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TORONTO, November 18, 2022 – The Ontario Sire Heritage Series concluded Friday at Woodbine with Strega winning the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes and Full Screen taking the $100,000 Lake Ontario Stakes. The 1 1/16-mile main track events, the Lake Ontario for Ontario Sired 3-year-old colts and geldings, and the Ashbridges Bay, for Ontario Sired 3-year-old Read more

TORONTO, November 15, 2022 – A pair of stakes, the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay, and $100,000 Lake Ontario, co-headline Friday afternoon’s card at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile Tapeta events are the curtain-closers for the eight-leg stakes Ontario Sire Heritage Series, held at Woodbine and Fort Erie racetracks. Ontario Racing and its Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) Committee Read more

TORONTO, November 7, 2022 – Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s (TIP) Mare Purchase Program (MPP) is back in time for the upcoming breeding stock sales, with a total budget of $800,000.  The MPP provides Ontario residents who purchase an in-foal mare at a recognized public auction outside of Ontario, a rebate of 50 per cent Read more

TORONTO, November 3, 2022 – Twin City, trained and co-owned by Stuart Simon, will take aim at top prize in the $250,000 Coronation Futurity, Sunday at Woodbine. The 1 1/8-mile Tapeta event for Canadian-foaled 2-year-olds is a significant race on the road to the 164th running of the Queen’s Plate, the first jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Read more

TORONTO, October 20, 2022 – The Grade 3 $150,000 Ontario Derby, for 3-year-olds, and the $125,000 Ontario Damsel, for 3-year-old fillies, co-headline Sunday’s 10-race card at Woodbine. Trainer Willie Armata and his father, fellow conditioner Vito Armata, each have a legitimate contender in the Ontario Derby, a 1 1/8-mile main track tilt that includes multiple Read more

TORONTO, October 20, 2022 – The third leg of Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s Ontario Sire Heritage Series, the $100,000 Thunder Bay for three-year-old fillies, and $100,000 Lake Superior for three-year-old colts and geldings, share the spotlight on Friday afternoon’s card at Woodbine Racetrack. Nine fillies, including series leader, Pleasure’s Gold, will take to the Read more

TORONTO, October 14, 2022 — Wickenheiser will be trying to honour her namesake and to emulate one particular stablemate when she faces nine other Canadian-bred 2-year-old fillies in Sunday’s $250,000, 1 1/16-mile Princess Elizabeth Stakes. Owned by Clay Scherer and Al and Bill Ulwelling and Partner, Wickenheiser was named after Hayley Wickenheiser, whose many honours Read more

TORONTO, October 12, 2022— Poulin in O T, a winner of three of four career starts including a pair of stakes for trainer Steve Owens, looms as the horse to beat in Friday’s Frost King. The Frost King attracted a field of seven Ontario-sired colts and geldings and goes as the seventh race over 6 Read more

TORONTO, October 12, 2022 — Ancient Spirit and A Touch of Red, a pair of homebreds trained by Sid Attard for Howard Walton, will be looking to continue their winning ways in Friday’s South Ocean Stakes. The South Ocean is a 6 1/2 -furlong main-track race for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies. Competing for Walton’s Norseman Racing Read more

TORONTO, October 4 – Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP) is reporting a 155 per cent increase in the usage of sales credits at the 2022 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s (CTHS) Canadian Premier Yearling Sale. A total of $108,500 worth of sales credits were used to purchase 51 different horses at the August 31 sale, Read more