Trainer Andrew Smith never gave up on horse racing, even when horse racing seemed to have given up on him. Smith, a small-time trainer at Woodbine, is enjoying a renaissance in his career, which has spanned more than 30 years and has seen him struggle at times. Those struggles have taken a toll on his [...]

For the past few days, I have been writing about the life, and sadly, the passing of entertainer David Cassidy. He was someone I knew briefly having written a story about him about seven years ago. One of his trainers, Arthur Silvera, who is based at Woodbine, is a friend of mine and put me [...]

For all he did in a celebrated entertainment career that began as an actor in the '70s TV show The Partridge Family and catapulted him into a teen idol and international stardom, David Cassidy had a life-long love and passion for Thoroughbred racing. He embraced the business as a breeder/owner-seller and, most of all, a [...]

The Thoroughbred racing world was saddened to hear that entertainer David Cassidy, a successful owner/breeder, is currently in a Florida hospital in critical condition following a reported organ failure. Though known to the world as Keith Partridge in the '70s television show The Partridge Family, the 67-year-old maintained a connection to racing, including donating his [...]

Around Woodbine Racetrack and to an even greater extent the Canadian Thoroughbred racing geographical landscape, everyone knows Pink Lloyd (Old Forester). He's the people's horse, the one who is riding a seven-race win streak, all of them stakes at Woodbine, and is a serious contender for the 2017 Canadian Horse of the Year Honors. Overall, [...]

Thoroughbred horse racing returned to Puerto Rico's Camarero Racetrack Sunday, the first card since Hurricane Maria damaged the country back in September, and it proved to be an emotional day for various reasons. Three races were run, although there was no wagering because the tote board was damaged. The first race was for apprentice jockeys. [...]

The Ontario horse racing community will celebrate the life of Larry Regan, a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee in the builder category who was active as an owner/breeder and instrumental in standing up for the rights of horsemen, at a gathering on Saturday. Regan, who passed away at the age of 85 in [...]

Eddie Olczyk is used to playing the odds as a horseplayer and handicapper, and now the popular broadcaster and former NHL center affectionately known as Edzo is giving himself a good chance to beat cancer. Olczyk, who does horse racing and hockey broadcasts for NBC Sports, has done three of 12 rounds of chemotherapy as [...]

Through a period of almost two weeks that included hard work, care, connections and a little bit of luck, a group of people in the United States have brought relief to almost 1,000 horses– the majority of them thoroughbred racehorses, stabled at Hipodromo Camarero Racetrack in Canovanas, Puerto Rico. The track was hit hard by [...]

Two years after she entered and won a competition to prove her prowess training recently-retired thoroughbreds, Lindsey Partridge has found her services in demand by movie producers, has won an acting award and has started an equine business that she has trademarked. To say her life has been a whirlwind since the 2015 America's Most [...]