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Friday, 23 June 2017 08:38
Upcoming Racing at RMTC
The Spring Race Meet at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club in Lethbridge is drawing to a close. There’ll be three race days this weekend, Friday (at 6 p.m.) and Saturday…
Wednesday, 21 June 2017 22:10
CHRHF 2017 Induction Gala – Wednesday, August 9
TORONTO, ON, June 21- The 41st Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Gala Fundraising Dinner on August 9thpromises to be an extra special evening of celebration as…
Wednesday, 21 June 2017 22:00
Throwback Thursday - Patriot Dream
Today's Throwback Thursday takes us back to the year 2005 and to Gerry Hudon’s farm — where his sensational filly Patriot Dream and his loyal training companion Lucky the German…
Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:50
Who are those guys?
Borrowed from one of my favourite movie lines - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - when train robber Butch grows perplexed by the relentless pursuit of a U.S. posse,…
Tuesday, 20 June 2017 10:18
Hoofprints - June 19th
Biggest crowd I’ve ever seen this past Sunday at Century Downs. It was Father’s Day and it was a beautiful afternoon. Century Downs laid on a Father’s Day brunch together…
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Sunday, 18 June 2017 20:05
RMTC Fathers' Day Weekend Wrap-Up
The reason you go to the races was underlined by Saturday and Sunday’s outstanding cards at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club. Wrapping up the Father’s Day weekend Sunday was a…
Saturday, 17 June 2017 22:03
Ready Intaglio shines in Spangled Jimmy
Last year’s Canadian Derby winner, Ready Intaglio, won one of Saturday’s two stakes races at Northlands while Trooper John, the early favourite for this year’s Derby, took the other. But…
Thursday, 15 June 2017 07:21
RMTC Feature - Rollingson Racing Stables
They call it the Sport of Kings, but you can make room in there for a dentist, school teacher and a horse trainer. Rollingson Racing Stables – with horses from…
Thursday, 15 June 2017 07:09
Throwback Thursday - Perry Winters
Perry Winters was a familiar face in the jockey colony in Alberta and rode for over 25 years on the circuit. Staraway, Chilcoton Blaze, Rindanica, Candid Remark, Speedy Gone Sally, Wild…
Tuesday, 13 June 2017 15:52
What will Rico Walcott do?
That was the big question going into Saturday’s $50,000 Spangled Jimmy - one of four stakes races on this weekend’s card. Walcott, perennially Alberta's leading rider had his choice of…
Tuesday, 13 June 2017 10:26
Hoofprints - June 12th
This Sunday, June 18th is Father’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than by taking Dad to the races. Century Downs has put together a Father’s Day brunch starting at…
Monday, 12 June 2017 09:16
RMTC Wrap-up for June 11
Poutn On The Wagon left little doubt Sunday he’s the horse to beat going into the Alberta Canadian Derby Finals in two weeks time. In Sunday’s trials he beat a…
Friday, 09 June 2017 16:59
Mademoiselle stakes becomes Shirley Vargo Memorial
An extra $25,000 has been added to a Northlands stakes race on July 8. The money did not come from Northlands. It did not come from Horse Racing Alberta. It…
Thursday, 08 June 2017 10:13
Throwback Thursday - Hoerdt Resort
Throwback to the Bedrock Training Centre in 2007. Bedrock Training Centre opened as a new state of the art training and rehabilitation facility, and was already on the road to success. To quote…
Tuesday, 06 June 2017 09:09
Hoofprints - June 5th
Connie Kolthammer and Blue Burner were nowhere to be seen last weekend. But their influence was very much in evidence as the 2017 Alberta Sire Stakes program crowned its first…
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