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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 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...
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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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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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...
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A Return to the Good Ole Days

Racetracks in Ontario, and across North America, are facing tough challenges as the government is pulling the ripcord on the long time arrangement known as the Race Track & Slots programme. Slots...
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Derby Trail Rundown

There’s something to say about anything pretty; there’s pretty flowers, girls, pictures, landscaping, but I tell you this, I don’t call many horses pretty. Hansen on the other hand is something...
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2011 – A Year of Records at the Tracks

Another year in the books, and race fans, it has been another very successful year! Okay, we didn’t have a triple crown winner in Canada or the States. And so what...
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Horseracing: For Love and Glory

“They’re at the post …… and they’re off!” famous words in the world of thoroughbred horse racing as these incredibly fit, muscle-toned equine athletes break from the starting gate. When the...