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Expert Picks – Saturday, April 29, 2023

Woodbine is pleased to welcome back an outstanding group of expert handicappers to provide “Plays of the Day” once again in 2023….

Expert Picks – Sunday, April 23, 2023

Woodbine is pleased to welcome back an outstanding group of expert handicappers to provide “Plays of the Day” once again in 2023….

Francine Villeneuve: Obstacles, Optimism and Opportunities

TORONTO, April 17, 2023– Francine Villeneuve is down, but by no means out. It was a matter of seconds from the time she…

Janeen Lalsingh: Groom with a view

TORONTO, April 10, 2023– There is a quote that adorns one of the walls on the first floor of Woodbine Racetrack, 14 words…

LongRun graduate Florida Won: “He makes every day a good one”

TORONTO, April 6, 2023– Amy Bostock is always in a sunshine state of mind when she speaks of Florida Won. Bred in Kentucky…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Bill Tharrenos and Luis Contreras

TORONTO, March 28, 2023 – In the final installment of the season, trainer Bill Tharrenos and jockey Luis Contreras offer their thoughts on…

Plate-winning jockey Steve Bahen calls it a career

TORONTO, March 27, 2023– Steve Bahen, best known for his improbable 2002 Queen’s Plate triumph aboard 82-1 T J’s Lucky Moon, has announced…

Skye Chernetz: Always up for adventure

TORONTO, March 22, 2023– For jockey Skye Chernetz, the racing offseason is a passport to adventure, with this particular chapter of her travels…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Don MacRae and Slade Jones

TORONTO, March 20, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine…

Sofia Vives: “Racing, it runs through my mind all day”

TORONTO, March 15, 2023– Sofia Vives’ one complaint about getting aboard 33 Thoroughbreds on a near-perfect Florida morning? She didn’t have the…

Former Racehorses Soaring to New Heights

TORONTO, March 9, 2023– It was only fitting that on this day Jim Phillips was spending his morning marvelling at the exploits…

Robert Geller: Reflections on “The Land of the Rising Stars”

The Saudi Cup Day was in progress as my return flight out of Haneda, Tokyo jetted me back across the Pacific Ocean…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Gail Cox and David Moran

TORONTO, March 6, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine…

A Royal Welcome for the ‘King’

Serve the King (GB) is feeling right at home in surroundings that are, rather appropriately, fit for a king.  A Grade 2…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Josie Carroll and Rafael Hernandez

TORONTO, February 27, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the…

‘He’s an incredible horse and I love him’

An Equine Welfare Feature TORONTO, February 23, 2023– As she ran her hands over the dark bay gelding’s mane, Nora Calhoun, for…

Ricky’s Story: “Horse Racing Saved My Life”

TORONTO, February 15, 2023– The hotheaded kid from Weston Road and Finch was heading down a dangerous road. Ricky Dookeran saw it…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Steven Chircop and Sahin Civaci

TORONTO, February 13, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine Communications…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Kevin Attard and Justin Stein

TORONTO, February 6, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine Communications…

Home, sweet Woodbine home for Campos

TORONTO, January 30, 2023– Jose Campos has good reasons, four of them, to be exact, to believe he can make the 2023…

The Search for Sunny Boy

TORONTO, January 11, 2023 – Jillian Wainwright had all but given up on finding a riding horse she could connect with. Then…

A picture-perfect first win for trainer Stein

TORONTO, December 15, 2022 – Jennifer Stein was, at least outwardly, far less restrained than those standing behind her, and the jockey…

A story fit for a King and Queen

TORONTO– December 8, 2022 – It’s an iconic sporting spectacle, an event steeped in history, tradition, and excellence, one with many compelling…

Once Again, The King’s Plate

Canada’s oldest and most prestigious Thoroughbred race enters a new era  Toronto ON – December 7, 2022 – Woodbine Entertainment is pleased…

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