http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/bowl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bowl ThoroughBlog -   BIG DAY FOR CANADIAN-BRED DIXIE STRIKE….read on Where’s big brother? Here is a one-week old filly by Philanthropist out of Highland Moon, by Highland Ruckus. The filly, owned by Mike Colterjohn, is a half sister to top 2yo of last year, MARITIMER. courtesy Sherry McLean ]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:29:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/bowl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bowl http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lKCPy/~3/jfRaoD6GqYI/macalmont-earns-sovereign-award.html Owning Racehorses - We at TURF are pretty darn excited that one of our own, Keith McCalmont, is nominated for a Sovereign Award this year in the category of Best Newspaper Story.  I suppose it's a sign of the times that his article was published on Woodbine's online newspaper, Woodbineentertainment.com, but wherever you'd… ]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:03:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lKCPy/~3/jfRaoD6GqYI/macalmont-earns-sovereign-award.html http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/pattern/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pattern ThoroughBlog - Thank heavens for little girls!! The first foal by Queen’s Plate winner NOT BOURBON is a filly out of $196,000 earner Native Resolve. The filly, born at Ballycroy Training Centre in Loretto, Ont. is owned by Winston Penny. ]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:15:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/pattern/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pattern http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/01/photo-essay-visit-with-fifty-proof.html Triple Dead Heat - Skippy Bowen, assistant trainer to Ian Black, made me an offer I couldn’t refuse when he invited me up to Kinghaven Farms on Friday morning to watch their horses during a winter training session.Not only was it a chance to eyeball Sovereign Award finalist Fifty Proof as he takes his… ]]> Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:58:00 -0800 http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/01/photo-essay-visit-with-fifty-proof.html http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/coast-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-2 ThoroughBlog -  Florida sun! HUNTERS BAY, the promising Ghostzapper horse owned by Stronach Stables, zips 5 furlongs in 1:00 1/5 at Palm Meadows on Saturday. Janis Maine photo     WESTERN CANADA WELL REPRESENTED IN SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINATIONS The powerful ownership combo of GLENN TODD and PATRICK KINSELLA is among the numerous… ]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:19:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/coast-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-2 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stars ThoroughBlog - STALLION AT ATTENTION – Janis Maine’s image of Milwaukee Brew at Adena Springs North is up for a SOVEREIGN AWARD!   BUNNY! by Ericka Rusnak, also up for a Sovereign Award!   SOVEREIGN AWARD NOMINEES!! Canadian Thoroughbred and Thoroughblog well represented!   Some surprises in the nominations announcement of the… ]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:21:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stars http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/cash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cash ThoroughBlog - QUEEN’S PLATE FAVOURITE SOLD UAE DERBY could be 3yo debut MARITIMER (number 10 in photo) the probable champion 2-year-old colt in Canada for 2011 and early Queen’s Plate favourite has been sold. Owner and breeder Howard Walton of Toronto confirmed that the multiple stakes winning colt, currently wintering in Ocala,… ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:50:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/cash/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cash http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/yellow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yellow ThoroughBlog - Canadian bred MULLINS BEACH (Speightstown) goes for another stakes win in the Pan Zareta Stakes at Fair Grounds today. She is a homebred for Eugene Melnyk, trained by Josie Carroll. Dave Landry photo   Thoroughblog had full day yesterday, enjoying some afternoon racing at the beautiful WEGZ STADIUM BAR in… ]]> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:10:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/yellow/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yellow http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=care ThoroughBlog - Swan Lake – It’s all white being at SHANNONDOE FARM in St. Thomas, Ontario! Get your February 2012 Canadian Thoroughbred magazine for stories on genetics, broodmare health, training for the spring and the very successful Shannondoe operation. Subscribe today! Dave Landry photo ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:52:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/care/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=care http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/01/katerinas-wit-science-of-success.html Triple Dead Heat - Woodbine-based trainer Katerina Vassilieva, sporting a perfect record of two wins from two starts at Gulfstream Park to launch her 2012 campaign, has an eye for detail.Katerina Vassilieva as a visitor (for now) at the Breeders' CupThe 29-year-old conditioner, who previously worked as a hotwalker and exercise rider before signing… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:52:00 -0800 http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/01/katerinas-wit-science-of-success.html