Jockey Eurico Rosa da Silva admits it will be an emotional day on Saturday when Woodbine Entertainment Group salutes him as he nears his retirement from racing. The 44-year-old native of Brazil announced in late August he is hanging up his tack after a career that began in his native country and really took off [...]

Trainer Peter Walder is grateful for the invitation to run a horse in the $823,000 Keeneland Korea Sprint, less than a year and a half after he entered a rehab center to combat a substance abuse issue. Walder, annually one of the top trainers at Gulfstream Park, will saddle Fast Pass (Successful Appeal) in the [...]

A 6-year-old horse at Fort Erie Racetrack was saved during a dramatic rescue Thursday morning after falling into a sinkhole on the backstretch caused by a broken water main. Mr. Changue (Gottcha Gold), trained by Ken Albu for Tom Passero, was grazing when the ground gave way. The incident did not happen close to the [...]

When trainer Josie Carroll looks back on her 35-year career in Thoroughbred racing, she can't believe all that she has accomplished. She made history in 2006 when she saddled Plate winner Edenwold (Southern Halo) to victory, becoming the first woman trainer to accomplish that feat. She added to that in 2011 when she recorded her [...]

The Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing community is mourning the passing of Bill Graham, a larger than life figure in the industry as a prominent owner, breeder and builder in various capacities. He passed away Tuesday at 81-years-old following a battle with lung cancer. Graham, a burly individual who played three seasons as an offensive lineman [...]

Manfred and Penny Conrad are having a hard time believing that in less than 10 years since entering the Thoroughbred world, they have produced a Breeders' Cup winner, a horse that raced in the GI Kentucky Derby and Queen's Plate in the same year, and have sold two broodmares at auction collectively for more than [...]

Grass racing has been suspended at Woodbine from Friday through to Sunday because the jockeys consider the course frozen and unsafe and they are not keen on racing on it for the rest of the season. The first race of Wednesday's card was not run because of an impasse between the jockeys and the management [...]

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) is seeking a stiffer penalty for a veterinarian who was fined and put on probation for a year for violating rules pertaining to the shock wave treatment of horses because it is concerned about its reputation among horsemen and bettors. In an appeal of the ruling issued by the Alcohol and [...]

2018 has already been a year of achievement for Kelly Rubley, winning her first graded stakes race since she became a full-time trainer four years ago, and she is hoping to add to that with her first Grade I victory and possibly securing her first entry into a Breeders' Cup race. On Saturday Rubley will [...]

The increasing Americanization of the Queen's Plate–Canada's most-prestigious race–is reflected in this year's edition, in which six of the scheduled 16 starters at Woodbine have U.S. owners. Ken Ramsey, who won the Plate in 2016 with 15-1 long shot Sir Dudley Digges (Gio Ponti) and placed fourth in 2014 with 9-5 favorite We Miss Artie [...]

Seven months removed from an upset victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Del Mar, connections are confident that Eclipse Award winner Caledonia Road (Quality Road) will be fit and ready to battle a tough field in Saturday's GI Acorn S. Saturday at Belmont Park. Managing Partner Luc Paiement feels the filly should [...]

Champion Caledonia Road (Quality Road), heroine of last term's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, will be sold publicly at auction either at the end of this year or next year. The filly's managing partner, Luc Paiement, who runs under the Zoom And Fish Stable banner and owns Caledonia Road along with Charlie Spiring and Newtown [...]