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Gutierrez ready to chase horse racing's biggest prize
Globe and Mail
This is a second home to Mario Gutierrez, the 25-year-old jockey who grew up in rural Mexico and raced at Hastings Park in East Van from 2006 through 2011. He lived the past four years, until last fall, nearby The Derby Bar with horse owner Glen Todd, ...
Husbands living up to name
Niagara Falls Review
By Harlan Abbey With a name like Husbands — his uncle is top Woodbine jockey Patrick Husbands, another uncle (Simon) rides at Belmont and cousin Terry also ...
Woodbine: Casse sending three in Oaks
Daily Racing Form
Jockey Patrick Husbands said Dixie Stike was rejuvenated in the 1 1/16-mile Selene. “She came back here with little issues, and Mark straightened her out,” ...
Woodbine: Plate Trial a softer spot for Classic Bryce
Daily Racing Form
Jockey Patrick Husbands offered few clues regarding how Beeker Street will handle two turns. “It's hard to say how he's going to run,” Husbands said.
Diamond Jubilee: Nobody's talking but RCMP has given Queen a horse ...
Toronto Star
Tonda MacCharles Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA—The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has given ... You'd think giving a stallion to the Queen to mark her 60 years in the ...
Woodbine: Tu Endie Wei makes turf debut in Alywow
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Tu Endie Wei, Canada's champion juvenile filly of 2011, tries turf for the first time in Sunday's Alywow. The $100000 Alywow, an open 6 1/2-furlong overnight stakes for 3-year-old fillies, attracted a field of nine ...
CityNews
"Now, he's gotta focus on going back, finishing that last leg and being part of history," said Todd. Following the Belmont, Gutierrez intends to compete at Woodbine in the Toronto area, while quietly looking forward to the day he can become a Canadian ...
Woodbine: Doyle, Graham take another shot at Woodbine Oaks
Daily Racing Form
“She's doing very well,” said Doyle, who sent out Horseshoe Hill to drill six furlongs in 1:13.20 under jockey Justin Stein here last Sunday.
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Epsom Derby tops weekend racing
UPI.com
And at Woodbine, near Toronto, the Woodbine Oaks highlights a Sunday card that also includes the Plate Trial, a prep for the upcoming Queen's Plate which is -- wait for it -- the equivalent of a "Canadian Derby." And there's a smattering of challenging ...
Woodbine Strait of Dover headed straight to Queen's Plate | Daily ...
Strait of Dover, who would have been a solid choice here in Sunday's Plate Trial, now will be heading straight to the Queen's Plate.
Beeker Street on Right Path in Plate Trial | BloodHorsecom
... Stable's homebred Beeker Street stretches out June 3 in Woodbine's $150000 Plate Trial Stakes. The Plate Trial is a prep for the June 24 Queen's Plate.
Dixie Strike early favourite for Woodbine Oaks, first leg of Triple Tiara
Medicine Hat News
She is the half-sister to Inglorious, last year's Oaks and Queen's Plate champion, and never before have two half-sisters won the Woodbine Oaks, the first leg in the filly Triple Tiara. Dixie Strike is also the 4-1 Winterbook favourite for the Queen's ...
Downs' historian a treasure - Winnipeg Free Press
Phil Hossack / Winnipeg Free Press Assiniboia Downs historian Bob Gates at home with some of his large collection of track memorabilia. Gates has been a ...
Woodbine: Inglorious gives turf another try in Nassau
Daily Racing Form
She will try a mile over Woodbine's expansive course Saturday in the Grade 2, $300000 Nassau Stakes. Inglorious's brilliant 2011 campaign nearly earned her Canadian Horse of the Year honors. She swept the La Lorgnette Stakes and Woodbine Oaks in the ...
Woodbine Oaks a proving ground
Toronto Sun
Patrick Husbands will be aboard Dixie Strike while Luis Contreras will ride Northern Passion. Casse also has Black Bird Rock in the Oaks, a lightly-raced ...
The Inside Story Todd Kabel Back on the Track
The Inside Story Todd Kabel Back on the Track. May 31 2012. share via email. Related Videos. York Region Police say graduating students have Thu 31 May 2012 ...
Dixie Strike early favourite for Woodbine Oaks
Toronto Star
6 post in the nine-horse race Sunday at Woodbine Racetrack. RELATEDInglorious seeks glory at Saratoga Northern Passion, the 5-2 second pick, drew the No. 4 post while 6-1 third pick Irish Mission will go from No. 8 spot. The Oaks is the first leg of ...
Woodbine: Dixie Strike favored against eight rivals in Oaks
Daily Racing Form
Horseshoe Hill is coming off a 1 1/16-maiden win here for trainer Mike Doyle and will be ridden by Justin Stein. Bantee finished first only to be ...
Woodbine: Frostad has new approach to Oaks
Daily Racing Form
A panel comprised of Richard Mauntah, from the Toronto Sun; Keith McCalmont, of Woodbine's media communications department; and yours truly, Bill Tallon, ...
Woodbine: Bantee brings Woodbine Oaks prospects up to eight
Daily Racing Form
Eurico Rosa da Silva has picked up the mount for the Woodbine Oaks. Rounding out the probable field are Rose and Shine, Horseshoe Hill, Irish Mission, ...
Woodbine: Plate Trial prospects tune up
Daily Racing Form
Strait of Dover, trained by Danny Vella, breezed five furlongs in 1:02 with regular rider Justin Stein aboard and without the blinkers which he wears on ...
Canada's Hastings Racecourse basks in jockey Mario Gutierrez's glow
The Courier-Journal
Horse racing traces to 1889 at Hastings Racecourse in the Western Canadian province of British Columbia. But until Mario Gutierrez began riding I'll Have Another, the five-furlong track 2½ miles from downtown Vancouver had never enjoyed a major ...
Budgeting for Belmont's brouhaha
Vancouver Sun
If so, there may never be another time to watch the former star of Vancouver's Hastings Racecourse go for the coveted Triple Crown aboard I'll Have Another, which the dynamic duo can do on June 9 at the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes in New York.
Bated Breath is Black Caviar's biggest danger at Royal Ascot
Herald Sun
Bated Breath, a winner of five of his 12 starts and Group 1 runner-up in the Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine last year, is viewed as the local horse most likely ...
Flower Alley whim pays off for Melnyk
Globe and Mail
Melnyk owned and raced Flower Alley, the coppery-coated sire of I'll Have Another, ... perhaps Canadian-born Paul Reddam, owner of I'll Have Another, ...
How I Met the Queen: Jockey Ron Turcotte recalls the 1970 Manitoba ...
Toronto Star
The greatest Canadian racehorse of all time — and still today — and the greatest stallion of all time. His sons and daughters went on to do really well.
Woodbine: Niigon's Prince, Forest Maid meet again in allowance feature
Daily Racing Form
Justin Stein retains the mount on the Kevin Attard-trained Forest Maid, who figures to save ground again after breaking from post 2. ◗ Races 3 and 4, ...
Performance of the Week: Hunters Bay reaching his potential
Daily Racing Form
By Dan Illman With a powerful effort in the Grade 3 Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine on May 26, Hunters Bay served notice that he will be a force at the upper level of the Canadian handicap division. Trained by Reade Baker for Stronach Stables, ...
An early look at Sunday's Woodbine Oaks
Sportsnet.ca
To be ridden by Patrick Husbands, Dixie Strike enters the Oaks off an ultra impressive three and three-quarter length victory over heavily-favoured Tu Endie ...
Woodbine: Dominion Day next logical spot for Hunters Bay
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon Hunters Bay was making his stakes debut against some salty opposition here in last Saturday's Grade 2, $156300 Eclipse Stakes at 1 1/16 miles. But the lightly raced 5-year-old Hunters Bay made short work of his 10 rivals and didn't fool ...
Woodbine: Something Extra proves up to the challenge of Connaught Cup
Daily Racing Form
Next up for the older male turf division is the Grade 2, $250000 King Edward, a one-mile race for 3-year-olds and upward which will be run here Queen's Plate Day, June 24. “A mile probably is a little bit far for him,” said Cox.
Emile breaks his duck at Woodbine
Trinidad News
ACE Trinidad and Tobago jockey Emile Ramsammy has finally found his form at Woodbine racetrack, Canada, this season. At the track yesterday, Ramsammy got ...
Tight jocks race developing - Northlands Park
First-year Edmonton rider Jorge Espitia was forced to book off his mounts after suffering an injury in the gate last week. Former rider Hugh Huston, Espitia's ...
Mario's amazing journey continues
ESPN
We all know by now that Mario Gutierrez came to Santa Anita Park from tiny Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, BC and rocketed to stardom faster than any jockey in memory. But to listen to him discuss his success and to watch him ride, one has to wonder ...
Hastings postpones Friday night live
Vancouver Sun
Following three consecutive days of live racing at Hastings Racecourse over the holiday weekend, the planned debut of Friday Night Live racing has been rescheduled to Friday, June 1. "The decision was made jointly by our management team and our ...
From Mexico to potential Triple Crown winner
Toronto Sun
“He just looked like he belonged up there,” said Jordan, then a top trainer at Hastings and now a regular at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack. “He rode with the stirrups very, very short and when you do that, you have to have good balance.
I'll Have Another, Fun Again
Lifestyles Publications
By David Willberg The May long weekend could mean only one thing for me: it was time to make my annual pilgrimage with my Dad to Assiniboia Downs in ...
Woodbine: Block brings in Mister Marti Gras for Eclipse
Daily Racing Form
Queen'splatekitten shipped in from Saratoga for the Eclipse but is no stranger to the Woodbine surface. Trained by Todd Pletcher, Queen'splatekitten won the Marine Stakes at 1 1/16 miles here last May and returned five weeks later to finish fifth in ...
Woodbine: Pender Harbour back in action in Eclipse Stakes
Daily Racing Form
By Ron Gierkink ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Pender Harbour, last year's Canadian champion 3-year-old, returns from a six-month layoff Saturday at Woodbine in the Grade 3, $150000 Eclipse Stakes. Pender Harbour captured two-thirds of the 2011 Canadian Triple ...
Woodbine: Attfield takes advantage of open training track turf course
Daily Racing Form
Richard Dos Ramos worked Skylara, and Pizarro was aboard Hollinger, who was nominated to the Connaught Cup but will await the Grade 2, $250000 King Edward ...
Chantal Blog: Eye on Baltimore - America's Best Racing. The Jockey ...
Chantal Sutherland. Follow @jockeychantal. Chantal Sutherland is a Canadian model and jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.
Woodbine: Marketing Mix preps for Nassau
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon Marketing Mix, who won the 1 1/4-mile Wonder Where Stakes in her first start on the turf here last year, breezed five furlongs in 1:00 at Arlington Park on Thursday morning and is slated to return to Woodbine for next Saturday's Nassau ...
Canadian jockey Chantal Sutherland prepares for Hollywood career ...
Jockey Chantal Sutherland still races thoroughbreds. But now the blond bombshell from Caledon is positioning for a Hollywood career off the track.
Woodbine: Court of the Realm starts fresh in Connaught Cup
Daily Racing Form
Emile Ramsammy, who had ridden Court of the Realm four times in 2010 and regained the mount for the Autumn, will be back in the irons on Sunday.
Video: Reaction to Mario Gutierrez, I'll Have Another wins 137th Preakness Stakes
Vancouver Sun
Hastings Racecourse erupted with cheers Saturday as 25-year-old jockey Mario Gutierrez, aboard I'll Have Another, won the Preakness Stakes, just two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby. "It's just all about the horse," Gutierrez told NBC Sports ...
Willes: Mario Gutierrez's story already beyond any fairytale
The Province
By Ed Willes, The Province May 19, 2012 Fans of Vancouver jockey Mario Gutierrez watch him race to victory in the Preakness on the big screen at Hastings Park on Saturday. Shortly after the race that changed Mario Gutierrez's life — Part 1 — Glen ...
Another Thriller, and More Believers
New York Times
He wanted them to know what every good rider knows no matter if he is a bush track jockey like him from the backwoods of Canada's Hastings Racecourse or a Hall of Famer like Mike Smith, who was aboard Bodemeister: you know a transcendent horse when you ...
