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Equine Canada Health Alert Updates

Horse Tests Positive for Vesicular Stomatitis in Las Animas, Colorado August 2, 2012 A horse tested positive for vesicular stomatitis (VS) in Las Animas County, Colorado on August 2, 2012. Vesicular Stomatitis is a reportable disease as per the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), meaning that horse owners must immediately report the presence of any […]
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Olympic Dressage: Individual Freestyle Final

Great Britain’s new shining star, Charlotte Dujardin, brought the crowd to their feet and the London 2012 equestrian events to the perfect conclusion when securing the individual Olympic Dressage title as winner of the Grand Prix Freestyle this afternoon at Greenwich Park. Last of the 18 to line out today, the 26-year-old rider scored a […]
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Hall of Fame Welcomes Woodbine Icon Attfield

On Friday, trainer Roger Attfield will be inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. The induction ceremony is available via the National Museum of Racing’s live stream on Woodbine’s website at www.woodbineracetrack.com, starting at 10:30 a.m. Attfield’s segment […]
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Emma-Jayne Wilson is Chasing 1000 at the Shergar Cup

Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, a veteran of more than 7,000 starts, is only 12 wins shy of 1,000 in her career and she’s hoping to add to her impressive totals when she takes part in a team competition at Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot, in England. Wilson will be joined in the Shergar […]
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Top 25 Finish for Ashley Holzer in Olympic Dressage

Canadian Olympic Team member for Dressage Ashley Holzer of Toronto, ON, finished 24th individually on Tuesday, August 7, at the 2012 London Olympic Games. A total of 50 athletes competed individually in the equestrian sport of Dressage at the Olympic equestrian venue of Greenwich Park. Riding Breaking Dawn, Holzer earned a score of 71.317% to […]
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David Willmot Retires As WEG Chairman

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced the retirement of David S. Willmot as the Company’s Chairman of the Board. James J. Lawson has been elected Chairman. Mr. Willmot was first elected to the WEG Board in 1984. He served as President & CEO of the Company from 1995 to 2010 and had been Chairman since […]
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New Jockey Club Stewards and Members

At the annual Jockey Club of Canada meeting of the Members held on Saturday, June 23, 2012, at Woodbine Race Track in Toronto, Ontario, three new Stewards and eight new Members were appointed to The Jockey Club of Canada. The Jockey Club of Canada is honoured to appoint Mark Casse, Charles Overland and Paul Ryneveld […]
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Queen’s Plate Champion Strait of Dover Out of Breeders’ Stakes

Queen’s Plate champion, Strait of Dover, who would have been the likely favourite for Sunday’s Breeders’ Stakes, third and turf jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, has suffered a leg injury and is out for the season. “He has a small tear in the suspensory (ligament),” said trainer Dan Vella, who trains the […]
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Roxy Gap Unwavering in Royal North

Roxy Gap put in a determined effort to hold off favoured Atlantic Hurricane in Sunday’s Grade 3 $187,000 Royal North Stakes, at Woodbine. The Eugene Melnyk homebred, trained by Mark Casse and expertly ridden by Patrick Husbands, surged to the lead through the turn and dug in bravely down the lane to win her second […]