The Woodbine Entertainment Group is offering the WEG Higher Education Award to children of WEG employees or licensed backstretch members. Awards will be given to two students with bursaries of up to $1,000. The bursaries are based on financial need, academic standing and community involvement. Evaluation of the applicants will be undertaken by an independent […]
Spadina Road, patiently handled by Eurico Rosa da Silva, came on strong down the lane to capture Wednesday night’s $125,000 Deputy Minister Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Bob Tiller for owner Rolph Davis, Spadina Road arrived at the seven furlong ‘Poly’ stake for Ontario-sired sophomores from a third-place finish behind Deputy Minister rivals Eighty Nine […]
In year one of operation, initial revenue studies provided to Canadian company EquiLottery Corp. estimate its lottery and horse racing game EquiLottery to generate $100 million in ticket sales. Factor in the effect the game will have on increasing horseplayer interest and EquiLottery is projected to generate $101.5 million in handle to the racing industry. […]
On July 17, 2014, the British Horse Racing Authority announced that five horses had tested positive for the banned substance morphine at recent meets. One of the horses is owned by the Queen. Estimate, a five-year-old filly, tested positive after placing second in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot, a race she won in 2013. It […]
It reads like a Hollywood story line. Matador and East Side, both trained by Mark Casse, worked Monday morning over the Woodbine training track in a thick veil of fog. In fact, the morning air was so dense that the time for the 5 furlong breeze could not be recorded by the Woodbine clockers. “I […]
Ami’s Holiday, a rallying runner-up to Lexie Lou in the Queen’s Plate, heads a list of 11 horses nominated to the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes, to be held on Tuesday, July 29 at Fort Erie Racetrack. The 79th edition of the Prince of Wales for Canadian-foaled three-year-olds will be televised live on TSN from […]
Regal Conqueror battled bravely down the lane to take the co-featured Ontario Damsel Stakes for Ontario-bred juvenile fillies, Saturday at Woodbine. The William Sorokolit homebred, trained by Darwin Banach, was making her turf debut in the one-turn mile with Eurico Rosa da Silva in the irons. It was the second career stakes score for the […]
Sam-Son Farms’ homebred Up With the Birds rallied last-to-first to capture Saturday’s Grade 2 $236,400 Nijinsky Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Malcolm Pierce and expertly ridden by Eurico Rosa da Silva, Up With the Birds was in full flight for the stretch run to win going away. It was the second stakes win on the […]
Lafontaine, under a ground-saving trip from Steve Bahen, overtook favoured Heart to Heart in the final strides through the pouring rain to capture Sunday’s $128,500 Toronto Cup Stakes for three-year-olds, at Woodbine. Trained by Liz Charalambous, the Cudney Stables homebred named for Sir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, the first Canadian to become Prime Minister of the United […]
Al Shahania Racing’s Pirate’s Trove earned a hard-fought nose score over Cactus Kris to capture Sunday’s co-featured $125,000 Duchess Stakes for sophomore fillies, at Woodbine. Trained by Michael Stidham and ridden by Florent Geroux, the Speightstown bay arrived at Woodbine off an impressive 12 ¼-length debut score at Arlington Park. Sent to post as the […]
