
To what lengths will an artist go to paint a picture? Michelangelo remained perched on a scaffold from 1508 to 1512 to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. While working in 1818 on The Raft of the Medusa (Le radeau de la Méduse), which depicts the desperate survivors of the frigate […]
Vancouver, B.C. – After winning her seventh straight stakes race by capturing the $50,000 Strawberry Morn at Hastings Racecourse Saturday, owner Ole Nielsen representing Canmor Farms indicated it might be time to explore other challenges. “We will look at our options,” Nielsen said after Monashee broke sharply, gained the lead on the backstretch and drew […]
Toronto, ON – Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson became the first female rider to win the Queen’s Plate in its 148 editions when she masterfully steered longshot Mike Fox to victory Sunday at Woodbine in Canada’s most famous horse race. With a stretch rally after dropping back behind the leaders in early stretch, Mike Fox somehow got […]