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 […]
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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 […]
Jiggs Coz, unbeaten in two outings this year, has been established at the 9-5 morning line favourite in $1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine.
The Review of the Horse Improvement Program has been underway for a number of months with Standardbred and Thoroughbred Working Groups meeting regularly to develop recommendations for discussion. In support of that process, a telephone survey is about to commence to help gather information about the state of the breeding industry, and participants’ views on […]
Ottawa, Ontario — Equine Canada’s Recreation Division, the Provincial Equestrian Federations and Official Spokesperson, 2006 World Equestrian Games Silver Medalist Team member Lance Griffin are pleased to announce that Horse Week 2007 was a huge success nationwide. “We would like to express our gratitude to the 2007 Horse Week Sponsors,†remarked Jack De Wit, Chair […]
Rexdale, ON – June 12, 2007 – Well known for their lucrative Breeders Awards program worth over $2.9 million, the CTHS (Ontario Division) has taken this program one step further by rewarding breeders of Ontario-breds who excel outside of the province. In recognition of these highly talented horses, Breeders Awards will now be distributed to […]
The Racing Medication & Testing Consortium has completed a section of its website (www.rmtcnet.com) that enables licensed horsemen to look up guidelines for withdrawal times for approximately 75 therapeutic medications identified by the RMTC Veterinary Advisory Committee. The guidelines are available for 18 states and Canada. Information from other states will be added to the […]
ITHACA, N.Y. — Genetic researchers at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine have developed a DNA test to detect carrier status for hereditary equine regional dermal asthenia (HERDA) that will be of tremendous help to performance horse breeders. HERDA is a devastating equine skin disease caused by a homozygous recessive mutation that weakens collagen fibers, […]
GEORGETOWN, KY — Old Friends, the landmark Thoroughbred Retirement Facility based in the heart of Kentucky bluegrass country, will be featured in a segment on the CBS Evening News With Katie Couric on June 7th — just two days before the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. This will be the first […]
Vancouver, B.C. May 30/07 – The true measure of success is being accepted by your peers from rival markets and lately, the quality of talent at Hastings Racecourse has been an ideal example. Ookashada, the champion juvenile in British Columbia in 2006, won the $55,389 Jim Coleman Province Stakes impressively on May 21 and trainer […]
TORONTO, June 3 – It’s been 15 long years since a winner of the Plate Trial Stakes went on to capture the Queen’s Plate. That was Alydeed in 1992. It appears that Jiggs Coz is poised to buck that trend when he lines up as the favourite on June 24 in the $1 million ‘Gallop […]
HBO Sports presents Barbaro, a compelling documentary exploring the triumph and tragedy of the remarkable thoroughbred that captured the public’s imagination last year after his showing at the Kentucky Derby. Premiering three days before the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of racing’s illustrious Triple Crown, the exclusive special debuts Wednesday, June 6 (10:00 p.m. ET/PT […]
