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A thunderous return for Thundermaker
May 2, 2026 – Thundermaker made his 2026 debut a winning one on May 2nd at Woodbine, taking race 5, a $63,800 Optional Claiming / Ontario-sired allowance for horses looking…
Canuck: Proudly Carrying the Maple Leaf on Free Rein
Mar 27, 2026 – The award-winning docu-series Free Rein just released Season 3 episode 4 titled “Carrying the Maple Leaf”. It is all about the Canuck Racing Club. “Canuck Racing…
Twentytwo Soles dominates the field in maiden win
Dec 7, 2025 – Twentytwo Soles delivered a decisive breakthrough performance Sunday in race 3 at Woodbine, drawing off to win by nine lengths in a maiden claimer for two-year-olds…
Sluggernaut knocks it out of the park
Nov 28, 2025 – Sluggernaut delivered a decisive first career victory Friday at Woodbine, rolling to a 6 1/2-length win in race 3 for trainer Kevin Attard, jockey Rafael Hernandez…
Thundermaker storms to maiden win
Nov 9 2025 – Canuck Racing Club saw their 2-year-old colt deliver a professional first victory in Race 1, drawing off by 3 1/2 lengths before severe weather halted the…
Horseracing Ownership Model Lets Fans Have a Piece of the Action
Sept 27, 2025 – (Globe and Mail) Owning racehorses is often thought of as a rich person’s game. But thanks to a novel approach in Ontario racing, you can have…
Canadian War Painter brushes past Irish-bred Zisisit
Aug 25, 2025 – After competing well in her previous two races hampered by trips that had her fighting from way too far back, Canuck Racing Club was hoping to…
Dewolf runs in the 166th King’s Plate
Aug 12, 2025 – The racing spotlight in North America will point north to Woodbine at 5:34 p.m. ET Aug. 16 for the $1 million King’s Plate, the first jewel…
Hoodless applies lessons learned, moves smartly to the front of the class
July 25, 2025 – Following up on two consecutive wins with a disappointing showing in her first-ever attempt on turf, Canuck Racing Club’s 3YO filly Hoodless excelled in a 6-furlong…
Red, White & Racing: Inside Canuck Racing Club
July 1, 2025 – (By Matthew Lomon) A club is often associated with exclusivity – a space reserved to the select few with the right connections and social status to…
Hoodless earns top marks after graduating in class
June 12, 2025 – Canuck Racing Club’s 3-year-old Ontario-bred filly Hoodless dominated gate to wire over six furlongs in her impressive maiden win under jockey Pietro Moran at Woodbine on…
Radar for talent: Donato Lanni exceptionally gifted at sourcing equine athletes
Bloodhorse Magazine, May 2025 – Bloodstock agents aren’t often called upon to accept an Eclipse Award, so when Donato Lanni was beckoned to the podium in January to receive the…
Sinclairity scores again, leaves the pitch undefeated
May 24, 2025 – After winning her second consecutive race on Woodbine’s opening day card a month ago, Canuck Racing Club’s 4-year-old bay filly Sinclairity gamely accepted a much tougher…
War Painter illustrates resilience in strong second place finish
May 16, 2025 – The story line of race 7 at Woodbine on Friday was supposed to be the expected dominance of winter-raced horses coming into the contest with the…
Hoodless takes rivals to school in dominant maiden win
May 10, 2025 – After filly Sinclairity won last week to kick off Canuck Racing Club’s 2025 racing season, next up from the racing stable was Hoodless, a 3-year-old filly…
Sinclairity gets the ball rolling for Canuck Racing Club on opening day
Apr 26, 2025 – To kick off its 2025 racing season, it seemed apropos that Canuck Racing Club would take an early shot to score with a horse named after…
Canuck Racing Club’s trainer wins Sovereign Award as Canada’s Top Trainer
Apr 25, 2025 – On Thursday evening, Kevin Attard won his first-ever Sovereign Award for Outstanding Trainer in Canada at the 2024 Sovereign Awards ceremony after being a finalist for…
Canuck’s managing partner Donato Lanni a winner at Eclipse Awards
Jan 24, 2025 – Named after the great 18th-century racehorse and sire Eclipse, the annual Eclipse Awards – which were held last night at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida…
Dewolf captures 2nd in $250,000 Coronation Futurity
Dec 1, 2024 – Canuck Racing Club’s 2YO stakes winning colt Dewolf (Silent Name – Holy Cargo) matched up against the best Canadian sired thoroughbreds in the Coronation Futurity Stakes…
Pickford Sweet stars in a long distance love story in maiden win
Nov 21, 2024 – Canuck Racing Club’s filly Pickford Sweet got her first career win with a dominant performance in a 1 1/16 mile contest at Woodbine on Thursday in…
Four-Race Ontario Heritage Series Competition Wraps Up
Nov 18, 2024 (Canadian Thoroughbred) – The lucrative ONTARIO SIRED HERITAGE SERIES, a four-race competition at Woodbine and Fort Erie, wrapped up on November 17 at Woodbine with the two…
War Painter prevails in Ashbridges Bay
Nov 17, 2024 (DRF) – War Painter prevailed over favored Hurricane Clair in a blanket finish in Sunday’s $100,000 Ashbridges Bay for fillies, the first of two 1 1/16-mile stakes…
War Painter brushes to lead late in the Ashbridges Bay
Nov 17, 2024 (Woodbine) – The Ontario Sired Heritage Series concluded Sunday at Woodbine with War Painter winning the $100,000 Ashbridges Bay Stakes and No More Options taking the $100,000…
Canuck adds three more yearlings to its racing stable
Nov 1, 2024 – The Canuck Racing Club was again active and making their mark at major thoroughbred auctions late in the sales season. Managing Partner and top bloodstock agent…
Conacher 10th Winner for Maximum Security
Oct 27, 2024 – (Coolmore) Conacher (2YO gelding Maximum Security x Tocco, by Smart Strike) became the 10th winner for Maximum Security on Saturday with a maiden victory at Woodbine….
BrenGunGirl the best in South Ocean
Oct 20, 2024 (Woodbine) – BrenGunGirl fired home to win the $100,000 South Ocean Stakes, a 6 ½-furlong main track race for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies, Sunday at Woodbine. Owned by…
BrenGunGirl sails into South Ocean Stakes in winning form
Oct 18, 2024 (Woodbine) – BrenGunGirl, trained by Kevin Attard for Canuck Racing Club, looks to build off a strong debut in Sunday’s $100,000 South Ocean, for Ontario-sired 2-year-old fillies,…
An inspired run by Bowman’s Run delivers another win to Canuck Racing Club
Oct 6, 2024 – In the second race on Woodbine’s Sunday card, Canuck Racing Club gelding Bowman’s Run (sired by Audible out of Queen Martha) made his sixth career start…
Maxfield filly bolsters Canuck’s racing stable
Oct 2, 2024 – Anderson Farms is one of Canada’s biggest thoroughbred breeders and its President, Dave Anderson frequently partners with friend and lawyer Don Ferguson on broodmares. The two…
Canuck’s BrenGunGirl makes her first shot count
Sept 29, 2024 – In her career debut at Woodbine in race 6 last Saturday, Canuck Racing Club’s unveiled their latest starter, two-year-old BrenGunGirl, sired by Point of Entry out…