Thoroughbred Legend What some have called ‘the greatest day in Canadian horse racing’ the Kenilworth Gold Cup took place in Windsor, Ontario, October 12, 1920, when the two biggest names of the day competed in a historic match race. The … Continue reading
Category Archives: Thoroughbred
Tepin
Thoroughbred Tepin, given the moniker “Queen of the Turf”, spent most of her race career under the direction of trainer Mark Casse and the ownership of Robert Masterson. Racing from age 3 to 6, the striking bay filly accumulated a … Continue reading
Play the King
Thoroughbred Play the King, was conditioned throughout his four-year race career by Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield for breeder/owner Kinghaven Farms of King City, Ontario. In 29 starts, he made 19 trips to the winners’ circle and earned just … Continue reading
All Along
Thoroughbred In 1983 an unrivalled performance by All Along, a 4-year-old French-bred mare, placed her name among the greats of thoroughbred racing. Her herculean feat of capturing four major turf events, one in Europe and three in North America during … Continue reading
Lexie Lou
Thoroughbred The equine galaxy of Canada’s illustrious fillies, from the likes of Dance Smartly, La Prevoyante, Fanfreluche and Northernette, was augmented by a filly who sold for just $5,577 at the CTHS yearling sales of 2012. Lexie Lou was an … Continue reading
Judy the Beauty
Thoroughbred The yearling daughter of Ghostzapper drew sparse attention the day she was paraded into the Keeneland sales ring . One horseman’s opinion in 2010 was: “She was hardly a beauty. Nothing really wrong with her, but she was … Continue reading
Shaman Ghost
Thoroughbred His breeding was “impeccable.” The bay colt, owned and bred by Frank Stronach’s Adena Springs, was sired by Breeders’ Cup Classic champion Ghostzapper. The grandsire was Awesome Again, who also won the same Classic race. The colt’s maternal … Continue reading
South Ocean
Thoroughbred There is a belief held by many horsemen that a mare produces either on the race track or in the breeding shed, but rarely in both environments. It would, however, appear that South Ocean, a daughter of Canadian Triple … Continue reading
Quiet Resolve
Thoroughbred Quiet Resolve was one of those horses that as he aged he became the gritty competitor that trainer Mark Frostad and owner and breeder Ernie Samuel had held in such high regard. Although he was a rather plain looking, … Continue reading
Dahlia
Thoroughbred Dahlia is regarded as the equine pioneer of international racing with her frequent trips to Washington, Toronto and New York in the mid 1970s. At a time when transatlantic travel was generally limited to a single round-trip flight from … Continue reading
