Lady Speightspeare stellar in Grade 2 Bessarabian / Skygaze strong in Grade 3 Maple Leaf
TORONTO, November 13, 2021 – Lady Speightspeare kept her perfect record intact after another impressive performance, this time in the Grade 2…
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A golden Hall of Fame horse racing romance
It’s a horse racing love story going on 50 years. When they sit down to lunch with their children, grandchildren and other…
Special Forces looks like a force (again) in Grade 2 Autumn
TORONTO, November 11, 2021 – Eight hopefuls, including multiple graded stakes winner Special Forces, reigning Canadian Horse of the Year Mighty Heart,…
Juxtapose ready for Grade 2 Bessarabian test / 10 face-off in Grade 3 Maple Leaf
TORONTO, November 10, 2021 – Juxtapose, a four-year-old daughter of Verrazano-Aldara, goes after her first added-money win in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000…
Pink Lloyd sprints to 25th career stakes crown
TORONTO, November 7, 2021 – Pink Lloyd added another stakes title to his outstanding career after taking Sunday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey Club…
Hernandez heaps praise on Pink Lloyd ahead of Ontario Jockey Club Stakes
TORONTO, November 4, 2021 – Multiple stakes winner and Canadian champion Pink Lloyd takes on five rivals in Sunday’s $100,000 Ontario Jockey…
Looking back on 30th Anniversary of Dance Smartly’s Breeders’ Cup Victory
On November 2, it was the 30-year anniversary that Dance Smartly made history becoming the first Canadian-bred and Canadian-owned horse to win…
Frosted Over flies home to take Grade 3 Ontario Derby / Munnyfor Ro cashes top prize in Ontario Damsel
TORONTO, October 31, 2021 – Frosted Over, under leading rider Kazushi Kimura, pulled off the mild upset in the $159,300 Grade 3…
The Minkster is magnificent in Coronation Futurity
TORONTO, October 30, 2021 – The Minkster, under David Moran, looked impressive in taking the 118th running of the $252,400 Coronation Futurity,…
Summer Sunday hangs on in Eternal Search thriller
TORONTO, October 29, 2021 – Summer Sunday was able to fend off a furious late charge from Royal Wedding to take the…
Grade 3 Ontario Derby, Ontario Damsel on tap Sunday at Woodbine
TORONTO, October 28, 2021 – The Grade 3 $150,000 Ontario Derby, for three-year-olds, and the $125,000 Ontario Damsel, for three-year-old fillies, co-headline…
The Minkster takes on 13 rookie rivals in Saturday’s $250,000 Coronation Futurity
TORONTO, October 27, 2021 – Fourteen hopefuls, including Dan Vella’s charge The Minkster, are set to square-off in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity,…
Summer Sunday Goes For Fall Friday Stakes Glory In Eternal Search
TORONTO, October 26, 2021 – Summer Sunday, a six-year-old daughter of Silent Name (JPN), chases her ninth career stakes score in the…
Moira Delivers Dazzling Debut In Princess Elizabeth
TORONTO, October 23, 2021 – Moira made her career debut a memorable one, as the daughter of Ghostzapper dominated the 76th edition of the…
Our Secret Agent Speak Volumes In Hendrie Stakes
TORONTO, October 23, 2021 – Our Secret Agent, under patient handling from Kazushi Kimura, was full of run in the late going…
Secret Reserve Has Plenty In Reserve To Take Lake Superior
TORONTO, October 22, 2021 – The $80,000 Lake Superior Stakes, part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, saw Secret Reserve sprint away with top prize…
Lorena Lowers The Boom In Thunder Bay Stakes
TORONTO, October 22, 2021 – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series continued Friday at Woodbine with Lorena capturing the $80,000 Thunder Bay Stakes….
Broken Proposal Looks To Deliver Sam-Son Seventh Princess Elizabeth Score
TORONTO, October 20, 2021 – Broken Proposal, a two-year-old daughter of Broken Vow, goes for her first-added money crown in the $250,000…
Lake Superior and Thunder On Tap This Friday At Woodbine
TORONTO, October 20, 2021 – A pair of turf stakes, the Lake Superior and Thunder Bay, will share the spotlight on Friday’s…
Avie’s Flatter Looks Like A Million Dollars In Taking Nearctic
TORONTO, October 17, 2021 – Avie’s Flatter, under Luis Contreras, finished with a flourish to win the Grade 2 Nearctic Stakes and in doing so,…
Mutamakina and La Dragontea Deliver Clement an E.P. Taylor One-Two Finish
TORONTO, October 17, 2021 – It was a win-win for trainer Christophe Clement as Mutamakina and La Dragontea went one-two in another…
Grade 1 E.P. Taylor Stakes: Waliyak Looks, Acts the Part
It’s not only what the daughter of Le Havre does on the racetrack that earns high praise from trainer Roger Varian. The…
Nearctic Stakes: Minshall Likes What She’s Hearing From Admiralty Pier
Barb Minshall knows you can’t keep a good horse down. Throughout a career that has spanned five years and 28 races, Admiralty…
Casse hoping for hot early pace to benefit his Nearctic trio
TORONTO, October 15, 2021 – Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said his best chance to win Sunday’s (October 17) Grade 2…