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Woodbine introduces EFT option for purse payments

TORONTO, April 17, 2023 – Woodbine Entertainment is pleased to announce the offering of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) for purse payments this…

Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson to Step Down This Fall

TORONTO, April 11, 2023– Woodbine Entertainment today announced that Jim Lawson will be stepping down from his role as CEO this fall….

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…

Ernie Perri: 5 Horses To Watch

TORONTO, March 29, 2023– Woodbine’s Head Clocker and Oddsmaker Ernie Perri shared his thoughts on a handful of horses to keep an…

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…

Long-time outstanding trainer Dan Vella joins Woodbine

TORONTO, March 21, 2023 – Woodbine Entertainment today announced the addition of Sovereign Award and Queen’s Plate winning trainer Dan Vella as…

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…

Woodbine Entertainment and HBPA agree to new two-year deal

Season Set to Open on April 22 Toronto, ON – March 17, 2023 – Woodbine Entertainment and the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective…

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…

Grade 1 Canadian International: A legendary return

TORONTO, March 14, 2023 – One of the most beloved and iconic races on the Woodbine Thoroughbred calendar has a date in…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Darwin Banach and Emma-Jayne Wilson

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

Woodbine Set for Most Exciting Racing Season in Recent History

Thoroughbred Meet Opens in Six Weeks on April 22 Toronto, ON – Saturday, March 11 – Woodbine Entertainment is preparing for one of…

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 unveils Pink Lloyd Stakes

TORONTO, March 8, 2023 – The Ontario Jockey Club Stakes will now be known as Pink Lloyd Stakes, in recognition of one…

Woodbine releases 2023 Thoroughbred stakes schedule

2023 Live Racing meet to open April 22 TORONTO, March 6, 2023 – Woodbine Entertainment today unveiled the stakes schedule for the…

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…

Woodbine Winter Watch: Barb Minshall and Declan Carroll

TORONTO, February 21, 2023 – Each week, in the lead-up to Opening Day (April 22) of the 2023 Woodbine Thoroughbred season, the Woodbine Communications…

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