Churchill Downs: Prospective gets in a breeze
Daily Racing Form
Although badly outrun in the Derby, finishing 18th, 34 1/2 lengths behind victorious I'll Have Another, merely finishing the race is a credit to Prospective and his rider, Luis Contreras, after the horse clipped heels early.
Alydeed's son Norman begins second career as one-eyed jumping horse
Toronto Star
So how does the son of Canadian Queen's Plate winner Alydeed, progeny that raced hopefully under the birth name Alydeed's Leader, wind up as Norman the ...
Woodbine: Roxy Gap pulls clear in Hendrie Stakes
Daily Racing Form
By Ron Gierkink ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Roxy Gap tracked the leaders and then pounced in the lane to take the $183000 Hendrie Stakes under Patrick Husbands on Saturday at Woodbine. Roxy Gap won the Grade 2 event by 2 1/2 lengths over Kentucky shipper Dr.
Woodbine: Gypsy Ring in sharp form for New Providence
Daily Racing Form
He would have won more than seven races had he not had hanging tendencies, which is something that jockey Justin Stein has had to deal with.
Racing, and the Safety of Horses, Becomes Derek's Focus
New York Times
Her photograph of jockey Chantal Sutherland, nude and astride a retired racehorse in the Turf Club's Chandelier Room at Santa Anita Park, appears in the ...
From eating dirt in Edmonton to Kentucky Derby glory
Edmonton Journal
Two years ago, he was face down in the dirt at Northlands Park when his Canadian Derby mount, Dyna Stroll, went down in a three-horse spill midway around the clubhouse turn. So who could have predicted that two weeks ago he would be in the Kentucky ...
Struggling Racetrack Counts on a New Star
New York Times
But the weekend before that, he was back at the track he still considers home, Hastings Racecourse, signing autographs and posing for photographs with fans for two hours. Gutierrez, 25, came to the track in 2006 from rural Mexico, winning 91 races that ...
Rocking with the oldies
Globe and Mail
I recall putting my $2 red parking pass on the inside of the windshield of my blue Gremlin and parking on a grassy field at the Assiniboia Downs racetrack ...
Gutierrez hasn't cashed in on Derby success
WTOP
Mario Gutierrez, the winning jockey of the 138th Kentucky Derby, laughs during a news conference before meeting fans at Hastings Racecourse, Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Vancouver, British Columbia. Gutierrez met with fans at the track where he began his
Woodbine: Hendrie's slightly longer distance may help Atlantic ...
Daily Racing Form
Emile Ramsammy, who was recovering from an injury when the Whimsical was run, gets the mount back on Saturday. He rode Atlantic Hurricane in all six of her ...
BELL TOLLS FOR HEMINGWAY RIVALS
Sportinglife.com
... last season and produced an outstanding run when sent over 1m2f at Woodbine where she was caught right on the line in the Grade 1 EP Taylor Stakes.
WEG Offers $1 Win, Place, Show Bets
Standardbred Canada
Since the $50000 guaranteed pool on the early Pick-4 (races 4-7) has been a success at Woodbine, Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has extended the $50k offer to the late Pick-4, traditionally the last four races on the Harness card, ...
Steven Bahen named 2012 recipient of Avelino Gomez Memorial ...
TORONTO, May 9 – Steven Bahen, who partnered T J's Lucky Moon to an improbable Queen's Plate victory 10 years ago, was today named the 2012 recipient ...
Husbands pulls off four wins -- NationNews Barbados -- Local ...
TORONTO – Ace Barbadian reinsman Patrick Husbands reeled off four winners on the ten-race programme at Woodbine Sunday to storm to the top of the ...
Mario Gutierrez's meet and greet overwhelming at Hastings (with Video)
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER - They were lined up on the grounds of Hastings Racecourse as early as 8:30 am Sunday, all waiting for the chance to meet Mario Gutierrez, the winning jockey of the 2012 Kentucky Derby. Hundreds of horse racing fans from Vancouver and the ...
Locals don boxing gloves to fight cancer
Town Crier Newspapers
The event, dubbed Fight to End Cancer, is being held at Woodbine Racetrack on June 9. Boxing club owner Jennifer Huggins says she was spurred into action after cancer hit close to home at her family-oriented fitness club. Five members are currently ...
Woodbine: Strait of Dover has sights on Queen's Plate after Marine ...
Daily Racing Form
... second in the Princess Elizabeth and then winning the Ontario Lassie on the final weekend of the meeting under her regular local rider Patrick Husbands.
Street Boss records first North American winner
Brisnet.com
Owned and trained by Laurie Silvera, the 2-1 chance sprinted to the early lead beneath Omar Moreno, opened up a 6 1/2-length margin, and crossed the wire by ...
Freedoms Traveller named Alberta horse of the year
Edmonton Journal
Freedoms Traveller, who finished third in Sovereign-award voting as the country's top three-year-old, has been sidelined since the Derby with a hairline fracture of his left front ankle. But he had his first timed work since the injury Saturday morning ...
Riding community draws new faces from abroad
Edmonton Sun
(Supplied) Already, the message that Northlands Park has new racing regime and a welcoming attitude has reached a distant part of the world. Trainer Diane Feuerhelm's comfort with social media has helped to spread the word.
Derby champ looking good
Toronto Sun
Finish lines Woodbine jockey Steven Bahen has been announced as this year's Avelino Gomez Award, named after the late, great Canadian rider. Bahen's shining moment in a long and steady career came 10 years ago when he guided long shot TJ's Lucky Moon ...
Woodbine notes Slowgrowing grass delays opening of turf course ...
The updated list of nominees for both the June 24 Queen's Plate and the June 3 ... Horses can still be supplemented to the Queen's Plate at a cost of $25000 ...
Can't afford to own a race horse? Buy a share of it.
Macleans.ca
... loved horse races and for the past 37 years he's watched his thoroughbreds run for small purses at Manitoba's blue-collar raceway, Assiniboia Downs.
Meet early Derby favourite
Winnipeg Free Press
All it took was one ride for British jockey Paul Nolan to pull up stakes and move north from Canterbury Downs in Minneapolis, to Assiniboia Downs, ...
Woodbine: Low-profile trainer Ensom starts off meet by going 6 for 6
Daily Racing Form
... win 5 of 9 starts while adding a second and 3 thirds under her regular rider Gerry Olguin. “I expected her to run huge in her first start,” Ensom said.
Kentucky Derby draw sets the field, undefeated Gemologist gets favorable post No. 15
The Star-Ledger The 138th running of the Run for the Roses has the maximum 20 horses in the field.
- ESPN - Anita Cauley's On Fire Baby, winner of the Honeybee Stakes in her last start and the 4-1 co-second choice for the May 4 Kentucky Oaks at ...
Guelph Mercury
Woodbine Entertainment operates Canada's biggest harness racing circuit and owns both Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville and Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. The app allows customers to use mobile devices to place bets, download race programs, ...
Peyton in a good place heading to Queenston
Sportsnet.ca
... in Saturday's $150000 Queenston Stakes, on Kentucky Derby day at Woodbine. ... the 'Poly' and once at six furlongs over a 'good' EP Taylor Turf Course.
Northlands Park kicks off 2012 season Friday | Daily Racing Form
The 84-day 2012 Northlands Park meet begins 6 p.m Mountain Friday, and management was happy with the support from horsemen at the entry windows.
Woodbine Carroll has four Queen's Plate prospects | Daily Racing Form
With the 2012 Queen's Plate coming up fast, and just seven weeks remaining until the $1 million showpiece, trainer Josie Carroll has four prospects on the ...
Canadian Hall of Fame: Pair to be inducted in 'Legends' category
Daily Racing Form
His charges included Hartney, Canada's horse of the year in 1957; Blue Light, upset winner of the Queen's Plate in 1961; and Titled Hero, ...
Dullahan may gain Derby fame, but who'll know how to say his name?
DesMoinesRegister.com
Horses that have won a Sovereign Award (for Canadian champions). e. Annual leading sire and broodmare sire by progeny earnings. f.
Chantal Sutherland First Post America's Best Racing The Jockey Club
This will be my first blog and we are four days away from the Kentucky Derby and the Betfair Hollywood Park meet is well underway...
Woodbine notes: Kitty's Got Class preps in Fury with eye on Lady Angela
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon Pender Harbour, last year's champion 3-year-old in Canada, is scheduled to make his first start of the year in the May 26 Eclipse or May 27 Connaught Cup. ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Kitty's Got Class, an Ontario-sired filly who won two stakes ...
Kentucky Oaks: Hard Not to Like works at Woodbine
Daily Racing Form
Luis Contreras was aboard for the drill but Robby Albarado has the call for the Kentucky Oaks, a 1 1/8-mile race which offers Grade 1 status and a purse of $1 million. Hard Not to Like, trained by Gail Cox, is scheduled to ship out for Churchill Downs ...
Horsemen ready for new season
Times of Fort Erie
But that one stakes race was just because her regular rider, Richard Dos Ramos, was injured. "How Should I Know was not the best horse I ever rode, ...
Woodbine: Riding the River returns in tough sprint
Daily Racing Form
Riding the River was beaten just a length and a half by victorious Turallure when fifth in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile in September. His last two subpar performances in October both came over yielding turf. “He's doing great, but I don't know how fit ...
Woodbine notes: Lewis brings string of 25 for owner Schettine
Daily Racing Form
Now, the 42-year-old Lewis has set up shop at Woodbine with 25 horses for owner William Schettine, for whom she has been a private trainer for two years. “William Schettine raced here before and kept wanting to come back,” Lewis said.
Kentucky Derby Report: April 26
ESPN
He discusses his rise from riding at Hastings Park in Vancouver to riding the winner of the Santa Anita Derby. Analysis from ESPN.com's Bill Finley, plus a Barry Abrams commentary on the newest horse racing smartphone app. The race seldom shapes up as ...
Mario (Andretti) messages Mario (Gutierrez)
Vancouver Sun
Gutierrez was leading rider at Hastings Racecourse in 2007 and 2008 and lost his bid for a third title to Richard Hamel on the final day of last year's schedule. Gutierrez, 24, will ride Santa Anita Derby winner I'll Have Another for owner Paul Reddam ...
Woodbine: Excaper rounding into form for return
Daily Racing Form
Bred in Kentucky, Excaper also ran second in the Summer over one mile of grass here last year and concluded his campaign with a third-place finish in Gulfstream's Dania Beach over the same distance and surface on Dec. 18. After that race he came down .
Woodbine: Silent Serenity looks tough off claim in Friday allowance
Daily Racing Form
Patrick Husbands will ride Quality Lass again for trainer Mark Casse, who seems poised to go on a serious roll here. Van Lew and Lil' Sasha both defeated ...
Attfield's legend keeps growing
Toronto Sun
IS KABEL ABLE? There is no doubt that in his heyday, Todd Kabel was Canada's top jockey. Aggressive and bold on his mounts, he was always in demand from top ...
Hall of Fame: Ghostzapper, Attfield, Velazquez, Wheeler are elected
Daily Racing Form
Attfield, 72, is an eight-time winner of Canada's Sovereign Award as champion trainer, and has won that country's most-prestigious race, the Queen's Plate, ...Trainer Roger Attfield named for induction into US Racing Hall of Fame
Winnipeg Free Press
He has won the Sovereign Award as Canada's top trainer a record eight times and has captured a record-tying eight Queen's Plate races.
Melnyk's Roxy Gap 'Sens-ational' in Whimsical
Sportsnet.ca
... broke sharply in the six-furlong 'Poly' sprint but was quickly settled by jockey Patrick Husbands. Honey Chile led the field through a half in :45.11, ...
CANOE
... tests in order to remain in Canada. Exercise jockey Wilbert Gobay is among dozens of temporary workers like horse walkers, groomers and trainers at Woodbine Racetrack who've failed the test and fear losing their contracts and being sent home.
Woodbine: Incredicat takes first step to Plate in Wando Stakes score
Daily Racing Form
By Ron Gierkink ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Incredicat stamped himself as a legitimate Queen's Plate contender Saturday at Woodbine with a front-running score in ...CHURCHILL DOWNS BARN NOTES Friday, April 20, 2012
HorseRaceInsider.com
... April 11 against a very competitive field that included Hungry Island, winner of the Lake Placid (GII) at Saratoga, and Queen's Plate winner Inglorious.
