#INTERVIEW: EURICO DA SILVA ON “RIDING FOR FREEDOM”

Seven-time champion jockey Eurico da Silva arrived in Canada in the early 2000s after travelling the world riding among the best in Brazil, Singapore, Macau and more. Known for his larger than life personality and positive spirit, nobody would ever have known he was battling same dark demons that stemmed from his childhood, threatening to destroy everything he had built. da Silva's Memoir RIDING FOR FREEDOM released late 2020, already is nominated for a Sovereign Award, winning raves on ... Read more

GREATEST HORSE MOVIES THAT EVERY HORSE ENTHUSIAST SHOULD WATCH

If you love horses in general, then you’ll love movies that bring us nearer to those majestic animals and provide us stories of their caretakers. Horses are very smart animals that offer us lessons and most of the time even horse trainers can learn from them. We gathered a collection of horse movies that you should definitely watch. Included are a few non-conventional horse racing movies to add some diversity. In today’s article, we will make a list of movies that are made from both ... Read more

#HORSERACING: THANK YOU, SAM-SON FARM

Few have made a bigger impact in Canadian Horse Racing than Sam-Son Farm. The thoroughbred racing outfit originated in the '60s under Ernie Samuel's vision and has carried-on to this day, with operations based in both Milton, Ontario and Ocala, Florida. Through and through, they truly are the embodiment of a Canadian success story. Much of my childhood was spent admiring their greats, who conquered the world on the international racing stage dominating both north and south of the border. ... Read more

#HORSERACING: PRINCE & PRINCESS DIARY – DECEMBER 2020

While 2020 left much to be desired, we look back and are grateful Prince (MR WILL) and Princess (A PIC BY MRWILL) are happy and healthy at their homes. We were so happy to get to catch-up with them over the Holidays. While there were limited spots to race near the end of the season and the 2020 meet at Woodbine Racetrack being curtailed, MR WILL never got his last chance to break his maiden. That being said, we're so proud of how hard he tried all year, picking-up cheques for his owners ... Read more

#HORSERACING: A YEAR IN HORSES 2020

While the 2020 racing season at Woodbine Racetrack came to an early end, we look back with gratitude at being able to cover our favourite sport even admist the most challenging of circumstances. Though many hours go into commuting, capturing content, editing and posting never have we complained about the process. Being a part of the Horse Racing community brings me great joy and it makes me proud that Woodbine Entertainment managed to put together a fantastic abbreviated season, keeping ... Read more

#HORSERACING: MR WILL & A PICBYMRWILL’S DIARY – NOVEMBER 2020

Happy Halloween! It's one of our favourite times of the year and we're so happy to see MR WILL back in action this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack. This will be his fifth start and as we've seen from most of his races, he usually delivers a good effort. Most recently October 2, 2020, he ran a game second as the favourite leading all the way only to get caught right before the wire. Twice in a row now he's been hooked on the lead all the way. He's stepping-up in class for this start and ... Read more

#HORSERACING: “BELICHICK” SCORES A TOUCHDOWN IN THE BREEDERS’ STAKES

While there would be no Triple Crown winner this year, the 129th running of the Breeders' Stakes would prove what we've known all year - 2020 is Trainer Josie Carroll's year! BELICHICK took the final leg of the Canadian Triple Crown at Woodbine Racetrack, taking control in the last two furlongs of the race, winning by a widening four lengths under jockey Luis Contreras for Carroll and an owner partnership of NK Racing & LNJ Foxwoods. He stopped the clock in 2:32.5 for 1 1/2 miles on ... Read more

#HORSERACING: “SAY THE WORD” AND “ETOILE” TAKE PAIR OF GRADE I RACES AT WOODBINE

It was an action-packed day filled with stakes action at Woodbine Racetrack yesterday in what was the final major stakes race card of the season in 2020. The day featured four stakes races, including two Grade I races, the $340,200 Northern Dancer Stakes and also the $600k E.P. Taylor Stakes. A bit of history, Northern Dancer, whom the former race was named after, went on to become one of the world's most prolific stallions, making his mark internationally as the first Canadian-bred horse to ... Read more

#HORSERACING: “MIGHTY HEART” TAKES 2020 PRINCE OF WALES STAKES

Following-up on this success of his victory in the Queen's Plate "one-eyed wonder" MIGHTY HEART repeated the feat in the second leg of Canada's Triple Crown, the $400k Prince of Wales Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack today! Unlike his wire-to-win earlier this month at Woodbine, Jockey Daisuke Fukumoto had the Dramedy colt, owned and bred by Larry Cordes, rate off the pace today before collaring rival CLAYTON who stalked the lead, at the top of the stretch. The final time for the race was ... Read more

#HORSERACING: PRINCE x PRINCESS DIARY – OCTOBER 2020

It's crunch time! With just a couple months left in the 2020 racing season at Woodbine, the opportunities to win are numbered and we found a gem of an opportunity for William (MR WILL)! After a gruelling speed duel in his last race on September 13, 2020 at Woodbine, he hung-on to get fourth, bringing home a hard-earned paycheque. He battled through fractions of 22, 44.4, 57.4 pressured the entire way before giving way late. See the race: We're thrilled to see MR WILL back at it in ... Read more