When Sir Henry Cecil saddles Frankel at Ascot ahead of the QIPCO Champion Stakes on Saturday (October 20), the poignancy of the moment will be far from lost on him. While racing has celebrated the superstar colt for the past three seasons, his trainer has lived and breathed every step Frankel has taken along the […]
The Board of Directors of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Society Association (HBPA) of Ontario have announced the election of the following officers for a three-year term: President – Sue Leslie Vice-President – Owners – Bill Diamant Vice-President – Trainers – Nick Gonzalez Secretary/Treasurer – Danny Vella For more information on the HBPA of Ontario, […]
The three member Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel has submitted their final report to the Honourable Ted McMeekin, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The prorogation of parliament will not affect the discharge of the report and its recommendations which is anticipated to be officially released by the end of the month. In an […]
The Canadian Horse Defence Coalition just posted the following message on their blog: There have been conflicting reports throughout the day, but it is apparent now that US horses are being accepted again at Canadian slaughter plants. When we have more information, we’ll pass it along to our followers. Meantime, here is an update received […]
Joshua Tree, piloted by renowned jockey Frankie Dettori, made every pole a winning one, taking Canada’s richest horse race, the Grade 1, $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International, by a half-length over a charging Dandino, Sunday at Woodbine. It was a record-tying third International win for Dettori, who previously scored with Mutafaweq in 2000 and Sulamani […]
US horses are no longer being accepted by Canadian horse slaughter plants, according to multiple sources. The Shipshewana auction in Indiana confirmed reports that they have discontinued loose (slaughter) horse sales for an indefinite period of time. A spokesperson for the Sugar Creek Ohio auction also confirmed that the kill buyers were no longer taking […]
Imperial Monarch, Reliable Man, Joshua Tree and Wigmore Hall head a highly-competitive cast of 11 for the $1.5 million, Grade 1 Pattison Canadian International on the richest day of the thoroughbred racing season in Canada, Sunday at Woodbine. In addition to the mile and one-half Pattison, Canada’s richest horse race, two other turf stakes will […]
Prince Will I Am, a multiple graded stakes winner on the turf, is hoping to be crowned victorious in Sunday’s Grade 1, $1.5-million Pattison Canadian International. A five-time winner through 17 career starts, Prince Will I Am proved he was no pauper when taking the Grade 1 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont on October, 9, 2010, […]
Chantal Sutherland was taken off her mounts at Woodbine on Saturday and suspended for five days after failing a pre-race breathalyzer test for alcohol. Officials at Woodbine would not confirm the report, saying all stewards rulings related to alcohol or drug testing are considered private matters. Sutherland, who rode on Friday’s Woodbine program, was named […]
Lateegra, at 9-1, under jockey Slade Callaghan, rallied stoutly down the long E.P. Taylor Turf Course stretch to take all the spoils for three-year-old fillies in Saturday’s $150,000 Carotene Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/8-mile grass race gave the Mike Doyle trainee her first stakes triumph. She was second, at 52-1, to Awesome Fire in […]
