Chiefswood Stable’s homebred Nipissing, with veteran Steven Bahen aboard, hauled down stablemate Original Script and fended off Spring in the Air in a thrilling three-horse finish to capture the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, Sunday at Woodbine. At the wire of the mile and one-eighth classic for Canadian-bred three-year-old fillies, Nipissing had prevailed by […]
Horse Racing News
Sisterly Love broke alertly and never looked back en route to an emphatic score in Saturday’s $133,000 Trillium Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Mark Casse for owner Gary Barber, Sisterly Love was hustled to the lead in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake setting splits of :24.88 and 49.07 under jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva and […]
Langstaff, ridden energetically by Luis Contreras, collared pacesetters Click and Skyrish near the shadow of the wire to take the co-featured $125,800 Bold Ruckus Stakes Saturday at Woodbine. It certainly didn’t look like Langstaff, a son of Saffir, would make it in time, as favoured Click and Skyrish were engaged in a bitter stretch-long duel […]
As reported on April 30th, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has been investigating Newmarket-based trainer Gerard Butler following positive tests for a banned substance in February. Now, it has been announced that Butler has been charged by the BHA over his use of the drug Sungate, which contains a banned anabolic steroid. The trainer admitted […]
John Oxley’s Spring in the Air, last year’s Sovereign Award winner as Canada’s top juvenile filly, heads a field of eight Canadian-bred three-year-old fillies for Sunday’s $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser. Post time for the 58th edition of the mile and one-eighth filly classic over Woodbine’s Polytrack is 4:47 p.m. ET, with the winner […]
Today, Lambton-Kent-Middlesex PC MPP Monte McNaughton re-introduced his private members Bill 92; a bill entitled Ensuring Local Voices in New Casino Gambling Development Act, 2013. MPP McNaughton’s bill will require a mandatory municipal referendum before any new casino is allowed to move forward. “We have heard from local residents, Mayors, Wardens and City Councilors from […]
The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has announced that there have been no reports of any further clinical cases in horses stabled in the Lower Barn of the Campbellville Training Centre. ORC Manager of Veterinary Services Dr. Adam Chambers confirms that horses stabled in this barn will be allowed to enter into races (make entries) and […]
The province has announced that the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) will give $80.6-million as compensation to those racetracks that invested in their infrastructure by expanding their facilities to make room for the introduction of slots over a decade ago. While the details of the agreements are confidential, it has been reported that Great Canadian […]
Laugh Track earned his first stakes score with a determined rally to reel in champion sprinter Essence Hit Man in Sunday’s $156,000 Grade 3 Vigil Stakes, at Woodbine. Laugh Track, trained by Mark Casse for owners Gary Barber and WinStar Farm LLC, was pinned to Essence Hit Man’s flank throughout the seven furlong ‘Poly’ stake […]
Delightful Mary rallied from off the pace to earn her first graded win in Saturday’s $150,000 Grade 3 Hendrie Stakes, at Woodbine. The five-year-old daughter of Limehouse, trained by Mark Casse for owner John C. Oxley, came into the Hendrie off a 15-month layoff, but showed no signs of rust surging to the lead in […]
The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) is concerned that the integration of horse racing into the OLG’s Gaming Strategy will be impossible if the existing OLG Modernization Plan continues to go forward. The OLG’s announcement of the RFPQs (Request for Pre-Qualification) for their Southwest Gaming Bundle puts Ontario’s horse racing industry at further risk […]
As of May 28, 2013, there have been no further confirmed cases of EHV-1 in Ontario since the restrictions on racing were imposed. At the request of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC), Dr Scott Weese, an expert in infectious disease control at the Ontario Veterinary College, conducted an examination of the conditions at the Campbellville […]
Mickey Walls, one of Canada’s greatest riding exports, was today named the 2013 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. The coveted Gomez Award is given to the person, Canadian-born, Canadian-raised or regular rider in the country for more than five years, who has made significant contributions to the sport. Born June 1, 1974 in […]
Alive and kicking may have been the best way to describe yesterday’s opening day celebrations at Fort Erie Race Track. Patrons packed the 116 year old Border Oval for an exciting eight race card which saw over 70 Thoroughbreds returning to one of the most beautiful tracks in North America. Crossing the line in front […]
I’m a Kittyhawk collared Rootham Triple E’s in the shadow of the wire to take Saturday’s $125,000 Lady Angela Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Robert Crean for Jonathan, Martin, Nicholas and Victoria Earle, I’m A Kittyhawk was expertly ridden by David Moran, settling along the rail in the seven furlong ‘Poly’ stake before finding her […]
