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TORONTO, August 25, 2022 – Rookie and sophomore Canadian Premier Yearling Sale graduates will step into the Woodbine spotlight Sunday afternoon for a superfecta of stakes races totaling $600,000 in purse money. The annual Canadian Sales Stakes showcases Canadian-bred sale graduates ahead of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s yearling sale (sponsored by OLG), held on Read more

TORONTO, August 19 – You can’t tell the story of Canadian thoroughbred racing without the name Sam-Son Farm. Established in 1972 by Ernie Samuel, the legendary operation has won five Queen’s Plates, bred, and or campaigned Canadian Triple Crown winner Dance Smartly, influential sire Smart Strike, Breeders’ Cup winner Chief Bearhart, Eclipse Award winner Sky Read more

Chiefswood Stable, one of Canada’s leading owners and breeders and the nom de course of Robert and Mark Krebil, has visited the Queen’s Plate winner’s circle before. In 2004 their homebred Niigon was victorious with Hall of Fame jockey Rob Landry in the irons. At the 163rd edition of the first jewel of the Canadian Read more

TORONTO, August 18, 2022 – After a pair of top-shelf efforts, undefeated Ontario Bred Poulin in O T goes for his third straight score in the $125,000 Soaring Free Stakes, Saturday at Woodbine. The Soaring Free, a 6 ½ furlong turf sprint that’s the colt companion event to Catch a Glimpse Stakes (also on Saturday) for Read more

Adena Springs is a legend of the horse racing industry. Frank Stronach’s program has bred and campaigned Hall of Fame horses in Canada, the United States, and around the world. Its success is driven by the simple philosophy: classic bloodlines, and classic performance. So, it is no surprise that Shamateur and Moira, the two Queen’s Read more

Toronto, August 15, 2022 - One of the more accomplished entrants in the 2022 Queen’s Plate, The Minkster has three wins at three different distances, 6 1/2 furlongs, 7 furlongs, and 1 1/8 of a mile.  These victories reflect the philosophy Lindo Hyka employed when breeding Cabriole, The Minkster’s dam, to English Channel. English Channel Read more

TORONTO, August 14, 2022 – It appeared Sister Seagull had run out of runway, but the 3-year-old daughter of Hard Spun-Sweet Kitten found a way to land herself in the winner’s circle at the finish of the $250,000 Bison City Stakes, Sunday at Woodbine. Bred by Sean Fitzhenry, who co-owns with his wife Dorothy, Sister Read more

TORONTO, August 13 – Susan Rasmussen has been breeding thoroughbreds for over 25 years. When the gate opens for the 163rd Queen’s Plate and her homebred Hunt Master breaks Openwood Stable will have its first runner in Canada’s richest race. “Hunt Master has been an exciting little horse,” said Rasmussen. “He’s not very big and Read more

TORONTO, August 13, 2022 – Secret Reserve, a 4-year-old son of Ontario Sire Giant Gizmo and out of the Smart Strike mare Smart Suzie, emerged from the pack to take the Grade 3 $181,100 Bold Venture, for 3-year-olds and up, Saturday at Woodbine. It was multiple stakes winner Nobals who took control early in the Read more

TORONTO, August 12, 2022 – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series launched Friday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack with a pair of $100,000 stakes, the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. The five-furlong Inner Turf events are part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, an eight-leg stakes series open to Ontario Sired 3-year-olds, to be contested at Woodbine Read more