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Not Bourbon Heads $1 Million Queen’s Plate

June 19, 2008

Toronto, ON - Charles Fipke’s Not Bourbon, winner of the Plate Trial Stakes on June 1, has been installed as the 3-1 morning line choice in a large 15 horse field of Canadian-bred three-year-olds for Read more »

CTHS Annual Awards a Smashing Success

June 16, 2008

Rexdale, ON – The CTHS (Ontario Division) honoured the Ontario-bred champions of 2007 at their Annual Awards dinner held on June 13th at Glencairn Golf Club, in Milton, Ontario. The event recognized partners Mike Read more »

Lauzon named 2008 recipient of the Avelino Gomez MemorialAward

May 22, 2008

Toronto, ON - Jockey Jack Lauzon, one of the most respected riders to ever compete in Canadian racing circles, was today named the 2008 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Born December 5, 1961 Read more »

Canada’s most modern veterinary hospital opens in St-Hyacinthe

May 21, 2008

Montreal, QC – Canada’s most modern animal teaching hospital and university research centre, the cornerstone of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Veterinary Medicine campus, will be inaugurated in St-Hyacinthe following some $70 million in Read more »

Assiniboia Downs forced to cancel Saturday racing

May 8, 2008

Winnipeg – MB - Unfortunately live racing has been cancelled for Saturday, May 10, 2008 due to a lack of entries. Although the horse population is up around 800 horses, the poor weather leading Read more »

ORC Equine Task Force shuts down supplier of illegal drugs

May 7, 2008

Toronto, ON – The ORC’s industry-funded Equine Medication Control and Drug Task Force, made up of ORC investigators and seconded members of the OPP Illegal Gambling Unit, has succeeded in taking a supplier of drugs Read more »

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Announces 2008 Nominations

May 7, 2008

Toronto, ON - A total of 22 nominees have been put forward by the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame’s Thoroughbred and Standardbred Nominating Committees including six thoroughbred horses, four standardbreds and twelve people. Read more »

Another diamond in the rough for Fipke

May 1, 2008

Louisville, Ky. - Will diamonds be forever? The world will find out when Canadian diamond magnate Charles Fipke, the most prominent Canadian involved in the 134th running of the Kentucky Derby, sends out Tale Read more »

CTHS Ontario Annual Awards Dinner

April 30, 2008

Rexdale, ON - The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario) is pleased to announce that the CTHS Annual Awards Dinner, honouring the Ontario-Bred champions of 2007, will take place on Friday, June 13th at the Glencairn Read more »

Information seminar on Biosecurity and Risk Management of Horse Farms

April 22, 2008

Ottawa, Ontario—Equine Canada would like to inform the equine community about a seminar regarding biosecurity and risk management for horse farms on Tuesday, April 22, at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), in Guelph, ON.   Read more »

2008 Ontario Sired Racing Rewards

April 22, 2008

Rexdale, ON - The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) is pleased to announce an exciting new bonus program to reward racing excellence in 2008 by Ontario Sired Foals performing in Ontario. The program Read more »

Horse Owners Encouraged to Attend Free Information Seminar on Equine Herpes Virus in Saskatoon

April 10, 2008

Ottawa, Ontario—Equine Canada would like to inform the Canada equine community about an equine herpes virus information seminar on Thursday, April 10, in Saskatoon, SK. This information seminar is in response to the recent Read more »