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The Jockey Club of Canada announces new Executive Director
September 1, 2010Toronto, ON - Jim Lawson, Chief Steward of The Jockey Club of Canada, is pleased to announce that Stacie Roberts has been named its new Executive Director effective September 7, 2010. The former publisher of Read more »
Woodbine Thoroughbred Handicapping Challenge
August 30, 2010Toronto, ON - Toronto resident Michael Cavalaris captured the $19,575 first prize in the 2010 Woodbine Thoroughbred Handicapping Challenge, held at Woodbine Saturday through Sunday. “It feels fabulous,” said Cavalaris. “You sort of dream about Read more »
Smokey Fire red-hot in Play The King
August 30, 2010Toronto, ON - In a thrilling three-horse battle, Jim Dandy Stable’s Smokey Fire, with Jono Jones aboard, caught front-runners Jungle Wave and Fatal Bullet on the wire to win the featured $224,800 Grade 2, Play The Read more »
Barracks Road marches to victory in Ontario Colleen
August 29, 2010Toronto, ON - Eugene Melnyk’s homebred Barracks Road, confidently handled by jockey Corey Fraser, made every pole a winning one while taking the featured $193,900 Ontario Colleen Stakes Saturday at Woodbine. The one-mile grass event Read more »
U of Guelph Receives $2 Million from E.P. Taylor Equine Research Fund
August 27, 2010The University of Guelph has received $2 million from the E.P. Taylor Equine Research Fund to support clinical research in the health and performance of racehorses. The announcement was made during the second annual Equi-Challenge, Read more »
Woodbine Thoroughbred Package now Includes Live Video Streaming and Twitter
August 23, 2010Toronto, ON - Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) is pleased to announce that free live video streaming of its thoroughbred simulcast is available on the Woodbine website. To watch the races, fans simply visit the Woodbine Read more »
Canadians Rewarded at the Vermont Summer Festival
August 23, 2010East Dorset, VT – For the fifth year, the Vermont Summer Festival proudly offered $10,000 in bonus prize money to its neighbors from the north through the $10,000 Canadian Circuit Awards, presented by Ariat International, Read more »
Jacally triumphs in Eternal Search
August 23, 2010Toronto, ON - Harlequin Ranches Jacally defeated Dancing Raven by a neck in a thrilling renewal of Saturday’s $125,000 Eternal Search Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile contest was the second time in a month Read more »
Biofuel Ahows Late Energy to Take Belle Mahone
August 22, 2010Toronto, ON - Multiple stakes winner Biofuel made her return to Woodbine a winning one, taking Sunday’s $101,000 Belle Mahone Stakes courtesy of a furious stretch rally. The three-year-old bay filly, facing accomplished older runners, Read more »
Marsh Side easily Captures Sky Classic
August 22, 2010Toronto, ON - Seven-year-old Marsh Side sprinted away from his rivals through the stretch to take Sunday’s $254,900, Grade 2 Sky Classic Stakes at Woodbine. Last year’s Grade 1 Northern Dancer Stakes winner and the Read more »
Miami Deco pulls $132.10 shocker in Breeders’
August 16, 2010Toronto, ON - Jim and Susan Hill’s Miami Deco, at 65-1, became the longest-priced winner of the Breeders’ Stakes taking the 120th edition of the race, Sunday at Woodbine. At the finish of the mile Read more »
CBC to Air Pilot on Ontario Quarter Horse Racing
August 13, 2010The Ontario Quarter Horse Racing Industry Development Program (QHRIDP) is funding the production of a four-episode television pilot, The Full Quarter, to capture the imagination of a potential 3.5 million CTV viewers in the GTA and Golden Horseshoe regions of Ontario. Four episodes of The Full Quarter will air on CTV on Saturday mornings at 11:30 a.m. beginning August 14th. The program will showcase Quarter Horse racing in Ontario, with additional feature highlights focusing on Quarter Horse athletes in rodeo, barrel racing and other sports. The News Release is attached to this email. The documents can also be accessed from the What’s New section of the main page of the website at www.ontarioracingcommission.ca.
