adouglas2025-03-04T12:47:33-05:00March 4, 2025|
The arrival of Harlocap and Azul Coast to Carey’s T.C. Westmeath Stud Farm is just the boost he needed after losing top stallions Souper Speedy and Old Forester seven weeks apart last fall. by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Despite suffering the cruel fate of losing two of Ontario’s top stallions seven weeks apart Read more
adouglas2025-03-04T11:18:06-05:00March 4, 2025|
The arrival of Harlocap and Azul Coast to Carey’s T.C. Westmeath Stud Farm is just the boost he needed after losing top stallions Souper Speedy and Old Forester seven weeks apart last fall. by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Despite suffering the cruel fate of losing two of Ontario’s top stallions seven weeks apart Read more
adouglas2025-01-23T14:17:41-05:00January 20, 2025|
TORONTO, January 20, 2024 – Once a week, from January to April, Woodbine will profile a horse who had a life-changing impact on one of their closest connections in 2024. This week, trainer Angus Buntain and the horse who gave him a coveted milestone score. The win still feels as though it happened yesterday rather Read more
adouglas2025-01-17T15:51:19-05:00January 17, 2025|
Ontario breeders max out 2025 Mare Purchase Program JANUARY 17, 2025 – When the hammer dropped on Hip 877, Lola’s Light, at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale on Tuesday, the daughter of City of Light and Burg Berg became the last of 25 in-foal mares purchased by Ontario residents through the Mare Read more
adouglas2024-12-02T09:14:25-05:00November 30, 2024|
TORONTO, November 30, 2024 – Notorious Gangster, under a perfect ride from Fraser Aebly, pounced on the frontrunners in the late going en route to victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Coronation Futurity at Woodbine. The 1 1/8-mile event for 2-year-olds foaled in Canada is a significant race on the road to the 166th running of Read more
adouglas2024-11-27T15:30:18-05:00November 27, 2024|
ORONTO, November 27, 2024 – Ashley’s Archer, a son of Karakontie (JPN) out of the Distorted Humor mare Certainly Special, takes on 10 rivals in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity Stakes, part of a Saturday Woodbine card that also features the $250,000 Princess Elizabeth Stakes. The 1 1/8-mile Coronation Futurity, a main track event for Read more
adouglas2024-11-25T10:01:18-05:00November 24, 2024|
TORONTO, November 24, 2024 – Mansetti, trained by Kevin Attard, is back on the winning track after taking the $150,000 Clarendon Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Sent off as the 9-2 third choice of six in the six-furlong event for Ontario bred or Ontario sired 2-year-olds, Mansetti, with Leo Salles aboard, was on a mission to Read more
adouglas2024-11-25T09:56:12-05:00November 23, 2024|
TORONTO, November 23, 2024 – Pop Idol earned her first stakes victory in style, taking top prize in the $150,000 Shady Well, Saturday at Woodbine. Making her fourth start at the Toronto oval, Pop Idol popped out of the gate running in the six-furlong main track race for Ontario-bred or Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies and was Read more
adouglas2024-11-22T12:28:31-05:00November 22, 2024|
TORONTO, November 22, 2024 – Mansetti, trained by Kevin Attard for Al and Bill Ulwelling, takes on five rivals in the $150,000 Clarendon Stakes, for Ontario-bred or Ontario-sired 2-year-olds, Sunday at Woodbine. A son of Collected out of the Sky Mesa mare Gidget Girl, Mansetti won at first asking on Sept. 26 at Woodbine. The Read more
adouglas2024-11-25T09:53:18-05:00November 22, 2024|
TORONTO, November 22, 2024— An honest living isn’t always an easy living but when you show up to work every day with a smile on your face, people are destined to take notice. So goes the story for Eight Star Racing Stable’s Lapochka, the well-travelled war horse who has left an indelible mark on all Read more
