In honour of Queen’s Plate week, multiple Hall of Fame jockey, Sandy Hawley, along with executives from Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), joined Tim Babcock, Director, Listed Issuer Services, TSX Venture Exchange, to open the Toronto Stock Exchange, Wednesday morning. The 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate, North America’s oldest continuously-run stakes race, will be contested […]
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This season at Fort Erie Race Track, a transportation subsidy in theamount of $300 will be available for eligible owners of horses shipping in to race QuarterHorses on the mixed-card race days being held on Monday, July 2nd, Sunday, July 15th, Monday, August 6th and Monday, September 3rd. For owners to be eligible to receive […]
Prince Raphael, a three-year-old son of Shakespeare, will not contest Sunday’s 153rd running of the Queen’s Plate. Owned by Cristina and Oslen Belle, and Doug Reddington, trained by Debbie England and to have been ridden by Richard Dos Ramos, Prince Raphael fashions a record of one win and two thirds from four career starts. “He […]
Pender Harbour, who captured the Prince of Wales and Breeders’ Stakes last year en route to being named Canada’s champion three-year-old male, was an impressive winner of Sunday’s $125,000 Steady Growth Stakes, at Woodbine. With the $75,000 first-place pot, Pender Harbour pushed his career earnings over the $1-million mark. Ridden by Luis Contreras for trainer […]
Trainer Roger Attfield, with eight Queen’s Plate wins, is tied with Harry Giddings Jr. for most visits to the winner’s circle in the ‘Gallop for the Guineas’ and the conditioner is hopeful that Colleen’s Sailor can break the deadlock. “It would mean a whole lot,” said Attfield, of the opportunity to hold the record outright. […]
Trainer Mark Casse, a four-time Sovereign Award winner as Canada’s top conditioner, will send out three hopefuls for the $1 million Queen’s Plate on June 24th at Woodbine as he seeks his first win in the country’s most famed horse race. Last year, he also saddled a trio of runners in the ‘Gallop for the […]
Friday marks an important anniversary in Manitoba horse racing history. It was 70 years ago that Whittier Park, the picturesque race track was built
Viewership for the Belmont Stakes on NBC soared, with 7.67 million viewers – despite the scratch of Triple Crown-hopeful I’ll Have Another, topping last year by 12%, and 2010 by 62%. Saturday’s viewership is the highest for a non-Triple Crown Belmont since 2005 on NBC, and the second-best for a non-Triple Crown Belmont in Nielsen People […]
The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) was granted deputation in front of Ontario’s Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs on June 6th, where they presented a submission, which is available here. The charts contained on pages 6- 8 peaked the interest of the committee. The charts indicate that the Slots at Racetracks Program […]
Jenna’s Wabbit, with Eurico Rosa da Silva aboard, would not be denied with a powerful stretch run to take Saturday’s featured $125,800 Bold Ruckus Stakes, an Ontario Sires event for three-year-olds, at Woodbine. The dark bay son of Old Forester-In the Buff, conditioned by Ralph Biamonte, sat off the early speed of Raincoats’ntuxedos who set […]