Lexington, KY – The Breeders’ Cup and Churchill Downs today announced the second annual Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge, a two-day handicapping tournament to be conducted during this year’s Championships on November 5-6. The Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge will feature a potential prize pool of $340,000 and will be limited to 120 contestants. The 2010 Betting Challenge […]
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FEI President HRH Princess Haya has assured the European Union of the FEI’s support in promoting and improving standards in animal identification and traceability. Speaking to top European Veterinary officials attending the third European Veterinary Week (EVW) in Brussels today, the FEI President highlighted the need to create a clear distinction between the sport horse […]
At its meeting on May 27, 2010 the Board of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) approved new rules under the Rules of Procedure surrounding how hearings and appeals are conducted. The changes will help ensure that the financial and human resources of the ORC, funded largely by the racing community, are wisely and prudently used […]
TORONTO, June 13…Robert Costigan’s homebred Roan Inish, which translates from Irish as *Island of the Seals,* outbattled another longshot, Moment of Majesty and heavily-favoured Embur’s Song in a breath-taking finish to win the 55th edition of the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks, presented by Budweiser, Sunday at Woodbine. Ridden by Irish jockey Davy Moran and trained by […]
College Station, TX – Researchers at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have achieved another cloning first with the successful delivery of a foal using oocytes from a live mare, the first such clone in the world. The delivery of the foal highlights Texas A&M’s long tradition of leading science in equine reproduction, […]
Louisville, Ky – For the first time in its history the Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held at Churchill Downs, Inc. (“CDI”) in consecutive years as officials from Breeders’ Cup Ltd., Churchill Downs and Commonwealth of Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear made the announcement at a news conference this morning at the racetrack. The 2011 Breeders’ […]
Come out and celebrate the 2nd Annual Toronto Horse Day which is taking place on June 12, 2010 at the Horse Palace, Exhbition Place, Toronto, ON. The Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF), the Riding Academy at the Horse Palace, Greenhawk Harness and Equestrian Supplies, Agribrands Purina, Equine Guelph/EquiMania and the Toronto Police Services Mounted Unit are […]
Ottawa, ON – Equine Canada wishes to announce the launch of a national telephone survey — the National Equine Industry Traceability Readiness Study. The study is one of two research and data gathering exercises that are being conducted during the development phase of the national equine identification and traceability program. The information gathered during the […]
Toronto, ON – Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced that wagering on its tracks, Woodbine and Mohawk, is now available in racebooks throughout the state of Nevada. Five thoroughbred cards and five standardbred cards per week are being beamed into most of the state’s 83 racebooks, including high-profile destinations Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, Caesars Palace and Mirage […]
Thornbury, ON – In keeping with its mission to become one of the pre-eminent horse parks in Canada and the U.S., Cedar Run is in the final few weeks of completing the equestrian and show jumping portion of the park, with three grand rings, two smaller show rings and warm up areas all to be […]
Representatives from national and provincial organizations and breed groups gathered in Calgary on June 7 to share ideas, present issues and discuss solutions for the equine ID system that has become inevitable for our industry. The conference was presented by the Horse Industry Association of Alberta with funding through the provincial and federal governments’ Growing […]
Toronto, ON – Bear Stables’ It’s Time Bear, with Emile Ramsammy aboard, made every pole a winning one Sunday at Woodbine, taking the featured $125,000 Bold Ruckus Stakes, an Ontario Sires event for three-year-olds. Sent postward an 11-1 outsider, It’s Time Bear immediately shot to the front in the six-furlong turf stake, taking the field of […]
Toronto, ON – Roderick Ferguson’s Southdale won his second consecutive race and first added-money event, in taking Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile Polytrack event was just the fifth lifetime start for the four-year-old colt, trained by Ian Black and ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson. A son of Street Cry, Southdale prevailed […]
Toronto, ON – Simply Splendid, superbly handled by jockey Chantal Sutherland, outbattled Miss Keller in late stretch to post a surprising upset in the Grade 2, $300,000 Nassau Stakes for fillies and mares, Saturday at Woodbine. The one mile contest over a ‘good’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course went postward with six starters, including odds-on Rainbow View, […]
Toronto, ON – David S. Willmot, Chairman of Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Eaves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective Friday, June 4, 2010. Mr. Eaves, who joined Woodbine Entertainment Group in 1994, succeeds Mr. Willmot, who has served as Chief Executive Officer since 1995. “It is a […]
