#HORSERACING: A YEAR IN HORSES 2018
True to tradition, we present to you our A YEAR IN HORSES 2018 Video. Annually at the end of the Woodbine racing season, we compile our favourite moments of people and horses at the races to commemorate the year.
This year we chose to pair our highlights with one of our favourite tracks, ONE KISS by Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa. The song is a celebration of falling in love and that is exactly what we do year after year. We never get sick of this, our favourite sport! It's always been about the ...
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#HORSERACING: 2019 QUEEN PLATE RACING FESTIVAL DATES CONFIRMED
Hot of the press! An official date has been confirmed for the 2019 QUEEN'S PLATE RACING FESTIVAL, culminating in the North America's most historic horse race. The Festival is a celebration of tradition, fashion, music, food and drink and is sure to be a blast!
It runs Friday, June 28, 2019 through Saturday, June 29, 2019 and you can bet we'll be there!
For now you can RSVP and inquire about ticket purchases here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/262751304595346/
Last year's ...
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#HORSERACING: 2018 BREEDERS’ CUP COVERAGE + PICKS
We're sure by now all of you know what a huge fan and ambassador to Horse Racing we are! We are for the first time ever at Churchill Downs in Louisville, home of the Kentucky Derby for the sport's two championship days this weekend, the Breeder's Cup! We're thrilled about this and taking-in the history and energy.
With Triple Crown winner Justify being absent from the Breeders' Cup Classic, this leaves the marquee $6 million affair wide-open with John Sadler trainee Accelerate leading the ...
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#HORSERACING: MEETING “MR. WILL”
To have one racehorse named after you is a dream, but for this to happen twice has me feeling like Bob Baffert winning his second Triple Crown!
While my schedule was super-busy during TIFF, it was almost impossible not to make a trip north of the City to see adorable MR WILL. Those of you following on Social Media will know how overjoyed we were to hear that a colt named MR WILL would be going through the sales ring at the 2018 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Premier Yearling Sale last ...
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#HORSERACING: “OSCAR PERFORMANCE”, “LA PELOSA (IRE)” + “FOG OF WAR” EARN BERTHS IN THE 2018 BREEDERS’ CUP
Just as TIFF '18 winds-down, one of the biggest weekends in Horse Racing in Canada took place this past weekend at Woodbine Racetrack, including the Grade I $800k RICOH WOODBINE MILE, plus two Breeders' Cup Win and You're-In races, the Grade I Natalma and Grade II Summer Stakes. The trio of races are seen as springboards to Horse Racing's championship days, the Breeders' Cup to be held this November at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky.
Saturday's headlining Ricoh Mile proved a thrilling ...
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#PRINCESSDIARIES: A PIC BY MRWILL’S “PRINCESS DIARIES” – AUGUST 2018
It's been about four months since Princess' (A Pic by Mrwill) retirement as a racehorse and she's settling in nicely into her new surroundings. While her new owner Miss Emily is awaiting the completion of some renovations at her home, including an indoor and outdoor stall for Princess, she's been recovering from her fractured Sesamoid nicely at a boarding facility out in Caledon.
Cathy, Princess' former owner and I decided to surprise her this past weekend and before we made our way in, she ...
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#HORSERACING: A PIC BY MRWILL’S “PRINCESS DIARIES” – JULY 2018
Goodbyes are always a hard thing. Amidst all the bustle of the Queen's Plate Festival this past weekend, we sent-off our dear Princess, A PIC BY MRWILL to begin her new life outside the Racetrack.
Some of you might remember Emily Fisher (@EmiFisher) who helped take care of Princess late in her two-year-old season. We played dress-up for Halloween together! Back then, she befriended Miss Emily's star athlete, multiple stakes winner Don's Folly (Dons_Folly on Facebook), who went on to be ...
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#HORSERACING: WONDER GADOT HEROIC IN THE 2018 QUEEN’S PLATE
The party of the Summer for us always has been the Queen's Plate. Now in its 159th edition, the historic $1 million affair brings together Canada's best with a distinction of being the most historic horse race in North America. Social circles collided at the bash, now a three-day Festival at Woodbine Racetrack, as Horse Racing reunited once again with fashion, cocktails and entertainment, highlighted by a headlining performance by Country star Brad Paisley on Festival Friday and Sam Roberts ...
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#SPOTTED: STARS DOMINIC SHERWOOD AND JORDAN C. ROBBINS AT THE GREENWOOD STAKES, PLUS PABLO SCHREIBER, EMMY RAVER-LAMPMAN, BEN HARPER, EMILY BROWNING IN TORONTO
What good is some sun on a weekend if it can't be enjoyed right? We spotted some stars out and about this weekend including the hotly-buzzed Greenwood Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack, some returning back to work after a breather.
Our second home Woodbine Racetrack, was where it was at this past Saturday as Toronto's A-List gathered under the sun trackside for cocktails, racing, music, fashion and fun at the Greenwood Stakes. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Vancouver's Deighton Cup, the affair ...
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#HORSERACING: A PIC BY MRWILL’S “PRINCESS DIARIES” – MAY 2018
We bring you this latest Princess Diary with a heavy heart. After training very forwardly this spring, our dear Princess A PIC BY MRWILL, sadly sustained a fractured Sesamoid in her front right leg Thursday morning. She had just completed a quick workout on Woodbine's Dirt Training Track. Thankfully, Exercise Rider Ashlee Edwards could sense something was wrong near the end of the breeze and with some fast thinking, pulled her up right away and we are indebted for this. We admit there ...
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