Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath has called on the government to protect jobs at the Fort Erie Race Track. “For the second time in just over a year, workers at the Fort Erie Race Track got pink slips instead of assurances from this government throwing families and local businesses in Niagara into turmoil once again.” […]

William Gierkink’s Moonlit Beauty made every pole a winning one as she defended her title in Sunday’s $126,200 Classy n’ Smart Stakes, at Woodbine. Moonlit Beauty, a seven-year-old daughter of Perigee Moon trained by John LeBlanc Jr., captured the 2012 edition of the Classy n’ Smart with a similar front-running trip, but was let go […]

Regal Conqueror remained undefeated with an impressive front-running score to capture Saturday’s $125,000 Victorian Queen Stakes, at Woodbine. Regal Conqueror, a William Sorokolit homebred trained by Darwin Banach, entered the six furlong ‘Poly’ stake for Ontario-sired juvenile fillies off a 7 1/2-length debut score under Eurico Rosa da Silva. A chestnut daughter of Sky Conqueror-Classic […]

The Racing Under Saddle (RUS) Ontario series makes a stop at Mohawk on Saturday, September 28 as part of the OSS Super Finals card. Emma-Jayne Wilson, a Sovereign and Eclipse Award-winning jockey, will join a group of talented riders accompanied by trotters traditionally seen in harness racing, showcasing the versatility and speed of the standardbred. […]

For the second time in less than two months, Canadian dressage riders topped the leaderboard in Saugerties, NY, this time at the New England Dressage Association (NEDA) Fall Festival of Dressage CDI-W Y/J Saugerties held at the HITS Show grounds, September 19-22. Four-time Olympian and Toronto native Ashley Holzer, currently residing in New York, USA […]

Rural Ontario knows the pain the Region of Waterloo is feeling as they brace for the massive layoffs Blackberry has recently announced. Since the cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks Program last year, job losses and business closures in Ontario’s horse racing industry are more than double the expected worldwide losses of Blackberry as they […]

Zanetti has been on this earth longer than his young owner and rider, Hunter Trombley. In fact when Trombley, now 15, was a toddler, Zanetti was racing in some major three-year-old stakes races in Kentucky, Illinois, Florida and Ontario.

Once Dorothy and Sean started going to the races to watch their friends' horse run, they soon found a love for the sport.

Phil’s Dream went gate to wire to capture Sunday’s $125,000 Overskate Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Paul Buttigieg for Buttigieg Training Centre, the dark bay son of Philanthropist has enjoyed a memorable 2013 campaign in which the gelding has now won five of seven starts, after sitting on the sidelines for the entirety of the […]

Lapsang won a stretch duel with Dulcify to capture Saturday’s $114,800 Deputy Jane West Stakes, at Woodbine. Trained by Suzanne Drake for owners Janice and Joseph Pollard, Silver Duck Racing Stable and Philip Yu, Lapsang rallied four-wide for the stretch run and finished gamely to notch a narrow neck score in the inaugural running of […]