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....

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...

TORONTO — By: Matthew Lomon Hanover Helper Driver Bob McClure and trainer Anthony Beaton certainly had fun at Mohawk on Saturday night. Together, and with help from Legendary Hanover and Elodie Hanover, the driver-trainer duo captured both headliner races, the Dream Maker Final...

TORONTO By: Matthew Lomon Bedazzle Me Impressed Is an upset brewing at this Sunday’s Bison City Stakes at Woodbine? If Bedazzle Me has anything to say about, the answer is a resounding yes. In what is the second leg of the Triple Tiara for Canadian-bred 3-year-old fillies, Bedazzle...

NEW YORK — the New York Racing Association (NYRA) today announced it will offer a Late Pick 5 pool seeded with $100,000 on Saturday, at Saratoga Race Course. The additional money offered in Saturday’s Late Pick 5 pool is to honor NYRA’s commitment to horseplayers...