http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/try-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=try-2 ThoroughBlog - ECLIPSE AWARDS Frank thanks Frieda Frank Stronach photo by http://www.horse-races.net   If you watched the lengthy ECLIPSE AWARDS show from California on any number of channels, tv or online, then you were treated to some interesting winners, some really genuine folks who love their horses and many very long acceptable… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:35:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/try-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=try-2 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/tough/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tough ThoroughBlog - It’s not exactly good-news Monday today on Thoroughblog – some contentious issues are brewing – ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION, HORSES POST-RACING, AND CASINOS – there are lots of stories out there that are important to the industry we love. These are the stories. ECLIPSE AWARDS TONIGHT! Havre de Grace a shoo-in for… ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:01:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/tough/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tough http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/globe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=globe ThoroughBlog - Your nostrils stick together when it’s this cold!  But Ontario gets a warm up again in a couple of days – up to 45 Fahrenheit, wowee. Only a couple of weeks until the backstretch at Woodbine re-opens, although a lot longer until some of us have any employment, ouch. ]]> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:52:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/globe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=globe http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/touch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=touch ThoroughBlog - If you have been in and out in 2012 so far, after 2 weeks, this is what you have missed: your chance to place a vote on your opinion for a couple of Sovereign Awards, Canadian results all over North America and our own list of top 10 Interesting things… ]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:20:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/touch/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=touch http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/01/sovereign-award-review-who-will-be.html Triple Dead Heat - For the first time in my career as a turf writer, I've been asked to vote on the Sovereign Awards which honour the best of Canadian horse racing.Is Inglorious our Horse of the Year?The winners will be announced on April 5, the evening before Woodbine’s Opening Day of thoroughbred racing… ]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:26:00 -0800 http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/01/sovereign-award-review-who-will-be.html http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/mild/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mild ThoroughBlog - IT’S A TIE! Woodbine based jock LUIS CONTRERAS was on board a rallying DELIGHTFUL MARY (#3), a $500,000 2yo purchase, and the pair dead-heated for a win in the $60,000 Ocala Stakes with R Holiday Mood. Delightful Mary is trained by Mark Casse, Woodbine’s leading trainer last year. ]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:10:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/mild/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mild http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/sparkle-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sparkle-4 ThoroughBlog - A week into the New Year of 2012 (anyone see that movie again last night? 2012? (eeks)) and there are some exciting dudes in horse racing. Don’t forget to check the Jan. 7 blog post to Vote on who you would like to be CANADIAN HORSE OF THE YEAR! I… ]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:49:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/sparkle-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sparkle-4 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/leap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leap ThoroughBlog - HAPPY NEW YEAR! Enjoy your day, embrace tomorrow and let’s hope that everyone gets their hopes and dreams fulfilled in the coming (leap) year. (and yours truly gets a pair of binoculars and maybe some extra employment?)   TOP 10 ANTIPICATED THINGS IN CANADIAN RACING IN 2012 Welcome to New… ]]> Sat, 31 Dec 2011 06:12:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/leap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leap http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/busy-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=busy-2 ThoroughBlog - SLIP SLIDIN’ AWAY – dozens of accidents this morning in Greater Toronto Area as snow turned to freezing rain during the night and it’s slick out there! Wild winter weather has already started! Canadians have been heating up things, however, lots of folks already winning races: Tino Attard, Nick Gonzalez,… ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:14:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/busy-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=busy-2 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/rise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rise ThoroughBlog - BOXING DAY STARS FROM CANADA – TAYLORS DEAL…OMAR MORENO…and elsewhere the mighty KAUTO STAR and the gritty SHOW ME THE MONEY…   OMAR MORENO IN TRINIDAD – GOLD CUP IS DANCE TO REMEMBER FOR BOOGIE Indian Charlie colt takes Gold Cup Champion jockey OMAR MORENO, who is based at Woodbine,… ]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 05:33:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/rise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rise