Horse whisperer says Centre Island horses terrified of losing home
Toronto Star
“Who's going to win the Queen's Plate?” Boot rolls his enormous dark eyes my way, crunching and slurping a carrot chunk. Is the retired police horse consulting his psychic tote board? Bode laughs. “First I'd have to tell him what the Queen's Plate is.
Omani woman jockey eyes the big time
gulfnews.com
Hayley Turner in the sprint race and Chantal Sutherland in the Dubai World Cup looked so cool and confident. Though they did not manage to win, ...Woodbine promotes Jim Lawson
Daily Racing Form
Lawson also sits on several committees at Woodbine, including the Thoroughbred racing committee, and is the chief steward of the Jockey Club of Canada. Active in the racing industry, Lawson is an owner and manages Jim Dandy Stable.
Prospective ready to run in Derby
Toronto Sun
As much as she enjoyed her return home for a weekend of racing at Woodbine this past week, it appears it will just be a cameo for jockey Chantal Sutherland.
Todd Kabel back in the saddle thestarcom
Seven-time Sovereign Award winning jockey returns to Woodbine Friday after two-year absence.
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Woodbine: Perfect Tay begins drive for Queen's Plate in Wando Stakes
Daily Racing Form
By Ron Gierkink ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The road to the June 24 Queen's Plate begins in earnest Saturday at Woodbine in the $100000 Wando, and the promising ...
Woodbine Strait of Dover takes first step on Queen's Plate trail ...
Strait of Dover, who made a good impression here last fall in two starts for trainer Danny Vella, will be beginning his 3-year-old campaign here Sunday with ...Woodbine: Roxy Gap has fitness edge in Whimsical
Daily Racing Form
Dixie Strike, who like Northern Passion is owned by Oxley and is nominated to both the Woodbine Oaks and the June 24 Queen's Plate, is slated to make her ...
Grass is greener on the other side
The Province
By Tom Wolski, The Province April 19, 2012 Jockeys Tyler Walker (left) and Sean Evans relax at Hastings Racecourse by checking the race entries in The Province. If you want to learn how much jockeys yearn to get off to a good start this season at ...Pachattack faces seven in Doubledogdare
Brisnet.com -
La Gran Bailadora, who captured the Grade 3 Kentucky Cup Distaff at Turfway Park last September, was second to Pachattack in the Arlington Matron and third ...
Woodbine location favoured for Toronto 'entertainment destination'Globe and Mail
The operator of Toronto's Woodbine racetrack says the vast Etobicoke site is the “logical” location for a new casino and entertainment complex – an ambition that is pitting the local player against some of the biggest names in the gambling business.
Poll Shows Torontonians Prefer Woodbine for Casino
Horse-Canada.com
“Woodbine Entertainment Group is recognized provincially, nationally and internationally as a premier racing operator. Our successful partnership with the OLG has made Woodbine the most profitable gaming site in Ontario, so expansion to a casino site ...
Almost Time takes George Royal title
Vancouver Sun
Vancouver – In what was described by trainer Dino Condilenios as “a tremendous trip” by jockey Frank Fuentes, Almost Time won the 19th running of the $50000 George Royal by a length in Sunday's feature at Hastings Racecourse. “I believe in Almost Time ...April 12, 2012 Winter Wonderland at Hastings Park - YouTube
Okay, not quite. But winter as Hollywood North can do it. Makes me wonder if it would not have ...Town Prize nearly breaks record at Woodbine
Sportsnet.ca
Town Prize was urged to the lead by Eurico Rosa da Silva and cut out a quarter mile in 0:22.14 and a half in 0:44.51 as Oro Vero chased from second position ...Woodbine: Fifty Proof out of sight, but not out of voters' minds
Daily Racing Form
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Trainer Ian Black admitted to being pleasantly surprised when Fifty Proof was named Canada's champion older male at the 2011 Sovereign Awards ceremony. “I thought it was a very open category,” said Black, whose horse was a finalist ...
Husbands lands Woodbine triple
Trinidad News
Patrick Husbands, Justin Stein, David Moran, Gerry Olguin 4; 8. Emma-Jayne Wilson 3; 9. Matt Moore, Quincy Welch, Jeffrey Ian Alderson 2.
Woodbine: Tu Endie Wei dominates in seasonal debut
Daily Racing Form
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Tu Endie Wei, last year's Canadian champion 2-year-old filly, toyed with her five rivals in Saturday's $166000 Star Shoot Stakes, winning the six-furlong dash for 3-year-old fillies by 5 1/2 lengths at Woodbine.
Young thoroughbred trainer is all systems go - Northlands Park
Young thoroughbred trainer, Amanda Gregory, is all systems go as she begins her second full ...Down The Backstretch: Buntain more than co-owner of horses with strange names
The Guardian Charlottetown
The Mississauga, Ont., resident is partners with his father in Greenoaks Farms, a racing stable that owns Thoroughbred at Woodbine Racetrack and standardbreds in Ontario and PEI, all of them with some of the strangest names imaginable.
Prospective a race from being Derby-worthy
Toronto Sun
Jockey Chantal Sutherland, hot off of her celebrated (and ultimately unsuccessful) trip to the Dubai World Cup will be back home this weekend to ride all ...
Interest mounts apace as Hastings opens Saturday
The Province
By Tom Wolski, The Province April 12, 2012 Chances are that with two recent Sovereign Award winners having ties to Vancouver and a former leading jockey at Hastings Race-course on his way to ride in this year's prestigious Kentucky Derby, ...
Prospective's always up for a joy ride to the track
Louisville Courier-Journal
Prospective, with jockey Luis Contreras aboard, wins the Tampa Bay Derby. / Photo courtesy Tampa Bay Downs LEXINGTON, KY. — Prospective, one of thirteen 3-year-olds entered Wednesday for Saturday's $750000, Grade I Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at ...Woodbine: Heavenly Pride has recency edge in feature race
Daily Racing Form
Patrick Husbands, who was aboard for Weekend Romance's maiden voyage, has the mount. Sweet Starlet was one of the better claims in 2011.
Keeneland: Turallure makes 2012 debut vs. Get Stormy in Maker's 46 Mile
Daily Racing Form
You also suspect that Turallure is good enough to win the Maker's 46 Mile, given the spectacular way the gray horse closed out his 2011 season, capturing the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile before getting beat a whisker in the $3 million Breeders' Cup Mile.
Woodbine: Champion Tu Endie Wei makes seasonal debut
Daily Racing Form
By Ron Gierkink ETOBICOKE, Ontario – The brilliant Tu Endie Wei, Canada's reigning 2-year-old filly champion, will make her season debut Saturday at Woodbine in the $150000 Star Shoot Stakes, a six-furlong sprint for 3-year-old fillies.
Woodbine notes: Tiller looks to continue hot start with Casa Loma in Star ...
Daily Racing Form
Pender Harbour, who was the unanimous choice as Canada's outstanding 3-year-old male of 2011, breezed four furlongs in 48.60 on Thursday as he continued to progress toward his seasonal bow. Luis Contreras, back at Woodbine after riding Inglorious to a ...2011 CANADIAN DERBY CHAMPION AND TRAINER RETURN TO OSOYOOS AND DESERT PARK
Osoyoos Times
Under the guidance of Knechtel, who used to race in Osoyoos many years ago, Freedom's Traveller captured the prestigious Canadian Derby last August at Northlands Park in Edmonton. Both trainer and horse have returned to Osoyoos to continue training ...
The unlikeliest Ky. Derby jockey
ESPN
If you would have asked Mario Gutierrez just a few months ago where he thought he would be on May 5, 2012 the answer would have been whipping around the tight turns at Hastings Park. Hastings is a bullring track in Vancouver, Canada and about as far ...Hovdey: Kentucky Derby rookies have no fixed course
Daily Racing Form
Gutierrez, a native of Mexico and two-time champion rider at Hastings Park in Vancouver, gave I'll Have Another a polished ride through the nine furlongs last Saturday to defeat favored Creative Cause and Joel Rosario by a nose.
Russell Baze elected to Canadian horse racing hall
San Francisco Chronicle
Baze, 53, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but has competed only sparingly in Canada, riding winners in the British Columbia Oaks and the BC Premier's Handicap at Hastings Park in 2011. Baze, the winningest jockey of all time with 11546 ...Coronor: Langley trainer's death underlines real dangers of working with horses
The Province
By Andy Ivens, The Province April 11, 2012 2:02 PM Horse trainer Shauna Van Oostam with successful Hastings Park thoroughbred 'Kid Katabatic' in October 1998. Van Oostam's sister, popular Langley horse trainer Shauna Ferguson recently died after ...Aqueduct notes: Hessonite preps for Beaugay in Videogenic Stakes
Daily Racing Form
By David Grening OZONE PARK, NY – Hessonite, a multiple stakes winner among ... run since finishing seventh in the Grade 1 EP Taylor at Woodbine on Oct. 16.
Race ready despite uncertain future
24 Hours Vancouver
By ERICA BULMAN, 24 HOURS Hastings Racecourse officials are stubborn as mules — both in their lease negotiations with the City of Vancouver and in their scrappy refusal to quit despite an industry-wide decline and dwindling profits.
Embur's Song wins older female Sovereign Award - Fares Farm News,
Embur's Song wins older female Sovereign Award Embur's Song won the 2011 Sovereign award in the older female category, giving her owner Fares Farm their ...
I'll Have Another wins Santa Anita Derby
Vancouver Sun
Jockey Mario Gutierrez, a native of Mexico who as a teenager went to Vancouver in 2006 to ride at Hastings Racecourse, was aboard I'll Have Another when he won the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at odds of 43-1 on Feb. 4 and again Saturday in the Santa Anita ...Woodbine Harness: San Pail is defeated by Mister Herbie
Daily Racing Form
Mister Herbie played giant killer as he reached the winner's circle first in the $125000 final of the Glorys Comet Series Saturday at Woodbine. The mile time of 1:51 3/5 was a new series record. San Pail, with regular pilot Randy Waples at the helm, ...Woodbine: Essence Hit Man repeats in Jacques Cartier
Daily Racing Form
ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Essence Hit Man, last year's Canadian champion sprinter, won the six-furlong Jacques Cartier Stakes for the second year in a row at Woodbine on Saturday. Essence Hit Man broke alertly under Jesse Campbell, and then outran the
Woodbine: Easter card has stakes-class runners
Daily Racing Form
Justin Stein has the call on Quick Code, who worked a quick five-eighths here twice in recent weeks. Bear Tough Tiger, a 4-year-old trained by Reade Baker, ...Woodbine: Gypsy Ring takes care of business in Debut Stakes victory
Daily Racing Form
By Ron Gierkink Gypsy Ring, with Justin Stein aboard, wins the Debut Stakes on opening day at Woodbine. ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Gypsy Ring didn't win like a ...Never Retreat edges Inglorious for Canadian Horse of the Year
Brisnet.com
He secured 144 points for the Sovereign as outstanding jockey, with Patrick Husbands (70) and Emma-Jayne Wilson (24) also factoring.
Woodbine: Williams back for another go-round
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Apprentice jockey Scott Williams was riding high atop the Northlands Park standings when his season came to an end because of injury last July 30. Now, Williams is taking a second run at Woodbine as part of an ...And they're off at Woodbine
Toronto Sun
In the day's feature, the $100000 Debut Stakes, Gypsy Ring, with Justin Stein aboard, made up four lengths in the stretch to win by nearly a length.
Hastings begins 2012 season with 'unbridled optimism'
Paulick Report
by Press Release | 04.06.2012 | 8:10am With an impressive list of new corporate partners on board to complement an exciting lineup of new wagering features and new technology initiatives, Hastings Racecourse is ready to plunge into the 2012 racing ...Get Stormy, Turallure try Keeneland's turf in Maker's 46 Mile moves
Brisnet.com
Grade 1 Woodbine Mile victor Turallure was the first to go out with Julien Leparoux aboard. Working in the middle of the course, Turallure covered five furlongs in :59 3/5 with fractions of :24 1/5 and :48 1/5. A nose second in the Breeders' Cup Mile ...
Sovereign Awards: Never Retreat named Canada's 2011 Horse of the Year in close ...
