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Price is right: Canadian Sales Stakes grads deliver huge paydays    TORONTO, August 29, 2021 – Woodbine’s Sunday card of racing spotlighted graduates of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s sales vying for over $600,000 in purses across four stakes events. Rookies competed over 6 ½-furlongs on the main track in the $201,200 Simcoe Stakes for colts Read more

Ontario Sire Heritage Series starts with pair of Saturday stakes at Woodbine   TORONTO, August 5, 2021 – A pair of turf stakes, the Georgian Bay, and Lake Huron, will share the spotlight on Saturday’s 11-race card at Woodbine.   The 5-furlong Inner Turf events are part of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, a new Read more

By Chris Lomon / @ChrisLomon  It was a victory Gail Cox perhaps didn’t quite see coming a mile and a sixteenth away, but one that was a game changer for the trainer and the striking Sam-Son Farm homebred. The odds, 6-1 on the Woodbine infield toteboard, suggested Tidal Forces had a decent shot at winning Read more

The sacrifices are many, but for Carmen and Raffaela Di Paola, the rewards are far greater. It’s a sight they’ve taken in for dozens of years, a bird’s-eye view of dozens of retired Thoroughbreds strolling peacefully about their 73-acre farm in Schomberg, Ontario. “Horses, in a way, have become a major part of our lives,” Read more

Highlights: Stakes winning son of Indian Charlie - Speed Succeeds, by Gone West 2009, b, entered stud 2015 13% SWs & 18% SHs/Starters-2.12 AEI #1 2nd Crop Sire by Stakes Winners 2019 2020 third leading sire in Canada from only three crops to race 10% stakes winners and 17% stakes horses from starters Improves Read more

Despite the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and other challenges, Ontario Racing Independent Chair John Hayes remains hopeful of a bright future for the horse racing industry in the province. In a year of unprecedented challenges for horse racing throughout the province, the resolve and resiliency of the estimated 30,000 Ontario residents the industry employs Read more

Highlights: Family is steeped in tradition - with a strong MR PROSPECTOR influence on both sides 4 WINS on the turf from 7 starts At Woodbine - leading from start & running within a second of the track record At Belmont Park over a mile in an impressive 1.32.09 WINS from 5f to 1m Read more

“Prime Attraction is big, attractive and well-bred. He had a stellar career. He has no inbreeding in his first 5 generations and is free of Northern Dancer. He is an excellent option for Ontario Breeders and $2,500 represents outstanding value for money. He is available for inspection by appointment. We are thrilled to have Read more