Paul Ryder, a racehorse owner since 1999, can’t help but imagine what it would be like to have a starter in the “Gallop for the Guineas”.
Japanese-bred Forever Young, from an $8,000 Kentucky-bred mare, was the 2025 Eclipse Award winning Older Horse.
Winners will be announced on the evening of Thursday, April 23, 2026 at Paramount Eventspace in Woodbridge, Ontario.
Canadian horses and horsepeople continue make noise this winter, breeders are welcoming foals, and the Woodbine backstretch opens Feb. 23.
The richest race in the world has attracted 14 entrants, while Woodbine's leading trainer sends out Time To Dazzle in the $2M Turf Sprint.
Graded stakes-placed and multiple winner with speed and stamina will stand at Colebrook Farms for the 2026 season.
Ontario-bred Luv Your Neighbor tackles a graded stakes race for the first time when she starts in the Rachel Alexandra at Fair Grounds.
Europe's leading first- and second-crop sire returns to his birth province and one of his sons races in the Saudi Cup.
Texan Henry Witt will be going after his eighth consecutive leading owner title at Assiniboia Downs in 2026.
“I thought it was a perfect start to his three-year-old campaign,” said Todd Pletcher of the colt which won with a smart 92 speed figure.