Dave Briggs2026-01-29T14:56:07-05:00January 29, 2026|
Without the money she receives from the Ontario Thoroughbred breeders’ awards, Sherry McLean is certain her farm in Hillsburgh, ON farm could not stay open. “I can't stress it enough,” said McLean (above / Dave Landry photo), the owner of Northern Dawn Stables. “Without that money, we probably wouldn’t be here… and that money needs Read more
Dave Briggs2026-01-21T16:01:58-05:00January 21, 2026|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing The excitement was palpable in new breeder Evan Sandhu’s voice as he spoke about how the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s (TIP) Mare Purchase Program (MPP) helped him add three European-bred broodmares to Amplify Stables’ growing operation. Sandhu purchased three mares via the MPP and will receive a total of Read more
Dave Briggs2025-12-18T16:49:49-05:00December 18, 2025|
Thanks to a three-way tie in the fillies’ division, more horses than usual cracked the top three in the 2025 Ontario-Sired Heritage Series held at Woodbine Racetrack and Fort Erie Racetrack. The events, part of the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s Stakes Series, were contested over three legs and a final from June through November. Established Read more
Dave Briggs2025-11-14T09:50:22-05:00November 14, 2025|
Regal Moment ready for Ashbridges Bay appointment by Chris Lomon for Woodbine Eight fillies, including Regal Moment (above), will contest the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes, part of a 12-race card, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Stuart Simon for Anne and William Scott, the daughter of Point of Entry out of the Sky Conqueror mare Regal Read more
Dave Briggs2025-11-03T14:29:28-05:00November 3, 2025|
by Dave Briggs In August, when Ontario breeder David Clancy sold a Speaker's Corner colt (above) out of Carta de Oro for $142,000 out of the Hill ‘n’ Dale consignment, it proved to be the third-highest price reached at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s (CTHS) Canadian Premier Yearling Sale. None of it would have been Read more
Dave Briggs2025-08-22T12:50:31-04:00August 22, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing David Anderson believes the Canadian Premier Yearling Sale being held on Wednesday (Aug. 27) at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion is the antidote to a U.S. sales sector that “right now is out of control” and pricing the average horse owner out of the market. “Historically, [the Canadian sale] has Read more
Dave Briggs2025-08-15T20:53:19-04:00August 15, 2025|
by Hayley Morrison for Ontario Racing “The race has evolved, has changed, and has been challenged as far as the various components that go into having a live show put on once of year. But it’s something we can’t take for granted. We can’t take tradition, or our identity for granted.” Racing historian Tom Cosgrove Read more
Dave Briggs2025-07-29T09:01:23-04:00July 29, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Looking down from balcony of the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga Springs, NY, Ontario breeder Arika Everatt-Meeuse thought she was going to vomit. It was exactly 26 days after her mother, Boss Lady J, had died. Everatt-Meeuse had spent much of the trip crying and now the hammer was Read more
Dave Briggs2025-07-20T11:32:45-04:00July 20, 2025|
by Chris Lomon / Woodbine communications (This story originally appeared here) The $150,000 Plate Trial Stakes, a key fixture on the road to this year’s King’s Plate (Aug.16), has drawn 10 hopefuls - all, but one Ontario-bred - including Scorching (above / Michael Burns photo) , who will be ridden by John Velazquez, Sunday (July Read more
Dave Briggs2025-07-18T12:31:22-04:00July 18, 2025|
by Chris Lomon / Woodbine communications (This story originally appeared here) Twelve Ontario-bred fillies, including five Mark Casse trainees, will vie for top prize in the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks Presented by Stella Artois, one of four stakes on Sunday’s (July 2o) 10-race card at Woodbine. Inaugurated in 1956, the filly classic, for Canadian-foaled 3-year-old fillies Read more
