SARATOGA SPRINGS — Reigning 2-year-old champion Forte will square off against the three winners of this year’s Triple Crown races when the starting gate opens in the 2023 Travers Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York. After famously being...

WOODBINE — The 164th King’s Plate generated the largest single-card handle in Woodbine Racetrack history on Sunday afternoon. A total of $18,127,049.67 was wagered on Sunday’s 13-race King’s Plate card at the Toronto, Ontario, track, eclipsing the previous...

TORONTO — Sports betting sites across Canada could offer legal sports betting on horse racing before next year’s Kentucky Derby, according to one industry executive. Woodbine Entertainment Group CEO Jim Lawson told Covers on Monday that the not-for-profit-like horse-racing...

TORONTO — By: Matthew Lomon Oh, How Sweet it is Canadiansweetheart stole the show in the Sweet Briar Too Stakes at Woodbine this past Saturday. Despite a 4-0-1 record in six 2023 starts, the filly entered the contest at 36-1, by far the highest odds of anyone in the field. It...

WOODBINE — In sports betting, one popular strategy involves looking at a team or player’s past performance and comparing it to the present as a means of predicting a potential outcome. The same can be done in horse racing. We’ve decided to spice things up a little bit and put a...

TORONTO — Jim Lawson, CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group, joins BNN Bloomberg to talk about bringing horse racing to online sports betting in Ontario ahead of the annual King’s Plate. Watch the full interview here.

TORONTO — By: Matthew Lomon Royal Rumble Have you heard that the 164th running of The King’s Plate is happening this weekend? For those who aren’t caught up, Canadian Thoroughbred racing’s most illustrious event is taking centre stage at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday, August 20....

WOODBINE — By: Matthew Lomon The 164th running of the King’s Plate is fast approaching. This year’s 17 horse field is filled with interesting storylines and characters to boot. To help you narrow down which horse or horses you’ll want to bet on, we’ve gone ahead and drawn up...

TORONTO — For a race about to add the 164th winner to its honor roll, there’s a lot about Sunday’s King’s Plate that feels like a fresh start. First off, the name. Since its inaugural running in 1860 when Queen Victoria made her first donation of 50 guineas to the race, the...

TORONTO — The $1 million King’s Plate is the first jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown as well as that country’s oldest Thoroughbred horse race. Founded in 1860, the King’s Plate is the oldest continuously run race in North America. Held as the Queen’s Plate from 1952 to 2022 in...