Daily Racing Form
But, when the top three choices of 37 Sovereign Award voters had been graded on a 4-2-1 basis, the talented multiple stakes-winning older turf mare Never Retreat was the winner by a 78-76 margin over Inglorious, who captured last year's Woodbine Oaks ...
Woodbine welcomes thoroughbreds
Toronto Sun
Patrick Husbands, Emma Wilson, Eurico Rosa da Silva, Jim McAleney, and Jesse Campbell also enjoyed solid seasons and will keep the racing competitive.
Globe and Mail
Globe and Mail sportswriter Beverley Smith has won a Sovereign Award for outstanding news story, regarding the retirement of Rahy's Attorney. Other Sovereign Awards went to Mark Casse for outstanding trainer, and Luis Contreras for outstanding jockey.
Our man Wolski wins one for little guy
The Province
By Tom Wolski, The Province April 5, 2012 Last night at the gala presentation of the 2011 Sovereign Awards in Toronto, a sold-out crowd gathered to honour the best in thoroughbred racing. And while many winners were East Coast-based and predictable, ...
Woodbine thoroughbred racing season opens with storm brewing over slots
Toronto Star
The 57th Woodbine thoroughbred season, with 167 dates, opens Friday at 1 pm Here are some dates and storylines to watch: June 3: Woodbine Oaks June 24: Queen's Plate Aug. 5: Breeders' Stakes Sept. 16: Woodbine Mile Oct. 14: Canadian International ...
TORONTO - The unofficial Canadian Triple Crown earned jockey Luis Contreras a Sovereign Award on Thursday night. The 26-year-old Mexican was named...
Woodbine: Changing of the guard with Sam-Son runners
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Sam-Son Farm has shuffled the deck this year, and the big winner is Malcolm Pierce, who now will be the outfit's only trainer at Woodbine. Losing out is Mark Frostad, who succeeded Jim Day as Sam-Son's trainer in ...Canadian Horse of the Year honors up for grabs
Daily Racing Form
By Bill Tallon Never Retreat is among the finalists for the Sovereign Award as Canada's Horse of the Year. ETOBICOKE, Ontario – It may seem to be a little late on the calendar, but the Canadian horse racing industry will be ringing out the old year an
Woodbine pressing ahead in 2012 as uncertainty looms on slots
Daily Racing Form
“It's obviously very serious for the industry, and potentially very serious for Woodbine,” said Nick Eaves, president and chief executive officer of the Woodbine Entertainment Group, which owns and operates Woodbine and the Standardbred racetrack ...HASTINGS RACECOURSE | Popular Community Days at Hastings ...
VANCOUVER April 3 2012CNW Hastings Racecourse continues to honour its commitment to nonprofit organizations in HastingsSunrise and across Vancouver with the ...Golden Gate Fields: Antares World gets back on home turf
Daily Racing Form
Tracy, who races much of the year in Canada, came to Golden Gate Fields this year because he felt the competition was a good fit for his runners, who will be racing at Hastings Park in British Columbia later this year. ◗ Plenty of activities are ...
Contreras Woodbine's rising star
Toronto Sun
Repeat victories in the Queen's Plate and the other two stops in the Canadian Triple Crown are also high on the Contreras wish list for 2012.
Luis Contreras returns to Woodbine with Walls' riding record in ...
Brandon Sun
Contreras opened the 2011 Canadian Triple Crown by winning the Queen's Plate with Inglorious. But when Inglorious's handlers skipped the $500000 Prince of ...
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Chantal Sutherland and Emma-Jayne Wilson will join Britain's best ... Turner has become a regular fixture at the Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, ... that if there was ever an all girls' team at the Shergar Cup, we'd definitely be ...Ex's plan could flower
Winnipeg Free Press
In addition to a hotel and retail complex that is already in the planning stages, the association wants to develop the sprawling site near Assiniboia Downs ...Barzalona has the world at his feet for Godolphin
The Independent
In the event, it was not Chantal Sutherland who would make the most insistent stand on behalf of the rights of the female. Entering the tunnel between the saddling ring and paddock, owners and trainers escorting runners in the world's richest race ...
Majestic Montjeu leaves a legacy of Derby dazzlers
The Australian
Montjeu had four seasons on the stallion shuttle to New Zealand -- 2001 to 2004 ... Sarah Lynx (Canadian international) Miss Keller (EP Taylor Stakes) and ...
Northlands: Canadian Derby purse cut by $100K; new Red Smith Stakes worth $50K
Daily Racing Form
By Randy Goulding The Grade 3, $200000 Canadian Derby highlights 38 stakes totaling $2.1 million at Northlands Park this year. The 84-day meet runs from May 4 through Oct. 13. The purse for the 1 3/8-mile Canadian Derby, Aug.
Meyaard's absence opens doors for trainers
Edmonton Sun
By John Short ,Edmonton Sun Last year, Jim Meyaard's thoroughbred stable earned $537670 in purse money, third-highest among all the trainers at Northlands Park. He trailed only first-place Joan Petrowski and runner-up Greg Tracy in trips to the pay ...
Vet, farm president Colterjohn dead at age 55
Daily Racing Form
Gardiner Farm is one of the finalists for the Sovereign Award as outstanding breeder of 2011 with its top performer being Pender Harbour, the favorite for the Sovereign as Canada's outstanding 3-year-old. Pender Harbour is a son of the popular sire ...
Disappointing finish in Dubai for Sutherland
Toronto Sun
By Richard Mauntah Jockey Chantal Sutherland, riding Game On Dude, finished near the back of the 14-horse field at he Dubai World Cup yesterday. Chantal Sutherland made history by being the first woman rider to start in the Dubai World Cup.
Tuesday's Workouts at Hastings Racecourse | Railbird Corner
Tuesday, March 27, 2012. HASTINGS RACECOURSE — (Dirt) Track Wet Fast. 2 Furlongs. Horse, Time, Rank. Endless Song, :24.60, H, 1. Lady Henrietta, : ...Queen's Plate Top 5: The Experts Weigh In
TORONTO, March 30 – Woodbine's Media Communications office asked members of the media, as well as WEG television commentators, for their early top five ...Fifteen nominees for Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame ...
Fifteen nominees for Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. ... Sign up now for the Freshman Sire Contest presented by Markel and Thoroughbred Times ...Q&A: Kevin Chong and the sport of kings
Vancouver Sun (blog)
The popular Vancouver author's latest book, “My Year of the Racehorse” ($22.95, Greystone), is a non-fiction account of his year as a horse owner at Hastings Racecourse. A. A perverse need to write about things that aren't as popular as they once were.
Horse Racing - Assiniboia Downs - Simulcast Racing, VLTs, Dining ...
Jon's Golden Run is training so well he'll be entered on opening day of Assiniboia Downs' live meet Sunday, May 6, trainer Emile Corbel said this week. He's an ...
Hello Race Fans! – Ten Things You Should Know: Florida Derby
helloracefans.com
31 Mar 2011 – 1) The Florida Derby is a race run at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida. It is restricted to 3-year-olds and is run at 1 1/8 miles. 2) Along with ...gulfnews I feel like a superstar says jockey Chantal Sutherland
Soaking in all the attention that she has received for being the first female jockey to race in the $10 million Group 1 Dubai World Cup Chantal Sutherland ...
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame: Russell Baze among 2012 nominees
Daily Racing Form
His honors include an Eclipse Award as North America's outstanding apprentice, two Sovereign Awards in the apprentice category, and a Sovereign Award as Canada's top journeyman rider. In 1991, Walls was the first jockey to earn Sovereign Awards in both ...HOOFBEATS: In it for the LongRun
Standard Freeholder
Also, the “Runway for Racehorses,” a track side fashion show on Saturday, May 26 during the Queen's Plate celebrations. This year it features the UK fashion ...
Chantal Sutherland quiet on her tactics for Dubai World Cup The ...
The Canadian jockey has her first look at Meydan Racecourse ahead of Saturday's big race in which she will ride Game on Dude.
Maritimer gets into UAE Derby
Daily Racing Form
Maritimer is a finalist for the Sovereign Award as Canada's champion 2-year-old, an honor that will be announced on April 5. At 2, Maritimer won 3 of 6 starts, including the Coronation Futurity and Display Stakes, both on Woodbine's synthetic surface.
Sutherland Readies for Historic Ride in Dubai | BloodHorse.com
Chantal Sutherland knows all about the historical barriers she will shatter when trainer Bob Baffert gives her a leg up on Game On Dude in the $10 million Dubai ...Top US trainer Bob Baffert recovering from heart attack in Dubai
The Guardian
Game On Dude is the third-favourite for Saturday's race, in which he is due to be ridden by Chantal Sutherland, who steered him into second place in the ...
Daddy Nose Best captures Sunland Derby
Sacramento Bee
Isn't He Clever, with Luis Contreras riding, had a clear lead coming into the stretch and led by as much as three-lengths approaching the furlong pole.
Dubai World Cup card draws two O'Brien Breeders' Cup winners
Daily Racing Form
Mahbooba, who finished sixth in the EP Taylor at Woodbine last year, ... of three stars at Meydan this year including the Group 2 Balanchine at 1 1/8 miles.
Win, by a Nose
Las Cruces Sun-News
... took the lead just past the halfway point of the race and built up a 2Â length lead with jockey Luis Contreras aboard before getting caught.
Dubai World Cup track work notes – 26/3/2012
Sports News
Jockey Chantal Sutherland, who has won three graded stakes aboard the gelded son of Awesome Again, is scheduled to ride on Saturday.
Mangled Horses, Maimed Jockeys
New York Times
By contrast, Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, which year after year has one of the lowest breakdown rates in North America, had an incident rate of only 1.4, according to the Times analysis. “One of the differences here is medication is not as permissive
Flashy Dresser takes Rushaway; Hogy romps in Hansel
Brisnet.com
... Stakes on Saturday at Turfway Park, grabbing the lead heading into the turn and just holding on for a half-length score under jockey Luis Contreras.
Coolmore's Castaway bids for Kentucky spot
Racing Post
Aiming to spare the blushes of the locals in a neat little race is Borderland Derby winner Isn't He Clever (Henry Dominguez/Luis Contreras).
Horse racing at Happy Valley lives up to hype
Toronto Star
“We have night racing at Woodbine, but the enthusiasm of the crowd here, and this grand world-class racetrack — it's the best of everything. Whenever I'm riding, I like to take a moment to look at the grandstand, and there is nothing similar to this ...Biggest race of Condren's life
Toronto Sun
The record knows nothing of what the long-time driver on the Woodbine-Mohawk harness racing circuit went through this winter, however. Convalescing in Florida for the past three weeks, after an off-season that took him to hell and back, ..."Win and You're In" expands for 2012
MiamiHerald.com
The first of the overseas events was the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate at Kenilworth Racecourse in Cape Town, South Africa won by Gimmethegreenlight.
International World Cup contingent touch down and settle in at Meydan
The National
Game On Dude is to be ridden by Canadian jockey, Chantal Sutherland, making her the first woman to ride in a Thoroughbred race on World Cup night.
Track shaping up for thoroughbreds
Edmonton Sun
Outside, steady afternoon snow — melting almost as it landed — reminded horsemen that conditions could hardly be better as Northlands Park continues to adjust to the departure of standardbred operators and prepare for the annual spring arrival of the ...
Agents a jockey's best friend
The Province
It is a select group of people who often work diligently behind the scenes at a racetrack and we seldom know what it is they do. At Hastings Racecourse, this group consists of between seven to 10 people who are hired by individual jockeys to accomplish ...
Dayatthespa expected to take the Herecomesthebride Stakes against ...
bettor.com
... strong second in the Grade 3 Natalma Stakes, stretched out in distance from five and a half furlongs to 1 mile over at Woodbine's turf course last year.
Tribal Rule proves popular at stud, in sales ring
Daily Racing Form
He was fourth in the Dubai Duty Free in the Middle East in 2010 and later that year was second in the Woodbine Mile in Canada and third to Goldikova and Gio ...
Zenyatta foals 130-pound colt
Daily Racing Form -
Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year, has given birth to her first foal, a Bernardini colt, in one of the most anticipated equine births in recent memory.
