#EDITORSNOTE: MR. WILL IN NEW YORK CITY, 2014
Celebrating Couturier Charles James's achievements this year, the 2014 Costume Institute Benefit (Met Ball/Met Gala) will be held on Tuesday, May 5, 2014 in New York City. We had so much fun taking-in all the Red Carpet Beauty last year, that we're going back yet again to cover the amazing Affair!
Join me as I bring you pure beauty and glamour as we admire the amazing Fashions together - you'll never guess who we'll run into! I mean, look who we saw last year here!
Co-chairing this year ...
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#HORSERACING: AN EARLY GLIMPSE AT THE CONTENDERS FOR THE 2014 KENTUCKY DERBY!
Now in its 140th edition, the First Saturday in May forever holds deep significance in American Culture. This of course is the day that the $2-million Kentucky Derby is raced at Churchill Downs. If you've never watched a Horse Race before, this would be your perfect introduction to the Sport. The Celebrities, the Fashion and the Sport all are married together in one glamorous Affair. Celebrities like Jessica Simpson, Elizabeth Banks, Kim Kardashian, Diane Lane, Nicole Richie, Jenny ...
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#HORSERACING: 2014 QUEEN’S PLATE TICKETS ON-SALE MAY 1ST!
Now in its 155th year, North America’s most historic Horse Race The Queen’s Plate, will be taking place sooner thank you think at Woodbine Racetrack!
Bringing together Canada’s finest three-year-old Horses, the prestigious $1-million Race in previous years has brought-out The Royals including Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II!
Mark your Calendars Toronto and bring-on your fanciest hat as the Hats & Horseshoes Party takes place near Woodbine Racetrack’s scenic Walking Ring ...
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#HORSERACING: “UP WITH THE BIRDS” WINS HORSE OF THE YEAR AT THE 39TH ANNUAL SOVEREIGN AWARDS
The Stars of Canadian Thoroughbred Racing were honoured tonight at Woodbine Racetrack. The 39th annual Sovereign Awards brought together Key Figures in the Sport from across the Country in celebration of the 2013 Racing Season. Everyone ranging from the Media, Jockeys, Owners, Breeders to the Horses were fêted in what was noted as the best-attended edition of the Awards Ceremony in recent years.
Crowned Top Honour tonight was Sam-Son Farms' Up with the Birds, who ran a dynamite second ...
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#SPOTTED: MR. WILL AT SANTA ANITA PARK!
Being a longtime Fan and Ambassador to Horse Racing, I've dreamt of the day I could visit World-famous Santa Anita Park, often the site of Championship Racing Day, the Breeders' Cup! It was completely unexpected that I'd be visiting California this past week and there was no way I was visiting without seeing the Track once and for all! I'm always looking for ways to welcome new Fans to the Sport and let me tell you, I absolutely cannot wait till Woodbine Racetrack's 2014 Season begins in ...
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#HORSERACING: A YEAR IN THOROUGHBREDS (2013) BY MR. WILL
Anyone who knows me knows exactly where to find me on weekends. I've been going to Woodbine Racetrack pretty much every weekend since Childhood - something that surprises many. My Saturdays and Sundays were spent accompanying Mom & Dad at the Races and as odd as it sounds, it was our Family thing. Instead of doing Homework, I'd study the Daily Racing Form and the Racing Journal. And while other Kids my age were playing Video Games and watching Saved by the Bell, I was analyzing ...
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#HORSERACING: WATCH THE 2013 BREEDERS’ CUP THIS WEEKEND ON TSN 2
Today and tomorrow, Horse Racing's Championship Days take place at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Now in its 30th edition, the World's finest Thoroughbreds face-off in a series of 14 Races, totalling $25 million. The Races are seen as being pivotal in deciding year-end divisional honours.
FRIDAY's Marquee Race is the $2-million Breeders' Cup Distaff, which sees North America's finest Females, three-years-old and upward, doing some serious battle on the dirt. Two-time returning ...
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#HORSERACING: “JOSHUA TREE” WINS THE PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AT WOODBINE A RECORD THIRD TIME
History was made as the World came to Woodbine Racetrack today for the 76th running of the Pattison Canadian International. The Grade I Race valued at $1-million, is known best as the Race in which legendary Secretariat won in 1973, prior to closing-out his Championship three-year-old Season.
Already a feat having won the mile-and-a-half Turf Race twice, Irish-bred Joshua Tree became the first-ever Horse to win the prestigious Affair three times under Jockey Ryan Moore, who guided him to a ...
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#SPOTTED: JAMES HINCHCLIFFE DRAWS POST POSITIONS FOR 76TH RUNNING OF THE PATTISON CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AT WOODBINE RACETRACK
The World truly comes to Woodbine Racetrack this Sunday for the 76th running of the Pattison Canadian International, bringing together a Field of international Turf Stars for a lofty $1-million purse. The prestigious Affair is known best as the Race which legendary Secretariat won before retiring in his 1973 Championship Season. Jockeys, Trainers, Owners and Horses alike have flown-in for the occasion and earlier on the Card too is the $500k E.P. Taylor Stakes, a restricted Fixture for ...
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#HORSERACING: “WISE DAN” TRIUMPHANT A SECOND YEAR IN THE $1-MILLION WOODBINE MILE
He's Dantastic! Reigning Horse of the Year, Wise Dan, made a triumphant return to Woodbine Racetrack yesterday for the $1-million Woodbine Mile. Despite deterring the Competition from a shot at the lucrative purse, the Race still drew five other brave Entrants and once again the six-year-old Gelding owned/bred by Morton Fink and trained by Charles LoPresti would not disappoint, going off as the prohibitive 1-5 (only a $.50 proft from a $2 bet) Favourite. And not only did the handsome ...
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