You have seen the marvels of 3-D cinema whether it was Thor’s hammer hurling toward you or maybe it was Superman Returns at the IMAX. Ultrasound technology has also developed 3-D capabilities and it is evolving faster than a speeding bullet, with more accuracy than a CAT scan. What this means for researchers is a […]
Equine Canada (EC) today announced it has requested its Sport Council to strike a Hypersensitivity Protocol Task Force. The objective of the Task Force will be to review the International Equestrian Federation’s Protocol for Thermography and Clinical Examination (Hypersensitivity of legs) to ascertain, from the perspective of Canada’s equestrian sport community, if the protocol and […]
Eric Lamaze of Schomberg, ON, offered an insider’s look at the sport of show jumping on the opening day of the CSIO5* Spruce Meadows Masters tournament. The five-day international show jumping tournament runs September 5-10 in Calgary, Canada. Rolex Testimonee Eric Lamaze welcomed approximately 30 guests to his stables on the morning of September 5, […]
A chestnut colt by the champion turf male English Channel topped the two-day Selected Session selling for $275,000 at the annual Canadian-Bred Yearling Sale held at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion in Toronto. With a noted stellar conformation, the colt is out of the Horse Chestnut (SAF) mare In Return, being purchased by Bear Stables Ltd. […]
Monday’s Yearling Sales Stakes program at Woodbine was highlighted by a Mark Casse triactor in the Simcoe Stakes and the son of a three-time Halton Stakes winner taking the very same race. Among the day’s notable results, headlined by six added-money features, Mark Casse watched Dynamic Sky, Honorable Guest and Star Contender finish one-two-three in […]
Seen It All Before angled off the rail in the stretch run and powered home a length and a half winner of the $125,000 Vice Regent Stakes over the E.P Taylor Turf Course, Sunday at Woodbine. The Colebrook Farms homebred, a chestnut son of Niigon-A Familiar Face, entered the 1 1/16-mile Vice Regent off a […]
Tu Endie Wei took the lead at the top of the lane and held on strong to win the $168,500 Grade 3 Seaway Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The three-year-old bay daughter of Johar-Ms. Cornstalk, trained by Reade Baker and ridden by Jim McAleney, made her return to the Polytrack a successful one following losses on […]
The Ontario Equestrian Federation has issued a thank you letter to MPP Lisa MacLeod, on behalf of Ontario’s equine community, for calling on the Auditor General to review the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s plans and its impact on the horse racing industry. Read the letter here.
Supporters of the Ontario horse racing industry are encouraged to attend a rally on August 30th led by Conservative MPP Lisa MacLeod at Queen’s Park in Toronto. MPP MacLeod has strongly opposed the elimination of the slots at racetracks program and has spoken out passionately in support of the horse racing industry and rural Ontario, […]
Kendel Standlee’s Big Band Sound, with Tyler Pizarro aboard, took over in mid-stretch and drew off to a two and one-half length tally in the featured $202,400 Play the King Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. It was only the second win in seven starts this year for the five-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Bernstein, but he’d been […]
