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40 Completely Random Yet Amazing Horse Racing Facts

I’m back with some more Completely Random Yet Amazing Facts – but this time it’s horse racing, the ‘Sport of Kings’. Some of you may have seen my series for football...
Sir Henry Cecil: Paying Homage to the Master Trainer

Henry Cecil -his name just conjures up magical memories of a true racing great that has stamped his class all over the racing world with a glorious charm. A truly legendary horse...
Beat the Odds for the Grand National

The Grand National ran at Aintree. This is the race of the people that gets everyone involved from young kids betting with their piggybank money, to older folk using systems, form...
Flat Racing, Ten to Follow 2013, and Classic Picks

So the flat racing swings around again! The larger stables will start to release their more high profile horses over the coming weeks and months, and I thought it was time...
Cheltenham Festival – It Means Everything!

The Cheltenham Festival to the jump horse racing fraternity is the only horse meet that really counts, the only one that matters, and means the world to connections. The meeting kicks...
The Prince of Wales Stakes

Sunday, July 15th, is the Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Race Track. This event brings thousands of people to the border oval and the top three-year old race horses...
Fort Erie Race Track Leaders

Two months into the Fort Erie Race Track meet, there are a couple of new faces on top of the leader boards in both the jockey and trainer standings. On top...
Fort Erie Race Track Excitement!

Fort Erie Race Track is all set for the big stage starting this weekend, culminating with Canada Day. Sunday at the Fort there are nine races with the feature being the...
Who has the Inside Track for the Queen’s Plate

The 2012 Queens Plate takes place Sunday, June 24th, at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Queen Elizabeth herself may or may not show. She has been there in the past, but nonetheless...
The Real Reason That I’ll Have Another Couldn’t Complete the Triple Crown

There are many reasons the Triple Crown is so hard to win. Some think the competition is too tough and others believe the last leg at Belmont Park, which stretches a...
Update: I’ll have Another Pulls out of Belmont, Retires for Good.

Update: I’ll have another will not race at Belmont. His trainer Doug O’neil, has scratched his Triple Crown hopes because of an injury to the horse’s tendon. The horse has been...
Triple Crown, Canadian Fillies Style – The Woodbine Oaks

The Triple Crown, Canadian style, kicks off this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack with the 3 year old fillies going to gate in the Woodbine Oaks. The $500,000 Oaks is the feature...
I’ll Have Another – Your Next Triple Crown Champion?

There has not been an American Triple Crown winner for 33 years, and now, more than ever, the sport badly needs that to happen at Belmont. “I’ll Have Another” will be...
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Winning at Woodbine Race Track: A Day in the Life of a Thoroughbred

Bob Sinclair & Raffaela Carra – Far L Amore (Radio Edit) Allow me to take you on a race-day journey – a great love story of horse and trainer that I...
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Kentucky Derby Result and Opening Day at The Fort Erie Race Track

“I’ll Have Another” (I’m pretty sure that’s a cookie slogan), won the Kentucky Derby in impressive fashion! It seems like the winner of the Derby always has an amazing story behind...
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The Biggest Weekend of Horse Racing: Picking a Kentucky Derby Winner

This is the King of Sports, and the Sport of Kings. The Kentucky Derby, one of the world’s greatest sport spectacles has finally arrived. Add to that the opening of racing season...
Historic Fort Erie Race Track Celebrates its 115th Year

The day is getting closer. The 115th thoroughbred racing season at Fort Erie Race Track is only a couple of weekends away. Opening day at the picturesque track is Sunday, May...
The Build-up to the Kentucky Derby in Full Force!

The first Saturday in May is quickly arriving. It won’t be long before we see the garland of roses around the 2012 winner of the Kentucky Derby! It seems as though...
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Ontario Racing in Full Effect

With opening weekend of Woodbine racetrack in the past now, owners, trainers and jockeys can start collecting some money instead of handing it out to employees. It’s sometimes a very long...
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Horseracing is Back: The Return of the Ponies to Woodbine

Horse racing is back in Ontario! Woodbine Racetrack’s opening day of live racing is Friday April 6, with a post time of 1 PM. With 167 race days up coming in 2012, the...