The 2016 thoroughbred racing season will begin in mid-April and conclude in mid-October it was announced today by Hastings Racecourse General Manager Darren MacDonald. “It was great to come to a mutually beneficial schedule with the horsemen’s groups,” MacDonald said. “I couldn’t be happier. Now we just wait for the approval of the Gaming Policy […]
The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency has issued a memo on the elimination guidelines for methylprednisolone, which will change effective January 1, 2016. Methylprednisolone is a steroid that prevents the release of substances in the body that cause inflammation. Elimination from the horse can take an extended period of time. As such, owners and trainers should govern themselves […]
What a day for world champion jockey Ryan Moore. After taking the E.P. Taylor aboard favoured Curvy 45 minutes earlier, he returned to the winner’s circle after impressively winning the Grade 1 $1 million, mile and one-half Pattison Canadian International aboard another slight favourite, Cannock Chase. It marked a record-breaking third consecutive win in the […]
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) president and CEO Stephen Rigby has issued the following letter, dated October 15, 2015, to Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) president Sue Leslie to provide the horse community an update on the integration of horse racing into the OLG’s modernization plans. Dear Ms. Leslie, As you know, over the […]
Habibi, trained by champion conditioner Mark Frostad, is coming into Sunday’s Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International the way she began her career – at the top of her game. A dark bay daughter of Ekraar, the New Zealand-bred Habibi zips into the 1 ½-mile turf classic off two primetime performances, including a runner-up effort to […]
A highly-competitive renewal of Sunday’s $1 million Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International at Woodbine has attracted 11 hopefuls, headed by Second Step, the morning line choice at 3-1. In addition to the turf mile and one-half Pattison, one of Canada’s richest thoroughbred races (the other $1 million races are the Queen’s Plate and Ricoh Woodbine […]
The Fort Erie Live Racing Consortium (FELRC) Board of Directors decided to apply to the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) for a 40 day race schedule for 2016. The 2016 race season will have a similar race calendar, purses and operations as the 2015 race season. Start and end dates may be adjusted as the staff work […]
Locked out OLG workers, members of Unifor working at Sudbury Downs, Casino Brantford and Woodbine Racetrack, voted overwhelmingly in support of a new collective agreement on October 13th, officially putting an end to a lockout that lasted three weeks. “Our members are certainly relieved,” said Anne-Marie MacInnis, president of Mine Mill Local 598 Unifor which […]
Interpol arrives at Sunday’s $1-million Pattison Canadian International from a pair of striking upset scores, engineered by pilot Emma-Jayne Wilson, taking the Grade 2 Sky Classic at odds of 21-1 and the Grade 1 Northern Dancer at a more respectable 10-1. Trained by Sid Attard for JMJ Racing Stables LLC., the four-year-old English Channel bay […]
Secret Action, with David Moran aboard, scored a shocking upset in the featured $150,000 Carotene Stakes on the Thanksgiving Monday holiday at Woodbine. For Ontario-bred three-year-old fillies at one and one-eighth miles on the grass, the Carotene drew seven hopefuls, headed by the once-beaten Moon Rainbow, who went postward the 3-5 choice and the undefeated […]
