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The 101st Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale is taking place August 8 and 9 in the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion. Three Ontario Breds are among the 216 select yearlings. HIP 111 – Justify-Unspurned   Breeder: Saintsbury Farm (Jay & Christine Hayden)  Consignor: Cara Bloodstock, Agent  This chestnut colt was foaled on February 13, 2021 and is Read more

TORONTO, July 27, 2022 – Ontario Bred British Royalty, a 4-year-old son of English Channel-Queen Martha, returns to Woodbine for Saturday’s $100,000 Niagara Stakes. Trained and co-owned by Barbara Minshall, the bay gelding will take on 10 rivals in the Niagara, for three-year-olds and up, at 1 ¼ miles over the E.P. Taylor Turf Course, Read more

TORONTO, July 17, 2022 – Ontario bred Poulin in O T didn’t need any late race heroics to capture Sunday’s $125,000 Victoria Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. The Steve Owens trainee, named for Canadian women’s hockey hero Marie-Philip Poulin, posted a statement 3 ¼ length victory over five rivals in the 5 ½ furlong event for Read more

TORONTO, July 14, 2022 – Late race heroics could be in store for Sunday’s Victoria Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. A field of six two-year-olds will go 5 ½ furlongs over the Woodbine Tapeta in the $125,000 Victoria. All six competitors have race experience with five having already visited the winner’s circle. Among those winners is Read more

TORONTO, July 13, 2022 – An opportunity at early stakes glory will be up for grabs in Saturday’s $125,000 My Dear Stakes for two-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack. A field of five will travel 5 ½ furlongs on the Woodbine Tapeta in Saturday’s feature race. All but one of the competitors has made their pari-mutuel Read more

Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program Committee has continued its commitment to the Ontario Sire Heritage Series, by increasing the purse for each leg to $100,000 raising the total purse value of the Ontario Sire Heritage Series to $800,000. Established in 2021, the Ontario Sire Heritage Series is comprised of three opening legs and a $100,000 Read more

TORONTO, June 28, 2022 — A quartet of Ontario Breds Artie’s Storm, Mighty Heart, Skywire, and Avoman are part of the field of nine entered in the Grade 3 $150,000 Dominion Day Stakes. The Dominion Day is a 1 1/8-mile main track event and race six Friday at Woodbine. Fresh off a third straight score, Read more

TORONTO, June 26, 2022 – Artie’s Princess, under Patrick Husbands, made it look easy in taking the $101,600 Ballade Stakes, for Ontario-sired fillies and mares, four-years-old and up on Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. Sent off as the 3-5 choice in the six-furlong race Artie’s Princess was hustled to the rail by Husbands, as multiple stakes Read more

TORONTO, June 25, 2022 – Sport brings people together over shared passions and interests. Hello Friends, a competitor in tomorrow’s Ballade Stakes for Ontario Sired Fillies and Mares four-year-olds and up, tells a tale of new friends through an intersection of baseball and horse racing. The daughter of Court Vision is a Maggie Leblanc homebred Read more

TORONTO, June 19, 2022 – Mason’s Gamble, a four-year-old son of Gamble’s Exchange-Dynaco, held on gamely to take all the spoils in the $100,800 Ontario Jockey Club Stakes for Ontario Sired four-year-olds and up, on Sunday, June 19 at Woodbine Racetrack. ​ ​It was an early scramble for the lead, as four horses left the Read more