Dixie Strike early Queen's Plate favourite | Home | Toronto Sun
Girl power worked for last year's Queen's Plate, so why not again?
Woodbine Dixie Strike winterbook favorite for Queen's Plate ...
Dixie Strike, who is a half-sister to last year's Queen's Plate winner Inglorious, has been made the 4-1 favorite in this year's Queen's Plate winter book.
Northlands gearing up for thoroughbreds
Edmonton Sun
(Edmonton Sun file) By this time next week, thoroughbreds will be starting to occupy the barns at Northlands Park and the excitement in Chris Roberts' voice was obvious. Heading toward his first full thoroughbred season as racing and venues manager, ...
'All others' tops Pool 2
Louisville Courier-Journal
“All others” edged Fountain of Youth winner Union Rags as the favorite in the second Kentucky Derby Future Wager pool that closed Sunday.
Dancin David waltzes to victory in Gold Cup
Racing Post
He had been racing in better company than he faced yesterday at Woodbine in Canada and GulfstreamPark in Florida. John Brian finishing second was the icing ...Important Dates to Note | Railbird CornerHastings Racecourse Stake Schedule available here ... Thursday, March 8th, 2012: Hastings Racecourse starting gate opens today. Check at the race office for ...Victory dance!
Barbados Advocate
He was tracked by the favoured Lord Michael Taylor owned, Show Me The Money, trained by Andy Ward, with Patrick Husbands in the irons, while Cavaichi was up ...
Husbands' Gold fever -- NationNews Barbados -- Local, Regional ...
These were the sentiments of seven-time Canadian Sovereign Award-winning jockey Patrick Husbands. Weather permitting today at the Garrison Savannah, ...
Sand Cove, Canadian champion, dies after battle with laminitis
Daily Racing Form
Richard Dos Ramos rode Sand Cove to 10 of his 12 career victories and in 33 of his races. “He was an iron horse,” said Attfield. “He showed up every year.
Casse thinks Stealcase has Derby potential
Toronto Sun
Late last summer, there was speculation that jockey Chantal Sutherland might return to Woodbine in 2012 given the lack of steady work she was getting in ...
Automatic review of CFL scoring urged
Winnipeg Sun
... at Assiniboia Downs last August. The ruling prevents Flanders from racing anywhere until April 30, 2014, according to The Insider, a Downs publication.
Running out of options, Ford takes a punt on lotteries and a casino
Globe and Mail
As for a casino, he said his constituents would take it with “no argument,” noting that there already are slot machines at the Woodbine racetrack. “Throw tables in there. Take $200-million a year and put it towards transit,” he said.
Attfield finalist for induction at National Museum of Racing's ...
Globe and Mail
He's raced at Dubai only once before, when he took Queen's Plate winner Regal Discovery overseas 16 years ago. Perfect Shirl has raced only once since her ...HORSE RACING: National Museum of Racing announces 2012 Hall of ...
The Saratogian
Attfield has won a record-tying eight runnings of the Queen's Plate and seven editions of the Canadian Breeders' Stakes. He won his first Breeders' Cup race ...
Ghostzapper, Borel among Hall of Fame finalists
Daily Racing Form
Attfield has won the Sovereign Award as Canada's champion trainer eight times and has won the Queen's Plate eight times. He won his first Breeders' Cup race ...
Northlands Announces 2012 Thoroughbred Lineup - Northlands Park
EDMONTON, AB - Northlands Park is pleased to announce its slate of Thoroughbred dates and stakes events for the upcoming 2012 meet, which begins on F...
Zoom takes aim at further Gold Cup glory
Racing Post
... is seeking revenge for that reverse and will be partnered, for the first time, by Patrick Husbands. Barbadian-born Husbands, 38, a seven-time champion ...
HBO 'Luck' Tweets on Horse Racing
Yahoo! Sports
The HBO homepage for "Luck" has an insightful discussion from professional jockey Chantal Sutherland. Sutherland's track speak segment may have been ...
Oaklawn: Stachys eyes Oaklawn Handicap
Daily Racing Form
Stachys, who is 5, has won stakes at Assiniboia Downs in Manitoba, Canada, Canterbury in Minnesota, Prairie Meadows in Iowa, and Zia Park in New Mexico.
Plan to review racetrack slots program called threat to horse breeding industry
Toronto Star
... successful racetrack slots program, says David Willmot, owner of famed Kinghaven Farms in King City, Ont. “There are already decisions being made, right now, to withdraw investments from the industry,” said Willmot, who is also chairman of Woodbine ...
Jon's Golden Run arrives at Assiniboia Downs
CJOB
... the colt named for the Olympian gold-medal achievement of Jon Montgomery (both were born in Russell, Manitoba), has arrived at Assiniboia Downs.
Chantal Sutherland could be the first female rider in Dubai World ...
Bob Baffert, the trainer of Game on Dude, confirmed his horse will be prepared for Meydan race.
Game On Dude confirmed for World Cup
UPI.com
However, his regular rider in the United States -- including the Classic -- has been Chantal Sutherland. Should she be named on Game on Dude for the World ...
Dubai not Santa Anita for Game On Dude
Racing Post
Regular partner Chantal Sutherland will ride the gelding in Dubai, where Baffert also plans to run The Factor in the Golden Shaheen.
Hansen back in action for Gotham Stakes
Sports Network
Here is the full field for the Gotham in post position order: My Adonis, Elvis Trujillo, 5-1; Stealcase, Luis Contreras, 12-1; Finnegans Wake, ...Telling, two-time winner of the Sword Dancer, is retired
Daily Racing Form
20, and finished in a triple dead heat for sixth in a division of the Grade 3, $250000 Southwest at Oaklawn. “We got a little tiny chip in an ankle, ...Theatre review: War Horse gallops off to victory
National Post
Joey, the title horse, changes before our eyes from foal to full-grown stallion. ... Morris) that's been re-staged here (by Alex Sims) with a Canadian cast.
Chamber throws its support behind Fort Erie Race Track
Bullet News Niagara
Opened in 1897, the Fort Erie Race Track is one of two thorougtbred horse tracks in Ontario, the other being Woodbine Raceway in Toronto. In recent years, the track has gone through some rough times, but restructuring under a not-for-profit structure ...
Jockey sidelined for months
Montreal Gazette
In 2010, she captured the $75000 Matron Stakes at Assiniboia Downs astride Miss Victoriana. "From the time I was a kid, watching (TV series) The Black ...Assiniboia Training Camp Open March 1st
Horse-Canada.com
Training for the 55th season of live horse racing at Assiniboia Downs begins Thursday with the opening of the training track and the indoor Equiciser.
Hastings to open 71-day program April 14
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER - Hastings Racecourse has announced a 71-day card for the 2012 season with Raj Mutti, Regional General Manager, BC Racing, calling it “a balanced schedule” geared to build on the momentum established last year. “We are starting with racing ...
Annual Cost To Ontario If Racing Partnership Ends: $1.1 Billion
Standardbred Canada -
According to the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association, the province would stand to lose more than a $1 billion annually from its the partnership with the horse racing industry should the Government follow the recommendations in the Drummond Report ...
Union Rags cleans up in Fountain of Youth
MiamiHerald.com
By Sports Network Highly regarded Union Rags stamped himself as a clear favorite for this year's Kentucky Derby with a convincing victory in Sunday's ...
'Applause' worthy in Rachel Alexandra
ESPN
Summer Applause began her career in the barn of Josie Carroll in Canada, running sixth in her career debut at Woodbine before breaking her maiden by 2 1/4 ...
Things you do for love
National Post
There's no jockey on the planet with more heat than Canada's Chantal Sutherland, and the brand has been even more buoyed by the prospect of her playing a ...
Moreno coming back to Santa Rosa
Trinidad & Tobago Express
By The Skipper OMAR MORENO will return to Santa Rosa Park, Arima, when racing continues with the eighth round of the Arima Race Club's 2012 Season.
Boogie Blues must be the choice
Trinidad News
But last year's Gold Cup winner Boogie Blues with El Salvadorean-born rider Omar Moreno in the saddle should pass the post first. It would be no cake walk, ...Notes: Havre de Grace Likely for New Orleans Ladies
SportsNOLA.com
AVIE'S SENSE LEARNING TO FLY IN RACHEL ALEXANDRA – Trainer Josie Carroll saddled Donver Stable's Inglorious to win Canada's Grade I Queen's Plate last June ...Hovdey: Happy ending for one old gelding
Daily Racing Form
The runner-up that day was Becrux, winner of the 2006 Woodbine Mile. The Del Mar Mile was the last time Crossing the Line was seen by the racing public for ...Gulfstream: Mac Diarmida contender Musketier remains top-shelf ...
Daily Racing Form
Eagle Poise held on gamely to register a head decision in Woodbine's Grade 3, 1 3/4-mile Valedictory to close out his brief but successful 2011 campaign.
Santa Anita dream coming true
The Province
By Tom Wolski, The Province February 23, 2012 Don't be surprised if the name Mario Gutierrez is missing from the list of regular jockeys appearing at Hastings Racecourse this coming thoroughbred season. Seven years ago, as a youngster growing up in ...
Liberals shoveling horse manure
Toronto Sun
The 153rd edition of the Queen's Plate, set for June 24, highlights the Woodbine thoroughbred stakes schedule released this week.
Job Opportunity Jockey Agent May – September ... - Assiniboia Downs
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Gulfstream: Grace Hall, Perfect Shirl to make 2012 debuts
Paulick Report
... Juan Leyva; Peras International's Yara, JL Castanon; Barb Pirie's Taker Home, Luis Contreras; and Joel Kligman's Salad Girl, Elvis Trujillo.
Let horses race free: Warmington
Toronto Sun
... or who are entertained, at fantastic places like Clinton Raceway, Dresden Raceway, Flamboro Downs, Fort Erie Racetrack, Georgian Downs, Grand River Raceway, Hanover Raceway Kawartha Downs , Mohawk Raceway, Woodbine Raceway, Rideau Carleton Raceway, ...
50th Anniversary Celebrations: EP Taylor and The Lyford Cay ...
thebahamasweekly.com
For in light of our mission, and as representative of the International ... Colonel Taylor retired from his position at the Royal Bank of Canada.
HRI Featured Bloggers
HorseRaceInsider.com
Right now their dream girl is Chantal Sutherland. Playboy, that paragon of men's magazines, has picked up the bit and is featuring the rider.
Woodbine 153rd running of Queen's Plate tops stakes schedule ...
A 102-race, $23 million stakes calendar, will highlight Woodbine's 167-day Thoroughbred meet in 2012. The Woodbine stakes schedule, released to...
Ontario horsemen fight to keep share of slots money
Globe and Mail
Nick Eaves, chief executive officer of Woodbine Entertainment Group, the largest racetrack owner in Canada, says if the government is looking to find value for money in Ontario programs, then the deal between racing and the government delivers it in ...Craitor pledges support for Fort Erie Race Track as Legislature gets back to work
Bullet News Niagara
Fort Erie, which is one of only two thoroughbred tracks in Ontario, is vital to the industry and it deserves a chance to continue, he said. “Fort Erie plays a pivitol role,” said Craitor. “Woodbine (race track) needs Fort Erie. You need the two tracks.
Fillies have impressive track record at the Fair Grounds
NOLA.com
Inglorious, who finished second in the Rachel Alexandra last year and fourth in the Fair Grounds Oaks, defeated Canadian-bred males in the Queen's Plate, ...Magers learns horse game well
Chicago Tribune
Lo and behold, there was Temporada in foal to the stallion Kafwain. ... winner of two major races at the Canadian track Woodbine and sporting a $228315 ...
Northern leaders frustrated by Queen's Park ignoring Northern concerns
Timmins Times
The problem is so bad that Northern leaders are discussing whether to pool their money to hire professional lobbyists to speak out on behalf of the North at Queen's Park. The issue was debated at length this past week when the Northeastern Ontario ...
2011 stallion honors: Smart Strike, leading turf sire
Daily Racing Form
He returns to that realm as the leading turf sire of 2011, with earnings that put ... His second dam, Canadian broodmare of the year No Class, also produced ...
