Dave Briggs2026-09-14T14:27:06-04:00September 14, 2026|
story by Phil McSween for Woodbine photos by Michael Burns Elysian Field (above), under a polished steer from catch rider Fraser Aebly, came off a summer freshening to win her first career turf race in Sunday's (Sept. 13) $150,000 Belfountain Stakes at Woodbine. The Belfountain is the second of four new $150,000 stakes Read more
Dave Briggs2026-09-14T12:25:40-04:00September 14, 2026|
The 2026 Keeneland September Yearling Sale begins today (Sept. 14) in Lexington, KY, and it's another opportunity to access more than $20 million in purses and rewards restricted to Ontario Breds. Beginning in Wednesday's third session, 76 Ontario Bred horses are due to go through the auction ring at the Keeneland Sales Pavilion. This year, Read more
Dave Briggs2026-09-08T14:20:27-04:00September 8, 2026|
story by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing photos by Luke Edwards Regal Affair won the $150,000 Rondeau Bay Stakes for 3-year-old fillies and My Covenant took the $150,000 Lake Erie Stakes for 3-year-old males in the third leg of the Ontario Sired Heritage Series held on Monday's (Sept. 7) Prince of Wales card at Fort Read more
Dave Briggs2026-09-03T13:34:38-04:00September 3, 2026|
The gross of $4.47 million and the average of $30,838 were both the highest totals in at least 10 years. story and photos by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing By all measures, Wednesday’s (Sept. 2) Canadian Premier Yearling Sale produced the most successful results in years. Gross, average, median and number of Thoroughbreds sold were Read more
Dave Briggs2026-08-30T20:16:28-04:00August 30, 2026|
story by Chris Lomon / Woodbine photo by Michael Burns This story originally appeared here. Multiple graded stakes winner Paramount Prince added another impressive entry to his sterling résumé, this time in the inaugural running of the $150,00 Caledon Stakes, Sunday (Aug. 30) at Woodbine. Earlier this month, the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) unveiled Read more
Dave Briggs2026-08-28T11:04:29-04:00August 28, 2026|
story by Chris Lomon, Woodbine photo by Michael Burns This story originally appeared here. Earlier this month, the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) announced four new $150,000 stakes races restricted to Registered Ontario Breds, 4-year-olds and older, to be contested at Woodbine. First out of the gates is the $150,000 Caledon, a 1 1/16-mile test Read more
Dave Briggs2026-08-28T10:58:33-04:00August 28, 2026|
story by Chris and Matthew Lomon / Woodbine photos by Michael Burns This story originally appeared here. Canadian Premier Yearling Sale graduates are in the spotlight Sunday afternoon (Aug. 30) at Woodbine for a quartet of stakes races totaling $1 million in purse money. The annual Canadian Sales Stakes precedes the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Read more
Dave Briggs2026-08-27T11:49:59-04:00August 27, 2026|
“It’s very obvious there are huge amounts of money for these [sale] graduates,” said Cara Bloodstock’s Bernard McCormack referring to the Sept. 2 CTHS auction at the Woodbine Sale Pavilion in Toronto that is buoyed by an additional $10 million in funding. story and photo by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Bernard McCormack said additional Read more
Dave Briggs2026-08-19T12:33:00-04:00August 19, 2026|
Ravi Sugrim, the man that bred Plate-winner Luster, proved intense pedigree study can be a great equalizer for smaller breeders trying to compete with big-money stables. Sugrim has already earned over $95,000 in Ontario Breeders Awards. story by Dave Briggs photos by Michael Burns As the field began to disappear in Luster’s rearview mirror en Read more
Dave Briggs2026-08-11T11:59:05-04:00August 10, 2026|
How a man with just one horse bred a $3,500 mare, ended up with the Woodbine Oaks winner and King’s Plate favourite and proved even the smallest breeder can succeed if the positive energy is flowing. story by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing photos courtesy Ravi Sugrim This is a story about karma and positive Read more
