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Woodbine unveils Pink Lloyd Stakes

Posted on March 8, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, March 8, 2023 – The Ontario Jockey Club Stakes will now be known as Pink Lloyd Stakes, in recognition of one…

A Royal Welcome for the ‘King’

Posted on March 1, 2023 by grace

Serve the King (GB) is feeling right at home in surroundings that are, rather appropriately, fit for a king. A Grade 2…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Josie Carroll and Rafael Hernandez

Posted on February 27, 2023, updated on February 27, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 27, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the…

‘He’s an incredible horse and I love him’

Posted on February 23, 2023, updated on February 23, 2023 by grace

An Equine Welfare Feature TORONTO, February 23, 2023– As she ran her hands over the dark bay gelding’s mane, Nora Calhoun, for…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Barb Minshall and Declan Carroll

Posted on February 21, 2023, updated on February 23, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 21, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine Communications…

Shirl’s Speight set for stiff test in Grade 1 February Stakes

Posted on February 18, 2023 by grace

A familiar face to Woodbine racing fans, Shirl’s Speight, a six-year-old son of Speightstown, trained by Hall of Famer Roger Attfield and…

Ricky’s Story: “Horse Racing Saved My Life”

Posted on February 15, 2023, updated on February 15, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 15, 2023– The hotheaded kid from Weston Road and Finch was heading down a dangerous road. Ricky Dookeran saw it…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Steven Chircop and Sahin Civaci

Posted on February 13, 2023, updated on February 15, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 13, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine Communications…

Jockey Club Of Canada Announces 2022 Sovereign Awards Finalists

Posted on February 10, 2023, updated on February 15, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 10, 2023– The Jockey Club of Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Sovereign Awards honouring Canada’s…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Kevin Attard and Justin Stein

Posted on February 6, 2023, updated on February 6, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 6, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine Communications…

The ‘Major,’ Barbaro, and their adoring fan

Posted on February 2, 2023, updated on February 15, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, February 2, 2023– There are times when Donna Ralph can see a spark in the eyes of the 30-year-old Thoroughbred, a…

Home, sweet Woodbine home for Campos

Posted on January 30, 2023, updated on January 30, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, January 30, 2023– Jose Campos has good reasons, four of them, to be exact, to believe he can make the 2023…

Canadians set to take flight on Pegasus World Cup day

Posted on January 27, 2023, updated on January 27, 2023 by grace

TORONTO, January 27, 2023– There are plenty of Canadian-connected horses and horse people set to take part in Saturday’s highly anticipated Pegasus…

In Historic First, Fipke’s Shirl’s Speight To Run In February S. In Japan

Posted on January 20, 2023, updated on January 20, 2023 by grace

NEW JERSEY, January 19, 2023– Charles Fipke’s Grade I winner and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Shirl’s Speight (Speightstown) will become the first foreign horse to…

Roaring Forties revved up and ready for Sunshine Turf Stakes

Posted on January 18, 2023 by grace

January 18, 2023 – Roaring Forties, a seven-year-old son of Stormy Atlantic, is set to take on six rivals in the 1…

KAZUSHI KIMURA WINS FIRST-EVER RACE AT SANTA ANITA AS KIRSTENBOSCH IS UP TO WIN GRADE III, $200,000 LA CANADA STAKES

Posted on January 17, 2023 by grace

ARCADIA, California, January 15, 2023—North America’s Eclipse Award winning Apprentice Jockey in 2019, Japanese native Kazushi Kimura won his first-ever Santa Anita…