Turallure and Wise Dan work for Lopresti at Keeneland for their ...
bettor.com
The 5-year-old was then pointed toward the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile at Woodbine over a mile, which he won with easy, downing the dangerous Courageous Cat in ...'I'm really worried'
The Guardian Charlottetown
Anthony MacDonald was driving into Woodbine Racetrack for Monday evening's races when he heard horse racing being discussed on CBC radio. He turned up the volume then realized he was listening to the words that threaten to forever change racing in ...
2011 stallion honors: Old Forester, leading synthetic sire
Daily Racing Form
In 2010, he was Canada's leading freshman sire. Last year, with two racing-age crops, he led the rankings for sires of all-weather runners with $2560554 in ...
2011 stallion honors: Danehill, leading broodmare sire
Daily Racing Form
Now he adds his first broodmare sire title to that list. ... European 2-year-olds; and Sarah Lynx, who won the Grade 1 Canadian International against males.
2011 stallion honors: Scat Daddy, leading first-crop sire
Daily Racing Form
Out of a mare by Lively One, Finale scored in the Continental Mile at Monmouth in August and the Grade 3 Summer Stakes at Woodbine in September, both mile ...Woodbine: Report recommends that Ontario slots subsidy to racing ...
Daily Racing Form
R. Glenn Sikura, president of the Ontario division of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society, has urged members to voice their opposition by contacting ...Brad Free: Don't have to be a whale to hit big
Daily Racing Form
The bettor used both; bet-down Classy Attraction paid $6 winning in a romp under Chantal Sutherland. Two races into the sequence, the bettor's small ...
Rising Stars: Two standouts among freshman
The Saratogian
Smart Strike, Curlin's sire, is perhaps among the most versatile stallions in ... Canadian champion and classic winner Kimchi; Najecam, dam of Breeders' Cup ...
Playboy interviews jockey Chantal Sutherland PaulickReportcom
Jockey Chantal Sutherland decided against doing a shoot for Playboy, but she's ended up in the magazine anyway - or at least the magazine's webs...
Horse notebook: Females jockeying for status in sport
Houston Chronicle
Chantal Sutherland has burst forward as one of Southern Cali
Frustrated Fort Erie mayor and Welland MPP tell Queen's Park not to play games ...
Bullet News Niagara
“The race track business employs something like 60000 people in Ontario,” said Welland NDP MPP Cindy Forster, speaking on behalf of her party. “We think (the government) should tread carefully before they put a lot of people out of work,” Forster told ...Helping Horses Beat The Bugs
Standardbred Canada
The Woodbine Entertainment Group will help kick off Equine Guelph's 'Beat the Bugs with Biosecurity' by hosting the first workshop, in a series of four, at Mohawk Racetrack on Wednesday, March 7. The workshop, which will run from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm, ...
Besson a finalist for a second Sovereign Award
Winnipeg Free Press
Allan Besson, who retired last fall as a sportswriter at the Winnipeg Free Press, has been selected as a finalist in the Outstanding Newspaper Story category of the Jockey Club of Canada's 2012 Sovereign Awards. Besson's story which was published on ...Meydan: Mahbooba back at preferred distance In Balanchine
Daily Racing Form
... Balanchine Stakes for fillies and mares on Friday at Meydan in Dubai. ... in the 2011 UAE Derby and sixth last fall in the EP Taylor at Woodbine, ...
A Call To Action | Standardbred Canada
www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/2-14-12/call-action.html
60000 Ontarians are employed by the province's racing industry. ... “It is vitally important that we stand up for the livelihoods of Ontarians, and ...
60000 Ontarians are employed by the province's racing industry. ... “It is vitally important that we stand up for the livelihoods of Ontarians, and ...
Cutbacks threaten small tracks, horse racing industry says
Toronto Star
Woodbine was the only major racetrack in North America to realize an increase in on- and off-track betting, combined, in the last two years. In 2011, wagering on Woodbine racing was up 7.5 per cent while standardbred racing was up 4.5 per cent.
OHRIA Responds To Slots-At-Racetracks Partnership Review ...
www.standardbredcanada.ca/.../ontario-review-racing-partnership.ht...
“The OLG slots at racetracks program is not a subsidy, it is a ... and the municipalities that host OLG slots at racetracks,” said Sue Leslie, ...
“The OLG slots at racetracks program is not a subsidy, it is a ... and the municipalities that host OLG slots at racetracks,” said Sue Leslie, ...
Adena Springs farm breeds some great horses as well as a lot of ...
KyForward.com
After moving from Austria to Canada, in his mid-20s Stronach founded a tool ... its base of operations in Kentucky, including its stallions, to that area.
Like it or not, Toronto casino is coming
London Free Press
Toronto just happens to have two perfect casino sites - one at Woodbine Racetrack where the slot machines reportedly jingle as merrily as anywhere in the world and one at Ontario Place, which the government has just shut down for five years as it ...
New casino would change things at Woodbine
Toronto Sun
Ridden by top Woodbine jockey, Luis Contreras, Prospective passed an important barometer for Derby hopefuls this time of year, throwing in a hard-charging ...Weekend Warrior for Feb. 11: Wet track for Donn would help Hymn Book
Daily Racing Form
Yankee Fourtune overcame a tough post and beat five next-out winners in that race, as well as Turallure, who last year won the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, ...
Eaves Cracks Globe's 'Power 50'
Standardbred Canada
On Monday, February 6, The Globe and Mail released its 'Power 50 List,' which ranks Canadians that have 'the influence, and the desire, to affect sport in Canada during 2012.' Woodbine Entertainment Group President and CEO Nick Eaves has cracked the ...
Lewis, Orser head Ontario Sports Hall of Fame's newest class
Toronto Star
Founded in 1995 as the Ontario Sport Legends Hall of Fame, the Hall's induction ceremony will take place in September at Woodbine racetrack. Bathgate, 79, was the lone inductee present at Tuesday's event. The former NHL Hart Trophy winner said he felt ...
Game On Dude and Ultimate Eagle likely for Big 'Cap
MiamiHerald.com
"I think Chantal (winning jockey Chantal Sutherland) did a great job not panicking when he didn't break. She got him running. They were going pretty rapid up front, but this horse, once you get him in a high cruising speed, he's so dangerous.
Insider - Horse Racing - Assiniboia Downs - Simulcast Racing, VLTs ...
In his very first bet ever, JD was pumped by the fact he almost picked a triactor. Kubicek comments on the walk here (Downs Facebook site) and here (Breeze ...2011 Equine Canada Canadian Bred Horse of the Year: San Pail
Horse-Canada.com
In 2011, San Pail dominated Canadian harness racing by winning every stakes event he was entered in. At Woodbine, his victories include the Glorys Comet Stake and a third consecutive win in the Maple Leaf Trot Championship. A trip to the United States ...2011 Equine Canada Media Award: Darryl Kaplan
Horse-Canada.com
Kaplan has won a Sovereign Award for Best Thoroughbred Racing Feature Story, a World Trotting Conference Award for Best International Horse Racing Feature, and an American Horse Publications “Service to the Reader Award.
Game On Dude wins at Santa Anita
San Jose Mercury News
Game On Dude defeated Uh Oh Bango by 5 1-4 lengths to win the $200000 San Antonio Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita, giving jockey Chantal Sutherland a victory over ex-fiance Mike Smith that she was denied in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Tampa Bay Downs: Dixie Strike takes Florida Oaks by a nose
Daily Racing Form
Through the second Dixie Strike, who trainer Mark Casse has indicated may be pointed for the Queen's Plate, ralllied four wide and set sail at the leader.
Battle Hardened gets up in Sam Davis
ESPN
Prospective, fifth at the eighth pole after being hung wide on the far turn, closed fast for Luis Contreras to get up for second over Reveron, ...
I'll Have Another upsets Robert Lewis
ESPN
Jockey Mario Gutierrez, who had his previous best days at Hastings Park, and owner Paul Reddam, who first got hooked on racing when following Standardbreds in his native Windsor, Ontario, celebrated with trainer Doug O'Neill after I'll Have Another, ...
Tampa Bay: Zagora capitalizes on perfect trip to capture Endeavor
Daily Racing Form
... Endeavour idle since finishing seventh in Woodbine's Grade 2 Canadian on Sept. ... Zagora rated off the early pace of Exclusive Love in the 1 1/16-mile ...
WEG Among Preferred Spots For Casino
Standardbred Canada
Half of Toronto residents oppose construction of a new casino in the city, according to a recent poll conducted, but if one were to be built local residents have cited Woodbine Racetrack as one of their preferences for its location.
Better odds for Toronto casino
Toronto Sun
In fact, he would like to see two casinos in the city - a Las Vegas-style showpiece at a revitalized Ontario Place and another casino at the Woodbine Racetrack in Etobicoke. The anti-casino mood at Toronto Council has shifted as local politicians look ...
Poll: 50 per cent of Torontonians don't want a casino in city
Toronto Star
The survey also revealed that Torontonians would prefer to see a casino built at the Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto, or at Woodbine Racetrack in the city's west end. The Exhibition Place site is acceptable because it's “a separate entertainment ...Gamilati canters home in UAE Guineas
Brisnet.com
He checked in sixth to Regally Ready and Bated Breath in the Grade 1 Nearctic at Woodbine, his last start before heading to Dubai.
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Friday February 3, 2012
HorseRaceInsider.com
Chantal Sutherland has a symbiotic relationship going on with Martin Garcia. She rides Game On Dude; he works the horse. “I know the horse very well,” said Sutherland, who has ridden Game On Dude in five of his 14 career starts, the last four in a row, ...
Trainer Casse eager to get going
Toronto Sun
“Dixie Strike might be my Queen's Plate horse,” Casse said. “She's a half sister to (last year's Plate champ) Inglorious. I want to run them both to start ...State of Play tests dirt in Sam F. Davis
Brisnet.com
Regular rider Luis Contreras will be back aboard as he breaks from the far outside post 11. Also exiting the Pasco are Burning Time (fourth) and Moroccan ...Tampa Bay Downs: Casse has big plans for Dixie Strike
Daily Racing Form
In her first start her jockey, Patrick Husbands, was thrown at the gate and was injured but still rode the race. She was beaten less than a length that day ...
Fire hits Barbados trucking business
Stabroek News
His brother, Barbados' most acclaimed jockey Patrick Husbands, estimated that the fire which also burnt a crane, two cars, loads of compact paper and ...The Breeders Cup Forum Chantal Sutherland PaulickReportcom
Chantal Sutherland is a two-time Sovereign Award-winning apprentice in her native Canada in 2001-02 who is holding her own in the highly compe...
Hastings announces 40-race stakes schedule
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER - Hastings Racecourse has released its 2012 stakes schedule that includes 40 races with a total of $2.5 million in purse money. Raj Mutti, Regional General Manager, BC Racing, also announced that the $100000 BC Premiers has been upgraded to ...Game On Dude set to go again
ESPN
Game On Dude was less than sixteenth of a mile from winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs last November when jockey Chantal Sutherland sensed victory. "I could touch it," she said last weekend at Santa Anita. "It was right there.
Hills pair set for Dubai
SkySports
The five-year-old Red Jazz ran in the Godolphin Mile last year, ... globetrotting exploits and claimed the Northern Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine in 2010.
Skate the Lake ice crews overcome Old Man Winter
Brockville Recorder and Times
McArthur ended up sixth in the 25-kilometre marathon, which was won by Constant Montpellier with a time of 51:45. In second was Adrian Loewen at 52:31 and ..
Hot Week for Alberta Trainers Down South - Northlands Park
Craig Smith, based at Tampa Bay Downs, had 2 wins on the week including a huge step forward with Northern Yankee. Northern Yankee paid $44.20 in his...
Algorithms surges to victory in Holy Bull Stakes
MiamiHerald.com
By Jim Freer Hansen came into the one-mile Holy Bull unbeaten and was the 2011 Eclipse Award winner for 2-year-olds. He stumbled slightly coming out of the ...
$1M on the line for top bettors
Toronto Sun
The field includes 31 Canadians, eight of which qualified at Woodbine. Among that group is Barrie native Brian Troop, a regular in the Woodbine grandstand and winner of the 2010 title. Players get a chance to build their bankroll based on 15 mythical ...
The best by test
Trinidad & Tobago Express
... were pulling up on the paddock bend, one guy disdainfully flashed his hand as Native Idol and jockey Emile Ramsammy went past, almost sneering at them.
