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
Dave Briggs2025-06-28T20:25:20-04:00June 28, 2025|
by Chris Lomon / Woodbine communications Ontario-breds won two of the five stakes on Woodbine Racetrack's Saturday (June 28) Canada Day Racing Festival card. Reigning Canadian Horse of the Year Patches O'Houlihan won the $200,000 bet365 Highlander Stakes (Grade 2) and Mansetti won the 150,000 HPIbet Marine Stakes (Grade 3). Patches O’Houlihan (above) drifted out Read more
Dave Briggs2025-06-23T09:33:58-04:00June 23, 2025|
by Chris Lomon / Woodbine communications This story originally appeared here. The curtain raised on the Ontario Sired Heritage Series Sunday afternoon at Woodbine with a pair of $100,000 stakes, the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. The five-furlong inner turf events are part of the Ontario Sired Heritage Series, an eight-leg stakes series open to Read more
Dave Briggs2025-06-20T10:40:56-04:00June 20, 2025|
by Chris Lomon / Woodbine communications A pair of stakes, the $100,000 Georgian Bay and $100,000 Lake Huron, mark the start of this year’s Ontario Sired Heritage Series, Sunday (June 22) at Woodbine. Established in 2021, the Ontario Sired Heritage Series is comprised of three $100,000 legs and a $100,000 final for two divisions: 3-year-old Read more
Dave Briggs2025-05-15T12:17:01-04:00May 15, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing The popularity of “Buy Canadian” programs as a response to U.S. threats on Canada’s sovereignty has been extended to Ontario’s horse racing industry in a campaign called Bet Ontario (#betontario). Ontario Racing is encouraging those that choose to bet on horse racing to consider the critical importance of wagering Read more
Dave Briggs2025-05-07T16:37:43-04:00May 7, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing When Frank Di Giulio, Jr. saw the date of the Thorncliffe Stakes, he knew The Force would be with Ontario-bred Patches O’Houlihan. “When I saw that this race was scheduled for May the fourth, I said, ‘This is too good,’” said Di Giulio, Jr. “I was looking forward to Read more
adouglas2025-04-21T12:21:55-04:00April 21, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing One prolific broodmare was all it took for small Ontario Thoroughbred breeder Ericka Rusnak to earn $114,427 in awards in 2024. Both that mare, Platinum Steel, and the money, has been a godsend. Rusnak is one of many Ontario breeders that said the award money, which is part of Read more
adouglas2025-04-07T10:36:44-04:00April 4, 2025|
By Dave Briggs Ontario’s horse racing industry appears to have been spared tariffs on both sides of the border. That means, for now, horses crossing between Canada and the United States will do so tariff free. Though, it is important to note that given the unpredictability of the U.S. administration, this could all change quickly. Read more
adouglas2025-04-07T10:30:51-04:00March 28, 2025|
After reaching new racing deal with Woodbine, Sue Leslie calls for even greater unity The HBPA president said the best way the Ontario horse racing industry can face external challenges is to figure it out together. by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Following the announcement this week of a new two-year racing agreement between Read more
adouglas2025-04-07T10:35:03-04:00March 19, 2025|
Fear is rising that Ontario horse racing industry will be decimated by tariffs Provincial horse breeders say blanket tariffs of 25% in both the U.S. and Canada would put them out of business. by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing The Ontario horse racing industry is warning it could be a major casualty in the Read more
