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Chris Lomon, Woodbine    TORONTO, December 11, 2025 – The $100,000 Steady Growth Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile main track feature for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds and upward, headlines Sunday’s final card of the 2025 Woodbine Thoroughbred season. Awesome Bourbon, a 5-year-old son of Not Bourbon out of the Sea The Stars (IRE) mare Sea The Awesome (IRE), Read more

Chris Lomon, Woodbine   TORONTO, December 10, 2025 – Hint takes on seven rivals in the $100,000 La Prevoyante Stakes, a 1/16-mile main track test for Ontario-sired fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, Saturday at Woodbine. Trained by Gail Cox for owner and breeder Sangreal Investments, LLC, the 3-year-old filly has hit the podium in Read more

Chris Lomon, Woodbine   TORONTO, December 6, 2025 – Hammerhead, under Daisuke Fukumoto, recorded his first stakes score courtesy of a sharp showing in the $150,000 bet365 Valedictory (G3), for 3-year-olds and up, Saturday at Woodbine. Passing Game, making his first appearance at Woodbine, broke running and was hustled to the lead in the 1 Read more

Chris Lomon, Woodbine ​  TORONTO, December 3, 2025 – Nine starters, including Kevin Attard trainees Hammerhead, Jokestar and Zabo, will vie for top prize in Saturday’s 150,000 bet365 Valedictory Stakes (G3), a 1 ½-mile main track test for 3-year-olds and up, at Woodbine. A dark bay son of War Front out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Read more

Chris Lomon, Woodbine   TORONTO, November 29, 2025 – Piper’s Gift presented an electrifying performance in Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes, a main track race for Canadian-foaled 2-year-old fillies, and a key event on the path to the 71st running of the Woodbine Oaks presented by Stella Artois, the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Read more

Chris Lomon, Woodbine TORONTO, November 26, 2025 – Graded stakes winner Dixie Law takes on eight rivals in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity, part of an 11-race Saturday Woodbine card that also features the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes. The 1 1/8-mile Coronation Futurity, a main track event for Canadian-foaled 2-year-olds, is a significant race on the Read more

by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing One prolific broodmare was all it took for small Ontario Thoroughbred breeder Ericka Rusnak to earn $114,427 in awards in 2024. Both that mare, Platinum Steel, and the money, has been a godsend. Rusnak is one of many Ontario breeders that said the award money, which is part of Read more

By Dave Briggs Ontario’s horse racing industry appears to have been spared tariffs on both sides of the border. That means, for now, horses crossing between Canada and the United States will do so tariff free. Though, it is important to note that given the unpredictability of the U.S. administration, this could all change quickly. Read more

After reaching new racing deal with Woodbine, Sue Leslie calls for even greater unity The HBPA president said the best way the Ontario horse racing industry can face external challenges is to figure it out together.   by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Following the announcement this week of a new two-year racing agreement between Read more

Fear is rising that Ontario horse racing industry will be decimated by tariffs Provincial horse breeders say blanket tariffs of 25% in both the U.S. and Canada would put them out of business.   by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing The Ontario horse racing industry is warning it could be a major casualty in the Read more