There is an added bonus for Canadian horseplayers when Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs kick off their winter meets this Saturday, December 1. Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) is now able to add fractional betting to the wagering menu for the popular wintertime Thoroughbred meetings. Fractional betting, which allows bettors to play the races in […]
Bear Tough Tiger fought off stable mate Bear No Joke to earn his first stakes score in Sunday’s Grade 3, $157,000 Kennedy Road Stakes, at Woodbine. The chestnut son of Roar of the Tiger, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Justin Stein for owner Bear Stables Ltd., sat off the early pace of Essence […]
Magic Broomstick flew home late, under jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, to take Saturday’s Grade 3, $153,400 Bessarabian Stakes, at Woodbine. The dark bay daughter of More Than Ready, trained by Malcolm Pierce for owner Sam-Son Farms, made the final start of her career a memorable one, completing her 2012 campaign with a third stakes score in […]
Audre Cappuccitti, one of Woodbine’s most popular and successful trainers, who had been around horses her entire life, has passed away. Cappuccitti, who won 537 career races, including 35 stakes scores, celebrated a Sovereign Award in 2011 when Essence Hit Man was named Canada’s champion male sprinter. She had horses with Vito Armata and Glen […]
Luis Contreras picked up his fifth win on the card, piloting Blue Heart to a narrow score in Saturday’s $150,000 Jammed Lovely Stakes, at Woodbine. Contreras won with five of his eight mounts on the afternoon, having his pictured snapped with Inclusa (Race 1), Run in Aruba (Race 3), Consolidator Joe (Race 4) and Mount […]
Nipissing, an impressive two-year-old daughter of the recently deceased Niigon, kept her perfect record intact with a smart stalking trip to take Sunday’s $125,000 South Ocean Stakes. The Chiefswood Stable homebred, trained by Rachel Halden and ridden by Steve Bahen, settled in third-position in the 1 1/16-mile ‘Poly’ stake before swooping to the lead en […]
When the ambulance doors shut and Sheena Ryan heard the siren blare, it was the first time the aspiring jockey had ever thought to herself, ‘Am I really cut out to do this?’ She never believed anything could derail her long-held dream of becoming a jockey. But when the horse she was on flipped and […]
News broke Tuesday that jockey Frankie Dettori failed a random drug test at the Longchamp racecourse in Paris. After passing six drug tests in 2012, Dettori tested positive for a banned substance at the on September 16th. Dettori will face an inquiry with France Galop, the governing body of racing in France, on November 20th, […]
The Director of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) today announced measures to begin the process of determining the 2013 race date schedule, and to facilitate the continuance of pari-mutuel wagering beginning January 1, 2013. The interim 2013 race date schedule will be based on the approved 2012 schedule. This action has been taken, understanding that […]
James Street, under a patient and confident ride from decorated Canadian champion jockey Patrick Husbands, arrived in the nick of time to defeat Patrioticandproud in Saturday’s Grade 2, $150,000 Autumn Stakes, at Woodbine. The Eugene Melnyk homebred, trained by Josie Carroll, found running room with a sixteenth of a mile to run to take the […]
