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Four-time Alywow winner Mark Casse sends out four in this year’s edition TORONTO, June 19, 2024 – Mark Casse trainees Creed’s Gold, Dancing Duchess, Karaya, and Stormcast are set to go postward in the $100,000 Alywow Stakes, on Saturday at Woodbine.Seven 3-year-old fillies, including the Casse quartet, will take to the E.P. Taylor turf in Read more

Rule the day: My Boy Prince king of the Queenston TORONTO, June 9, 2024 – My Boy Prince thoroughly dominated his rivals in taking the $125,000 Queenston Stakes, on Sunday at Woodbine. A seven-furlong sprint for Canadian-foaled 3-year-olds, the Queenston is one of the key prep races leading up to the $1 million King’s Plate Read more

Nominations released for King’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks TORONTO, June 7, 2024 – Woodbine today released the latest nomination numbers for The King’s Plate and Woodbine Oaks presented by Stella Artois. Following the original subscriptions in April, the connections of nominated horses were required to submit an additional payment by June 5, 2024, to remain Read more

By Chris Lomon/Woodbine Communications TORONTO, May 1, 2024 – Canadiansweetheart will go for the upset in Saturday’s $135,000 Whimsical Stakes Presented by Bulleit Bourbon (G3), at Woodbine. A 4-year-old daughter of Ransom the Moon-Terri’s Pass, the dark bay is no stranger to outrunning her odds, something she will look to do in the six-furlong Whimsical, Read more

By Steven Loung/Ontario Racing Ontario Breds were well represented over the course of the Ocala Breeders' Sales March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, with 11 horses being sold over the course of the three-day sale. A colt (HIP 89) from the first crop of four-time Grade 1 winner McKinzie was the Ontario Bred sale topper, Read more

By Steven Loung/Ontario Racing What’s the secret to breeding a successful racehorse? It’s a question that’s at the forefront of just about every breeder’s mind, without any one clear answer. Generally speaking, however, there are two modes of thought when it comes to answering this question: It’s either an art or a science. For veteran Read more

By Woodbine Communications Toronto, ON – March 6, 2024 – Woodbine Entertainment today unveiled the stakes schedule for the 2024 Thoroughbred racing season at Woodbine Racetrack. The iconic King’s Plate headlines the 2024 racing meet with the 165th running scheduled for Saturday, August 17. The King’s Plate and the Woodbine Mile serve as Woodbine’s prestigious Read more

By Woodbine Communications TORONTO, March 1, 2024 – With the backstretch opening at Woodbine Racetrack this week, Woodbine Entertainment announced that it is introducing a Starter Bonus for trainers for the 2024 racing season. A Starter Bonus of $50 will be paid to all trainers who start a horse in an overnight race that finishes Read more

TORONTO, Feb. 12, 2024 – The cap has been reached for the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s Mare Purchase and Recruitment Programs. Ontario breeders once again enthusiastically participated in both programs, increasing the number of mares in the province and upgrading their stock. “It’s a good incentive,” said David Clancy, a long-time owner and breeder, and Read more

By Woodbine Communications TORONTO, December 20, 2023 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced the 2023 Thoroughbred season produced an all-sources handle of $613,125,180 CAD. This is the second largest single-season handle in Woodbine’s history, but down $8 million from 2022. “Our 2023 Thoroughbred racing meet produced very strong results thanks to our exciting racing product, the Read more