Welcome to Jen's Thoroughblog. This is a personal blog site with news and some views on the Ontario thoroughbred racing industry. It is updated most mornings. I am a freelance writer and handicapper for various publications. Opinions on this site are NOT THOSE OF ANY OF MY EMPLOYERS. Feel free to give your insights and comments. Thoroughblog has the right to refuse publication of anonymous or offensive comments.
Who's reading you ask? Owners/trainer (37%); Fan/bettor (40%); Work in Industry (16%)
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MARCHING IN
February 8, 2010 | No CommentsCindy Pierson Dulay photo STERWINS TO BARBADOS! One of the top Canadian-bred runners in recent years, STERWINS, is headed to the BARBADOS GOLD CUP Read more »
MOTHER NATURE
February 6, 2010 | 1 Commenttoday’s news - SQUARE EDDIE ALL DONE…Don Handicap today - YOU AND I FOREVER is the pick…Canadian-bred COOL N COLLECTIVE RACING AT AGE 13…and where do people get their INFORMATION????? HEY - CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED is on the newsstands with February and March will be there soon. Read about GARDINER FARMS, THEN Read more »
HOG WILD
February 2, 2010 | No CommentsNO SHADOW FOR WIARTON WILLIE - 6 more weeks of winter. Just the news I wanted to hear Hotep dominates rivals in allowance race Monday at Fair Grounds By Bob Fortus, The Times-Picayune February Read more »
CHAMPS
January 31, 2010 | 1 CommentTODAY’S NEWS - SUNDAY MORNING…SOVS WRAP-UP..PALLADIO, BARRIE, ONTARIO FELLOW WINS BIG IN VEGAS!! CHAMPS ELYSEES, the first horse since 1995 to be based in the U.S. but win the big award at the Sovereigns HORSE OF THE YEAR Dave Landry photo Read more »
SIMON SAYS
January 29, 2010 | 2 CommentsI GOTTA FEELING…tonight’s gonna be a good night to celebrate horse racing!…The ULTRA CLUB will open its doors to the racing folks of Canada tonight - 6:30-10 we party and celebrate and then at 10, the doors open to the public. It’s an exciting night for everyone nominated - enjoy. Read more »
Top 5 Candidates For Canadian Horse of the Year
1 - Champs Elysees
2 - Rahy’s Attorney
3 - Milwaukee Appeal
4 - El Brujo
5 - Hollinger
2009 Hot Canadian-bred Runners
(Based on Beyer, $, SW)
1. Milwaukee Appeal (99)
2. Marchfield (102)
3. Rahy’s Attorney (106)
5. Field Commission (105)
4. El Brujo (98)
6. Sterwins (103)
7. Ice Bear (100)
8. Harlem Rocker (93)
9. Tribal Belle 102
10. Sand Cove (96)
Jen’s Latest Must-Reads!
- The Collected Works of T.S. Spivet
- Race to the Polar Sea
- Second Chance Horses
- Still Alice
- Dreams From My Father
- The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
- The Guernsey Literary, PotatoePeelPie Soc.
- The Other Boleyn Girl
- Twilight - the saga
- The Way the Crow Flies
- Three Day Road
- What Was Lost
- Falling Man
- The Thirteenth Tale
- Memorykeeper’s Daughter
- Late nights On Air
- Middlesex
- Shadow of the Wind
- The Chase (Clive Cussler)
- Dead Heat (Dick Francis)
- Playing for Pizza
- The Gambler and the Bug Boy
- No Country for Old Men
- The Continuity Girl
- In the Company of the Courtesan
- Water for Elephants
- Not By a Longshot
- The Kite Runner
- The Great Match Race
- Lullabies for Little Criminals
Photocafe: My Brother’s Inventions!
PhotoCafe Screensaver
AndySnap screen capture
Not my brother’s inventions but good links none the less!
In-Form Handicapping System
TODOS STAT
Cindy Piersen Dulay
Emma-Jayne Wilson
Horse Memorial Site
Long Run
Phase 2 TB’s for Sale
Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance
Sarah K. Andrew
Woodbine Stakes 09
Book Flogging
Second-Chance Horses is a collection of true stories that are just a small reflection of the amazing things ex-racehorses can accomplish once they are re-trained for new careers. I wrote the chapters on Swamp Line and Lindros/Impropriety!! Now for my next goal, to write an entire book! Order your copy here.