Fort Erie jockey in the running
Niagarathisweek.com
A jockey from the Fort Erie Race Track is a finalist at the upcoming 37th annual Sovereign Awards in Toronto. Fort Erie jockey Betty Jo Williams has a chance to clean up in the Outstanding Apprentice Jockey award category when the Jockey Club of Canada ...old Forester earns bonus as Ontario's top sire of 2011
Daily Racing Form
The year-end awards, administered by the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's ... Vibank also received a $50000 award as Ontario's top first-crop stallion.
Queen's Plate winner Mike Fox retired to stud | UK Bloodstock News ...
MIKE Fox, winner of the 2007 Queen's Plate Stakes in Canada, has been retired to stand at his birthplace, Firestone Farms in Ontario, Canada.
Luck had nothing to do with it
Canada.com
... Toronto-raised Chantal Sutherland, a jockey who's been dubbed the Danica Patrick of horse racing, and who appears in Luck's opening hour.
Cauz Retires From Hall Of Fame
Standardbred Canada
In 1984, his book 'The Plate, A Royal Tradition' was published to coincide with the 125th running of the Queen's Plate. With the book, Cauz became the first ...Hovdey: Santa Monica back in deserving spotlight
Daily Racing Form
That would be the Queen's Plate, Canada's own, an event of comprehensive cultural significance that has somehow lasted 151 years.
Queen's Plate Winner Mike Fox Retired
Mike Fox, the 2007 Queen's Plate Stakes winner for breeder/owner D. Morgan Firestone, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Firestone Farms near ...Ontario-Breds Reap Further Awards
Horse-Canada.com
... captured two legs of the Canadian Triple Crown: the Breeders' Stakes and Prince of Wales Stakes, followed by a third place finish in the Queen's Plate.
Model and jockey Chantal Sutherland of Canada arrives
Model and jockey Chantal Sutherland of Canada arrives at the Hollywood premiere of the HBO series "Luck" in Los Angeles, California January 25, 2012.
Canadian studs have spread 'speed gene'
Windsor Star
Sired by Nearctic, Northern Dancer was the Ontario-born winner of the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, as well as the Queen's Plate, Canada's top ...
MR. WILL-W.:POP MAVEN: 2011 SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES ...
2011 Sovereign Award Nominees: 1. Maritimer 2. Tu Endie Wei 3. Embur's Song 4. Inglorious 5. Luis Contreras 6. Pender Harbour 7. Fifty Proof 8. Atlantic ..
2011 Sovereign Award Finalists Announced |
www.jockeyclubcanada.com
Starry Starry Night. The Jockey Club of Canada Announces 2011 Sovereign Award Finalists. The Jockey Club of Canada will host their 37th ...Ramzan Kadyrov acquires Maritimer after Sweet Ducky in March 2011bettor.com
The winner of the Coronation Futurity Stakes stands out to be the favourite for the Woodbine's Queen's Plate, which is specifically for Canadian bred horses ...
Rachel Alexandra, Curlin colt arrives
ESPN
Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, gave birth Sunday to a 125-pound colt by two-time Horse of the Year Curlin. The bay colt was born at 2:40 pm ET on Stonestreet Farm near Lexington, Ky. He took his first steps 90 minutes later.
Kentucky Derby hopeful from Canada sold to controversial Chechen ...
Louisville Courier-Journal
If Maritimer can't make the Kentucky Derby because his owner can't get a license, he's still the favorite for Woodbine's Queen's Plate, which is restricted ...
Star Canadian horse sold to controversial Chechen leader
Toronto Star
“This is a very special horse,” said Walton about the son of American stallion Stormy Atlantic. ... “We hope to have him in Canada for the Plate.
Florida-bred Applauding favored in stakes debut
Ocala
She broke her maiden at Canada's Woodbine in early December over its synthetic surface track. She was bred by her owner, Greenwood Lodge Farm.
Aaaand, THEY'RE OFF
Winnipeg Free Press
It was a long bus ride out to Assiniboia Downs from the North End, but people-watching and looking out the window was a good distraction.
The Barbados Advocate Emile Ramsammy to ride Apostle in feature ...
Trinidadian born Canadian based jockey Emile Ramsammy has been declared to ride creole Apostle in the feature BTBA Garrison Turf Stakes TrophyCondition Race ...Havre De Grace best of a weak field
Toronto Sun
Canadian owner and breeder Frank Stronach was the lone racing interest from north ... Bill Mott, who is a regular at Woodbine for major races, won the third ...
Nash known for humble generosity
London Free Press
As the story goes, Nash and his pals arrived early at the airport and decided to go to Woodbine race track to kill som
Great Hot falls back at two turns in the La Canada Stakes at Santa ...
bettor.com
Jockey Chantal Sutherland will be aboard Great Hot in the La Canada Stakes. Sutherland has ridden Great Hot for seven consecutive starts out of eight here ...
Backstretch Banter for January 13th - Northlands Park
Diodoro in Stakes action this weekend Theres no denying the Diodoro barn has been taking the Southwestern states by storm. The Alberta conditioner cu...
Ontario Sewer and Watermain Construction Association lauds Toronto ...
Daily Commercial News
... former city of Etobicoke between Woodbine Racetrack and Pearson International Airport) and $11.9 million to continue developing the Green Lane Landfill, ...2011 Racing Champions Lead by Cold Cash 123
American Quarter Horse Journal
He will stand the 2012 season at JEH Stallion Station – Texas. .... Joyce and Erik Lehtinen's homebred The Diamond Side earned the Canadian champion title ...
Indefensible Eclipse Award Votes
Daily Racing Form
He finished fourth in the Maker's Mark, ninth in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, fourth in the Colonial Turf Cup, seventh in the Woodbine Mile, ...
Toronto casino could hurt competitors, Hudak says
CBC.ca
For example, Toronto's 2010 share from the Woodbine Racetrack amounted to almost ... clubs memberships -- even a $1.12 grocery bag. © The Canadian Press, 2012.
Businesses concerned about Toronto casino talk
Niagarathisweek.com
... host municipality of a slots facility at Woodbine Racetrack. Besides the Niagara Falls casinos, the OLG also operates the slots at Fort Erie Race Track. ...
The Eclipse Voting
Daily Racing Form
By Steven Crist BEVERLY HILLS -- A squeaker for 3-year-old, ... were the talk of the 41st annual Eclipse Awards tonight at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. ...
Horse Racing - Assiniboia Downs - Simulcast Racing, VLTs, Dining ...
The Downs will come up with a design which it will put into place with city approval. What remarkable things has this tree "seen" through the ages? See this ...
Border cities decry proposal to open casino in Toronto
Globe and Mail
But the mayors say they risk losing much of that business if Canada's most ... play the slot machines on Friday evenings at Woodbine racetrack in Toronto. ...'Luck' Debuts Sunday, January 29 on HBO
TVbytheNumbers
... Spencer Garrett, Barry Shabaka Henley, Ted Levine, Jurgen Prochnow, Alan Rosenberg, Mercedes Ruehl, Chantal Sutherland and Sir Michael Gambon.
Left Coast Racing: The Evolution of Hastings Park
They show the alignment of the Hastings Park racecourse before and after its ... Aerial view of Hastings Park - May 27, 1919 - City of Vancouver Archives image ...
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup
UPI.com
Prospective, a Kentucky-bred Malibu Moon colt out of the Awesome Again mare Spirited Away, ran the 7 furlongs on a fast track in 1:23.88 with Luis Contreras ...PROSPECTIVE, SALAD GIRL VICTORIOUS IN $100000 FEATURES
HorseRaceInsider.com
Luis Contreras rode the winner, who paid $7.20 to win. “It (the Juvenile) disappointed me. Whenever you see a race like that. … but, I have a little more ...Trebles for Chadee, Whitehall
Trinidad & Tobago Express
Mobthewarrior, the fifth-placed finisher in Canada's Queen's Plate in 2010, ended up 1 ½ lengths adrift in his second outing in Trinidad. ...Tampa Bay: Prospective bounces back from Breeders' Cup flop to ...
Daily Racing Form
Ridden by Luis Contreras for trainer Mark Casse, covered the seven furlongs in 1:23.88 while winning his third race from five career starts. ...
Filly brings top price at Keeneland session
BusinessWeek
A filly by leading sire Kitten's Joy has brought a top price of $180000 during the third session of Keeneland's January Horses of All Ages Sale. Glen Hill Farm purchased the filly, out of the stakes-placed Danzig mare Garden Spot and from the family of ...
Keeneland January sale sees big gains
Louisville Courier-Journal
The rebound of the thoroughbred breeding market continued at the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale that ended Thursday. The gross increased 50.5 percent to $37.99 million despite fewer horses being sold. The 1003 sold was an 1.8-percent drop ...
No more horsing around
Montreal Gazette
... farm in St. Polycarpe that had a thoroughbred stallion for commercial breeding. ... But he fell just short in Canada's biggest race, the Queen's Plate, ...Oaklawn: Ex-claimer It Happened Again seeks third stakes win in ...
Daily Racing Form
Moss claimed It Happened Again out of an October 2010 race at Woodbine. ... main track at Delaware Park and the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Northlands Park. ...When sky is the limit for high fliers coming to Dubai World Cup ...
The National
... took Mourilyan to Woodbine for the Canadian International," Nicolas Iguacel, ... EP Taylor Stakes, and she kept calling out and flirting with Mourilyan. ...
Dance And Dance 'the best horse I've trained', says Ed Vaughan
The National
The mount of Jamie Spencer finished sixth to Turallure in the Group 1 Woodbine Mile in September, one place ahead of Court Vision. ...
EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR 2012 ... - Hastings Racecourse -
“The increase in attendance and the pari-mutuel handle last year was encouraging,” Mutti said while announcing Opening Day at Hastings Racecourse in 2012 ...Racing Returning To Assiniboia Downs | Standardbred Canada
Warner recalls that before the Manitoba Jockey Club took control of Assiniboia Downs the track handled both breeds unsuccessfully ...
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Saturday January 7, 2012
HorseRaceInsider.com
Where the girls are: Among the leading jockeys and trainers in Santa Anita's standings, five are women: Chantal Sutherland, Janet Armstrong, Kristin Mulhall ...Delightful Mary, R Holiday Mood dead heat in Ocala
Brisnet.com
Never much more than two lengths off the pace, the Mark Casse trainee worked her way into third for Luis Contreras rounding the far turn. ...Exciting finish to race ends in dead heat at Gulfstream
MiamiHerald.com
In a photo provided by Gulfstream Park, Delightful Mary (3), with Luis Contreras, and R Holiday Mood (2), with John Velazquez, finish in a dead heat for the ...Saturday Spot Plays
Daily Racing Form
Most recently, she failed to change leads again when a non-threatening second behind the good Canadian filly Tu Endie Wei at Woodbine. ...Dubai Duty Free still an option for Cityscape
Racing Post
... winning the Group 2 Prix de Royallieu at Longchamp, and finishing her season with a close fifth in the Grade 1 EP Taylor Stakes at Woodbine. ...Sweet Seventeen to try two turns for the first time in the Busanda ...
bettor.com
Ridden by jockey Patrick Husbands, Sweet Seventeen, ran a solid race, but couldn't over haul the front running filly, Tu Endie Wei, and weakened just before ...Postcard from Laurel Park: Where the will to win never grows old
Ottawa Citizen
It was hardly going to be the Kentucky Derby or the Queen's Plate or the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe anyway. No one ever pretended that The Brave Little Horse ...Chantal Sutherland gets engagednot to Mike Smith PaulickReportcom
In case you haven't heard the news on Twitter, Southern California jockey Chantal Sutherland is celebrating her engagement to Dan Kruse of Monro...
Mahbooba kicks off Dubai Carnival in style
Brisnet.com
Mahbooba led for part of the way in the EP Taylor, only to tire in the yielding ground and end up sixth. Thursday's feature was designed as a prep for the ...
2011 Eclipse Awards: Perfect Shirl
Daily Racing Form
That effort signaled a return to form for Perfect Shirl and put her under consideration for the EP Taylor Stakes on home turf. However, she was withheld ...
