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TORONTO, AUGUST 17, 2023 – The seventeen King’s Plate starters will be examined from every angle ahead of the 164th Gallop for the Guineas on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. So, we thought we’d pitch in by taking a closer look at the four Ontario Sired runners. The horses are listed by their post position, which Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, August 16, 2023 – Seventeen sophomores, including Woodbine Oaks Presented by Budweiser winner Elysian Field, and Plate Trial victor Paramount Prince, both trained by dual hall of famer Mark Casse, will contest the $1 million King’s Plate, first leg of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown, highlighting an outstanding stakes-filled Sunday card of Read more

TORONTO – Over 250 yearlings are entered in the 2023 Canadian Premier Yearling Sale on August 30 and Ontario owners can once again use Sales Credits earned through Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) to support their purchases. The Sales Credit program provides a credit of $750 or $1,000 to the owner of a Registered Ontario Read more

TORONTO, AUGUST 3, 2023 – If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball, is the famous line delivered by three-year-old gelding Patches O’Houlihan’s namesake character in the movie Dodgeball.   Frank Di Giulio Jr. doesn’t know if his homebred can dodge a wrench, but he definitely knows he can run. The son of Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Aim for the Sky aims for the top prize in Saturday’s $150,000 Vice Regent Stakes, a five-furlong inner turf race for Ontario-bred 3-year-olds and up, at Woodbine. Trained by Steven Chircop, who co-owns with Eric Ross, Aim for the Sky, a 6-year-old son of Sky Mesa-Pohdi Pohdi, will Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series continued Sunday afternoon at Woodbine with Foolish Games winning the $100,000 Thunder Bay Stakes. Originally a six-furlong E.P. Taylor turf sprint, the race, which was moved to the Tapeta and contested at the same distance due to heavy rains in the area on Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – The $100,000 Lake Superior Stakes saw Patches O’Houlihan romp to the easiest of wins, Sunday at Woodbine. The six-furlong race for 3-year-old colts and geldings is part of the Ontario Sired Heritage Series. Originally slated for six furlongs on the E.P. Taylor turf, the race was switched to the Tapeta Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – Five hopefuls, including sprint standouts Patches O’Houlihan and Poulin in O T, will vie for top prize in the $100,000 Lake Superior, to be contested at six furlongs over the E.P. Taylor turf. The Lake Superior is a part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series. Trained by Canadian Horse Read more

By Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO – A pair of Ontario-sired 3-year-old turf stakes, the $100,000 Thunder Bay, and $100,000 Lake Superior, both a component of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, share the spotlight on Sunday’s 14-race card at Woodbine. Seven fillies, including Souper Sunday, will take to the E.P. Taylor Turf Course for the six-furlong Thunder Read more

TORONTO, JULY 26, 2023 – Paramount Prince was dominant in the $150,000 Plate Trial, the last key prep for the King’s Plate on August 20, and his victory was thrilling for all the connections, including breeder Ericka Rusnak.   Rusnak, a resident of Stouffville, Ont., has been breeding thoroughbreds for close to 20 years, and Paramount Read more