Loyalty crowned queen of the Duchess
TORONTO, October 1, 2022 – Loyalty took the $125,000 Duchess, for 3-year-old fillies, besting four rivals over 7 furlongs on the main track,…
Josie Carroll
A Queen’s Plate ‘Duke’ and his merry band
Get ready for the Duke of Love show, Queen’s Plate edition. When the leggy, robust colt steps onto the racetrack ahead of…
Dalos homebreds finish one-two in My Dear Stakes
TORONTO, July 16, 2022 – Collecting Flatter felt the heat and came out a cool winner in an Ivan Dalos Exacta sweep…
Mason’s Gamble wins Ontario Jockey Club for first stakes score
TORONTO, June 19, 2022 – Mason’s Gamble, a four-year-old son of Gamble’s Exchange-Dynaco, held on gamely to take all the spoils in…
Handicapping Woodbine: Looking to Reign in the Queenston with Ren Carothers
The jewel of Sunday’s action-packed card at Woodbine is, undoubtedly, the $125,000 Queenston Stakes. This seven-furlong contest goes off as race nine…
Fury-ous Fillies: Handicapping the Fury Stakes with Ren Carothers
Things are about to heat up in Canada with Woodbine preparing to pop the stalls for two of its most important three-year-old…
Woodbine names Stars of the Month for May
TORONTO, June 6, 2022 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced the Woodbine Stars of the Month for Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing in the…
Boardroom a green machine in Royal North
TORONTO, June 4, 2022 – Boardroom made her turf debut a winning one, taking the Grade 2 $175,000 Royal North Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. For…
Casse sends out four, Carroll three in Grade 2 Royal North
TORONTO, June 1, 2022 – Trainers Mark Casse and Josie Carroll will both be well represented in Saturday’s Grade 2 $175,000 Royal…
These Three Things: Boardroom
Get to know the equine stars of Woodbine and Woodbine Mohawk Park, as we go beyond the chart lines and stat sheets…
If the shoe fits: Mighty Heart all heart in Autumn Stakes victory
TORONTO, November 14, 2021 – Mighty Heart, confidently handled by Patrick Husbands, returned to the winner’s circle with a front-running score in…
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,…
Canadian champ Mighty Heart all systems go for Grade 3 Seagram Cup
TORONTO, September 8, 2021 – Mighty Heart, Canada’s reigning Horse of the Year, is set to tackle 1 1/16-miles on the Tapeta,…
Jolie Olimpica triumphs over Woodbine turf to take Nassau Stakes
TORONTO, July 24, 2021 – Fox Hill Farm’s Jolie Olimpica bested a field of a dozen distaffers to take the $175,000 Nassau,…
Avie’s Flatter captures Grade 2 Connaught Cup
TORONTO, July 18, 2021 – Turf stakes action kicked off at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday with Ivan Dalos’ popular homebred Avie’s Flatter…
Avie’s Flatter chases Grade 2 Connaught Cup crown
TORONTO, July 15, 2021 – Multiple stakes winner Avie’s Flatter, who cruised to victory in his return to action in June, faces…
Canadian Horse of the Year Mighty Heart triumphant in Dominion Day Stakes
TORONTO, July 1, 2021 – Horse racing fans were back in the stands at Woodbine Racetrack for the first time this season…
Boardroom makes the grade in Whimsical Stakes; Can’t Buy Love surges to Star Shoot victory
TORONTO, June 19, 2021 – With the action heating up at Woodbine Racetrack, LNJ Foxwoods’ four-year-old filly Boardroom earned her first graded…
For the Love of the Horse
TORONTO, March 7, 2021 – Janeen Lalsingh’s smile grew ever wider as each horse was walked off the trailer in front of…
The stars (and stakes) are set to shine on Saturday at Woodbine
TORONTO, November 18, 2020 – Multiple stakes winner and 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year, Pink Lloyd, looks to add to his…
Belichick turfs rivals in Breeders’ Stakes, Mighty Heart finishes seventh in Triple Crown bid
TORONTO, October 24, 2020 – Belichick, second to Mighty Heart in the Queen’s Plate, turned the tables on his stablemate, and trounced…
Woodbine Oaks champ Curlin’s Voyage, runner-up Afleet Katherine headline Wonder Where
TORONTO, October 22, 2020 – This year’s edition of the Canadian Triple Tiara comes to a conclusion when 10 three-year-old Canadian-bred fillies…
The cat behind the steed: The story of Mighty Heart
By: Chris O’Leary for Woodbine.com TORONTO, October 21, 2020 – When Mighty Heart bursts out of the gate on Saturday at the $400,000 Breeder’s…
Mighty Heart chases OLG Canadian Triple Crown champion history in Breeders’ Stakes
TORONTO, October 21, 2020 —Mighty Heart will continue his quest to join an elite group of horses to sweep all three legs…