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TORONTO, SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 – The 2023 Canadian Premier Yearling Sale took place this week and the foals of dams purchased through Ontario Racing’s Mare Purchase Program (MPP) outpaced the sale average and median. Eleven foals from the 2022 MPP were catalogued, and the six that sold went for an average of $27,333 and a Read more

By Woodbine Communications TORONTO, August 31, 2023 – Kevin Attard trainees Dream Jereem and Love to Shop chase top prize in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Presented by Crown Royal, Sunday at Woodbine. Dream Jereem, a son of Austern (AUS)-Lexi Tap, and Love to Shop, a daughter of Violence-Tiffany Case, both arrive at the one-mile event for Read more

Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, August 24, 2023 – Rookie and sophomore Canadian Premier Yearling Sale graduates will step into the spotlight Sunday afternoon at Woodbine for a quartet of stakes races totaling $600,000 in purse money. The annual Canadian Sales Stakes precedes the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s yearling sale (sponsored by OLG), held on Wednesday, Read more

Woodbine Communications/ Chris Lomon TORONTO, August 24, 2023 – Rookie and sophomore Canadian Premier Yearling Sale graduates will step into the spotlight Sunday afternoon at Woodbine for a quartet of stakes races totaling $600,000 in purse money. The annual Canadian Sales Stakes precedes the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s yearling sale (sponsored by OLG), held on Read more

TORONTO – Paramount Prince, under jockey Patrick Husbands, bested filly stablemate Elysian Field, both conditioned by dual hall of fame trainer Mark Casse, in the 164th running of the $1 million King’s Plate, Sunday at Woodbine. Last time out in the Plate Trial, Husbands put Paramount Prince on the front end and the pair coasted to an impressive Read more

TORONTO – Patches O’Houlihan, a 3-year-old son of Reload-Maythefourthbwithu, wired his rivals in the $150,000 Bold Venture Presented by Johnnie Walker (G3), for 3-year-olds and up, on King’s Plate Sunday at Woodbine. Stepping up in class and taking on older, more seasoned competition, didn’t faze Patches O’Houlihan one bit in the afternoon’s seventh race, one of five Read more

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