Knowlton Ridge starts 2012 with a win in West Virginia
Bay Today
Firstimage won the 5th race last night at Charlestown Race Track in West Virginia by ... The gelding left Woodbine in December at the conclusion of the 2011 ...Finalists Announced For 2011 Media Excellence Awards
Standardbred Canada
Cohen's shot of a wintry night at Woodbine Racetrack was published in the February, 2011 edition of The Canadian Sportsman. The six finalists were the top ...WEG S-Bred Handle Up In 2011
Standardbred Canada
On Wednesday, January 4, the Woodbine Entertainment Group announced that its 2011 season of live standardbred racing, conducted at Woodbine Racetrack and ...Calumet Farm acquires stallion
Daily Racing Form
Cactus Ridge already is the sire of Canadian champion sprinter Hollywood Hit, Grade 1 winners Hot Cha Cha, and dual stakes winner Peyote Patty. ...
2011 in Review
Brisnet.com
T -- TURALLURE could have been honored elsewhere for his last-gasp victory in the Woodbine Mile, but his superb second in the Breeders' Cup Mile is even ...
Never Retreat retired, she will miss the shot at the Marshua's ...
bettor.com
... Stakes at about 1 1/8 miles over the Woodbine race course's turf track. ... while she bagged the 1 1/8 mile event in 1 minute and 45.13 seconds. ...
Photo - Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday : newsday.co.tt :
RAMSAMMY ON THE GO Ace jockey Emile Ramsammy aboard Big Daddyright surges. « previous · next ». RAMSAMMY ON THE GO Ace jockey Emile Ramsammy aboard Big ...Harding saddles Raging Halo to Sian's Gold
Trinidad News
Canadian-based Emile Ramsammy rode three winners under sunny conditions in Arima while, among the trainers, John O'Brien is the early leader of the 2012 ...
Kentucky breeding operations worry about losing stallions to other ...
Louisville Courier-Journal
According to The Jockey Club, Kentucky's 228 reported stallions covered 15714 mares this year, more than the next nine states or Canadian provinces combined ...SD Sportswriters Take A Look At The Unusual Happenings Of 2011
Yankton Daily Press
July 6: Aberdeen native and Rapid City horse trainer Ardell Sayler saddled his 1000th-winning horse at Assiniboia Downs race track in Winnipeg, Canada. ...Here's to the Ladies and Their Futures in 2012
HorseRaceInsider.com
... in the year that filly went on to win Canada's $500000 Woodbine Oaks and then defeat male rivals in the $1000000 Queen's Plate north of the border. ...Pletcher, Dominguez, Midwest Thoroughbreds top 2011 North American ...
Paulick Report
... Luis Contreras, $12307455 (220/1134); Garrett Gomez, $11870360 (137/782); Jose Lezcano, $10713658 (182/1047); and Patrick Husbands, $9849835 (193/846). ...Oh, Canada: Top 10 anticipated things for racing in 2012
Paulick Report
... breeding business, and the return of a stellar jockey colony that includes Luis Contreras, Eurico Rosa Da Silva, Emma-Jayne Wilson and Patrick Husbands. ...Tattenham Corner
The Guardian
It uses the Santa Anita name and even features top jockeys Chantal Sutherland and Gary Stevens, who will play a rider with drug problems. ...Year in photos
Albany Times Union
The picture captured the expression on jockey Chantal Sutherland's face when the horse she was riding in the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill ...A year to surpass all others
Trinidad & Tobago Express
The 49-year-old winner of more than 2500 races came across from his base at Woodbine in Canada along with countryman Richard Dos Ramos, who has ridden at ...
Great Hot & Jockey Chantal Sutherland | Flickr Photo Sharing
Great Hot & Jockey Chantal Sutherland. ... Newest photo →; Great Hot & Jockey Chantal Sutherland · Teddy's Promise La Brea Stakes · Angela ...Ringing in the New Year at Northlands - Northlands Park
Live racing continues this weekend at Northlands with dashes Friday and Saturday (New Years Eve) evening beginning at 6 pm - plus a Sunday (New Years...
Mahbooba set for Dubai return on Thursday
Racing Post
She was then based in Newmarket and won a Listed race at Newmarket beforea close sixth in the Grade 1 EP Taylor Stakes at Woodbine in Canada. ...
`Luck' could pay off for Santa Anita
Los Angeles Daily News
"Luck" features familiar race scenes and characters from Santa Anita Park, including retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens and jockey Chantal Sutherland. ...
Photos of the year
Winnipeg Free Press
... gold at the 2010 Olympic Games skeleton event the winter before this image was taken at Assiniboia Downs. The human Jon holds his Olympic gold medal. ...Party like it's 2011
Winnipeg Free Press
Horse-racing fans who didn't get tickets to the Assiniboia Downs party already are out of luck: the night is sold out. THE Winnipeg Convention Centre's ...Bumper card to start new year
Trinidad & Tobago Express
Emile Ramsammy, who has been based at "Woodbine" for the last two decades and is the most successful jockey ever to emerge from this country, ...
Martin: "We Have A Very Good Story To Tell"
Standardbred Canada
"What we basically did was at the request of the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency, Woodbine had expressed a desire to offer to new configurations on some wagers, and out position is that if there's not an integrity concern that we would try to accommodate ...Toronto's Top 100 Events of 2011
BizBash
Up From 4: Queen's Plate continues to grow where other top-notch horse races have been in decline. The triple-crown race has been on a steady climb since ...Beaten Legally Ready chases First Classic
Trinidad News
And the Harold Chadee owned and trained filly, who will again have Canada-based Trinidadian jockey Emile Ramsammy in the saddle, will not have to contend ...The $300000 crapshoot
ESPN
As the offspring of Smart Strike, a stallion whose other offspring include 2010 Preakness winner Lookin ... "Registered Canadian bred," Collier continues. ...
Twenty horses died in as many months at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver due mainly to bone fractures, according to provincial documents released through ...
'BOOGIE' STRIKES GOLD
Trinidad & Tobago Express
The American-bred four-year-old, who was partnered by the Canada-based Omar Moreno, earned $300000 for owner Dachin Racing Stables to go past $500000 for ...
Boogie Blues battles to Gold Cup victory
Trinidad News
Sir Bas comfortabley took the $150000 St James Stakes with Emile Ramsammy astride. But there was some disappointment for connections when Legally Ready ...
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Monday December 26, 2011
HorseRaceInsider.com
Probable for the La Brea: Great Hot, Chantal Sutherland; Home Sweet Aspen, Joel Rosario; May Day Rose, Martin Garcia; Sugarinthemorning, Garrett Gomez; ...Big name riders congregate at Santa Anita
Sports Network
Canadian-native Chantal Sutherland is back for another meet at Santa Anita. She won this year's Big 'Cap aboard Game On Dude for trainer Bob Baffert. ...Bank on Ramsammy on Republic Day
Trinidad Guardian
Tres Amigos has gone for Emile Ramsammy to partner Bruceontheloose. The John O'Brien trained in-mate should be at concert pitch. Of the others, only Boogie ...Racing season to end with big bang
Trinidad & Tobago Express
And if all of that is not enough, Emile Ramsammy, this country's most celebrated jockey of all time, has returned from his base in Canada to be part of the ...Maragh returns to winning ways with triple
Jamaica Observer
... year in North America behind Trinidad & Tobago's Oswald Pereira (231 wins), Barbadian Patrick Husbands (193) and another Jamaican Shaun Bridgmohan (136).
Track to hold its first quarter-horse race
MiamiHerald.com
Spirited Miss, trained by Mark Casse, has second- and fourth-place finishes in a pair of stakes races at Woodbine in Etobicoke, Ontario. Luis Contreras will ...20 horses died at track in two seasons: Documents
MetroNews Canada
An average of one horse every month dies or is put down at Hastings Racecourse, according to government documents. Autopsy reports — posted on the BC government's freedom-of- information website — reveal that 19 horses and one pony were examined ...Finders Key a keeper
The Province
Back in 2002, Finders Key, a grandson of popular stallion Key to the Mint, ... Clark was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2009. ...Nina just one of the lads in male-dominated environment
Irish Times
Group One winners such as Hayley Turner in Britain or the glamorous Canadian Chantal Sutherland just seem to cut a different shape in the saddle. ...Historicist: The Brothers Turofsky
Torontoist
On the only occasion a reigning monarch attended the Queen's Plate, Nat snuck onto the platform—with the assistance of an RCMP officer friend—so he could ...Horse Breeding Canters Back to NY
Wall Street Journal
Last year, Frank Stronach, founder of the Canadian auto components company Magna, sent five stallions to McMahon. "He placed five in New York state last ...Indian Charlie, sire of Uncle Mo, dies at 16
Daily Racing Form
Cancer was not the first medical issue the stallion had fought. ... the 2006 champion older mare; and Indian Apple Is, a Canadian champion female sprinter. ...2011 Year In Review: Division by division
Daily Racing Form
Tizway won two of the biggest races in New York, the Met Mile and Whitney, .... held off the onrushing Turallure, who was coming off a win in the Woodbine Mile.
Rocket Man bids to blast to HK Sprint glory
Racing Post
... was less impressed with stall 12 but the horse did overcome a similarly tricky draw when second in the Grade 1 Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine in October. ...If There Were a Better Moment than the Delaware 'Cap, I Missed It
HorseRaceInsider.com
To wit: Game on Dude and Chantal Sutherland survive 10 furlongs and a 12-minute stewards' inquiry in capturing the Santa Anita Handicap—Wrote about it when ...Woodbine's top-10 stories
Toronto Sun
By the time the Queen's Plate rolled around, he was well in front of the jockey's standings and he continued to draw off right through the end of the meet. ...Rick Teverbaugh: Stroke of 'Luck' for race fans
The Herald Bulletin
I find it particularly encouraging that former jockey Gary Stevens, who was so good in “Seabiscuit,” and Chantal Sutherland, one of the top current female ...Casse, Contreras Set Records During 2011 Woodbine Meet
Horse-Canada.com
Patrick Husbands was a clear second in the standings with 192 wins, while Emma-Jayne Wilson was third (135 wins). Melnyk Racing Stables, Inc. led all owners ...Wagering up again as Woodbine calls 2011 a wrap
Toronto Star
Thoroughbreds ride off into the sunset as Woodbine Racetrack's 167-day racing ... Eaves also pointed out that the success of Canadian-based horses and ...ACTRESS/MODEL/JOCKEY CHANTAL SUTHERLAND ... - Will-W.
Toronto's v. own Chantal Sutherland has returned home once again - even if only for a weekend - to cap-off the Thoroughbred Racing Season at Woodbine ...Woodbine: 2007 Queen's Plate winner gets plenty of practice, but no real races
Daily Racing Form
The off-season should give the Woodbine Entertainment Group, the Ontario Racing Commission, and the Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency a chance to look at some issues of concern to Woodbine horseplayers. ◗ More accurate reporting of first-time gelding ...Horse Racing 2011: NTRA Chief Alex Waldrop Weighs In
Huffington Post
Filling races is a challenge every race track is facing. .... major facilities like Woodbine and Santa Anita, and smaller venues like Canterbury Park and ...Leading Indiana sire Chief Seattle dead
Thoroughbred Times
He has also sired champions in three different countries—Canadian ... Chief Seattle began his stallion career at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington and also ...Popular media personality loved horse racing, alter egos
Globe and Mail
He was also a familiar commentator on CBC Television broadcasts of such prestigious races as the Queen's Plate. As a young man on the West Coast, ...Horse Racing Draws a Line at Licensing Chechen Leader
New York Times
Sweet Ducky eventually surfaced at Woodbine racetrack in Toronto, where he was entered in a $78937 race on Oct. 30. 展e have no reason to deny the man a ...Horse-racing snowbirds head for the sunshine and track in Arizona
The Province
By Tom Wolski, Province Sports Columnist November 25, 2011 2:22 AM For years when the thoroughbred season was over at Hastings Racecourse, it would mean for many horse-men a time to close up their stables and head home with their horses to the farm. ...JAPAN CUP SET TO STAY AT HOME
Sportinglife.com
Globe-trotting filly who won the Canadian International at Woodbine last time out in convincing fashion. Behind Shareta in the Prix Vermeille before that, ...
