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Another great weekend to be a Canuck
Sept 21, 2026 – Members of the Canuck Racing Club emerged from its long weekend with more great memories and reasons to smile. After earning a closely contested second place…
Cyclone Taylor channels namesake with smooth stride, spectacular rush
Sept 20, 2026 – Canuck Racing Club’s Cyclone Taylor took a significant step forward in his second career start Sunday at Woodbine. Overcoming contact at the break, the 3-year-old son…
Clockwork Angel Breaks Maiden in Three-Way Thriller
Sept 19, 2026 – Canuck Racing Club’s Clockwork Angel needed every inch of the Woodbine stretch Saturday, but the two-year-old found enough to prevail in a three-way finish and earn…
Sluggernaut steps up, swings big, surges late
Sept 18, 2026 – Sluggernaut rewarded Canuck Racing Club’s patience with a strong closing performance at Woodbine on September 18, rallying from mid-pack to capture Race 6 by 1.75 lengths…
Cattrall excels in the role of sizzling, assertive power player
Aug 15, 2026 – There are second starts where you simply hope to see progress. Then there are second starts like the one Canuck Racing Club enjoyed on King’s Plate…
All ahead full: Dewolf sinks rivals’ chances, cruises to victory and captures third career win
Jun 25, 2026 – In Race 3 at Woodbine on June 215th, Canuck Racing Club’s Dewolf took on five other three-year-olds and older horses going one mile on the inner…
Tight quarters to touchdown: Twentytwo Soles channels Mike Soles with drive to the wire
Jun 14, 2026 – Canuck Racing Club’s Twentytwo Soles delivered a determined and encouraging win at Woodbine on Sunday, stepping up into $40,000 claiming company in race 7 and producing…
Mighty Tanner finds lane and late kick worthy of her namesake
Jun 13, 2026 – Mighty Tanner gave Canuck Racing Club yet another winner at Woodbine on June 13th, taking Race 4, a six-and-a-half furlong maiden optional claiming race on the…
Sinclairity delivers a timely kick in the stretch to notch fourth win
Jun 1, 2026 – Canuck Racing Club’s Sinclairity added another strong result to her consistent record yesterday at Woodbine, winning race 6, a $114,600 allowance optional claiming event for fillies…
War Painter etches stunning upset in allowance win at Woodbine
May 29, 2026 – War Painter delivered a strong and determined winning effort Friday at Woodbine, taking Race 6, a $117,600 allowance optional claiming event for fillies and mares at…
Canuck Racing Club is all in on Canada and the enriching experience of owning horses
May 29, 2026 – (By Dave Briggs) There is a certain poetry to how Donato Lanni talks about the magic of horse ownership as a rare and enriching life experience…
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…