Dave Briggs2026-04-28T13:36:53-04:00April 24, 2026|
story by Dave Briggs / photos by Michael Burns Winning the King’s Plate and being voted the Sovereign Award winner as Canada’s 2025 Horse of the Year are both incredible feats, but neither are as impressive as what Mansetti did to prolong owner Bill Ulwelling’s life. This was, of course, after Mansetti nearly killed Ulwelling Read more
Dave Briggs2026-03-05T10:44:30-05:00March 5, 2026|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Ontario’s Thoroughbred stallion lineup for 2026 includes nine new stallions led by the heralded homecoming of Sergei Prokofiev (above), one of Europe’s most successful young sires. Also new to Ontario this year is Yorkton, Frac Dancer, Inflation Nation (IRE), Mildmay's Secret, Royal Spirit, Stitches, Tale of Silence and Tomcat Read more
Dave Briggs2026-02-27T13:15:16-05:00February 27, 2026|
The Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) is proud to announce its 2026 Stallion Directory is available to download. The 44-page guide features information on all 45 stallions eligible to the TIP program in 2026, as well as important contact, payment and program information. There's also a list of 2025 stallion leaders, answers to frequently asked Read more
Dave Briggs2026-01-29T14:56:07-05:00January 29, 2026|
Without the money she receives from the Ontario Thoroughbred breeders’ awards, Sherry McLean is certain her farm in Hillsburgh, ON farm could not stay open. “I can't stress it enough,” said McLean (above / Dave Landry photo), the owner of Northern Dawn Stables. “Without that money, we probably wouldn’t be here… and that money needs Read more
Dave Briggs2026-01-21T16:01:58-05:00January 21, 2026|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing The excitement was palpable in new breeder Evan Sandhu’s voice as he spoke about how the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s (TIP) Mare Purchase Program (MPP) helped him add three European-bred broodmares to Amplify Stables’ growing operation. Sandhu purchased three mares via the MPP and will receive a total of Read more
Dave Briggs2025-12-18T16:49:49-05:00December 18, 2025|
Thanks to a three-way tie in the fillies’ division, more horses than usual cracked the top three in the 2025 Ontario-Sired Heritage Series held at Woodbine Racetrack and Fort Erie Racetrack. The events, part of the Ontario Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s Stakes Series, were contested over three legs and a final from June through November. Established Read more
Dave Briggs2025-11-14T09:50:22-05:00November 14, 2025|
Regal Moment ready for Ashbridges Bay appointment by Chris Lomon for Woodbine Eight fillies, including Regal Moment (above), will contest the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes, part of a 12-race card, Sunday at Woodbine. Trained by Stuart Simon for Anne and William Scott, the daughter of Point of Entry out of the Sky Conqueror mare Regal Read more
Dave Briggs2025-08-22T12:50:31-04:00August 22, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing David Anderson believes the Canadian Premier Yearling Sale being held on Wednesday (Aug. 27) at the Woodbine Sales Pavilion is the antidote to a U.S. sales sector that “right now is out of control” and pricing the average horse owner out of the market. “Historically, [the Canadian sale] has Read more
Dave Briggs2025-08-15T20:53:19-04:00August 15, 2025|
by Hayley Morrison for Ontario Racing “The race has evolved, has changed, and has been challenged as far as the various components that go into having a live show put on once of year. But it’s something we can’t take for granted. We can’t take tradition, or our identity for granted.” Racing historian Tom Cosgrove Read more
Dave Briggs2025-07-29T09:01:23-04:00July 29, 2025|
by Dave Briggs / Ontario Racing Looking down from balcony of the Fasig-Tipton sales pavilion in Saratoga Springs, NY, Ontario breeder Arika Everatt-Meeuse thought she was going to vomit. It was exactly 26 days after her mother, Boss Lady J, had died. Everatt-Meeuse had spent much of the trip crying and now the hammer was Read more
