Break the Spell tests stakes company in Display
TORONTO, October 13, 2023 – Break the Spell, a son of Moyhamen-Breakshot, is set to go postward in the $125,000 Display Stakes, part…
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Ultra-consistent Millie Girl takes on 11 in G3 Ontario Matron
TORONTO, October 12, 2023 – Millie Girl, who has hit the top three in all her starts, chases her first stakes success in…
Hazelbrook goes for second straight G3 Ontario Fashion score
TORONTO, October 11, 2023 – Hazelbrook, Canada’s 2022 champion female sprinter, will defend her title in Saturday’s $150,000 Ontario Fashion (G3) Presented by Tanqueray…
Ten hopefuls vie for top prize in Cup & Saucer Stakes
TORONTO, October 11, 2023 – Arashi will go after his second straight score when he goes postward in Saturday’s $250,000 Cup & Saucer Stakes at…
October Horse Person of the Month: Chad Beckon
It would be understandable if Chad Beckon lamented what might have been, but the former jockey has always opted for a much…
Weekend Notables & Quotables (October 7-8)
Something’s brewing Artie’s Storm, with Emma-Jayne Wilson in the irons, rallied down the lane to take Saturday’s $150,000 Durham Cup (G3) for…
Big-time performance from Big Invasion in Grade 2 Nearctic
TORONTO, October 8, 2023 – Big Invasion, who had been entered in Sunday’s Nearctic (G2T) after being programmed for Saturday’s Belmont Turf…
Nations Pride (IRE) rallies to take Canadian International
TORONTO, October 8, 2023 – Nations Pride (IRE), sent off as the overwhelming 2-5 choice, reeled in a game Royal Champion (IRE) to…
Fev Rover (IRE) impressive in Grade 1 E.P. Taylor triumph
TORONTO, October 8, 2023 – Fev Rover (IRE), rebounding from an indifferent last-out effort here in the Canadian Stakes, rebounded in a…
Dancing Duchess wins Algonquin thriller
TORONTO, October 8, 2023 – Dancing Duchess, under Javier Castellano, got up just in time to win the $200,000 Algonquin Stakes at…
Artie’s Storm weathers big-name rivals, takes G3 Durham Cup
TORONTO, October 7, 2023 – Artie’s Storm, under Emma-Jayne Wilson, got by one foe and then held off another in Saturday’s $150,000 Durham…
Oceanic tests Grade 2 Nearctic waters
TORONTO, October 6, 2023 – Oceanic, a multiple graded stakes-placed son of Constitution-Rockin Girl, tackles six furlongs of E.P. Taylor turf and 12…
Star-stacked G1 E.P. Taylor includes With The Moonlight (IRE), Moira
TORONTO, October 6, 2023 – With The Moonlight looks to continue the remarkable local success of trainer Charlie Appleby and owner/breeder Godolphin when…
Multiple G1 winner Nations Pride (IRE) set for Canadian International challenge / Pipit steps up, tries turf in Algonquin Stakes
TORONTO, October 5, 2023 – This year’s edition of the prestigious $750,000 Canadian International (G1T), set for this Sunday at Woodbine, has once…
Hall of Fame Jockey Eddie Maple to visit Woodbine on Sunday
TORONTO, October 5, 2023 – It’s been 50 years since Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Maple rode Secretariat to victory in the…
Algiers (IRE) looking to use Durham Cup as springboard to Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
TORONTO, October 4, 2023 – The Durham Cup (G3) is not on any traditional list of preps for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile….
Woodbine to host Aftercare Alliance Day Sunday
TORONTO, October 4, 2023 – Woodbine Entertainment is pleased to welcome and recognize Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society as part…
Weekend Notables & Quotables (September 30-October 1)
Three cheers (and wins in a row) for Vives Apprentice jockey Sofia Vives swept the first three races on Saturday’s card. The…
Touch’n Ride wins Breeders’ Stakes thriller
TORONTO, October 1, 2023 – Touch’n Ride, under Kazushi Kimura, wore down a game rival in Elysian Field and then survived a rider’s…
Forever Dixie takes inside track to Ontario Damsel victory
TORONTO, October 1, 2023 – Forever Dixie, ridden by Patrick Husbands, won Sunday’s $125,000 Ontario Damsel Stakes Presented by Ketel One, for 3-year-old…
Can Bigg match his $2,020 Prince of Wales superfecta success in the Breeders’?
No false modesty here today. Coming off my proudest moment in handicapping big stakes race – nailing the $2,020 superfecta in the…
King’s Plate winner Paramount Prince takes on 13 in Breeders’ Stakes
TORONTO, September 28, 2023 – Fourteen 3-year-olds, including King’s Plate winner Paramount Prince and runner-up Elysian Field, Kaukokaipuu, who contested the Plate and…
Woodbine Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Secretariat’s Triple Crown
TORONTO, September 28, 2023– In horse racing, there is one horse who truly became a household name across the world: Secretariat. After winning…
Q & A with apprentice jockey Pietro Moran
Pietro Moran, son of jockeys David and Maria Moran, grew up in Ireland but moved to Canada with his family when he…