Curtis Stock

1 week ago | thehorses.com | Curtis Stock

Don’t overlook new Alberta jockey Brian Boodramsingh. If you’re a bettor, a trainer or an owner, keep the 33-year-old rider on your radar. “I’d be very surprised if he doesn’t finish in the top three riders this year in Alberta,” said his agent Riley Rycroft. “He’s that good.” Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Boodramsingh 33, who spent the last two years racing at B.C.’s Hastings Park, was Trinidad and Tobago’s leading rider a startling 9 times.

1 week ago | stallionesearch.com | Curtis Stock

By Curtis Stock – Horse Racing Alberta At 81 years old - racing Quarter Horses since 1977 - Bucky Stockwell was thinking of retiring, But the oldest quarter horse trainer in Alberta - and possibly all of Canada - Stockwell couldn't do it. "It's in my blood," said Stockwell, who was Alberta's leading quarter horse trainer last year and topped the standings in B.C. 12 of the 14 years he raced there when they still had quarter horse racing. "I just want to fish. "I want to relax.

2 weeks ago | thehorses.com | Curtis Stock

With new owners, fast horses, and a champion sire, retirement keeps getting delayed for Canada’s oldest QH trainer. At 81 years old - racing quarter horses since 1977 - Bucky Stockwell was thinking of retiring, But the oldest quarter horse trainer in Alberta - and possibly all of Canada - Stockwell couldn’t do it.

3 weeks ago | thehorses.com | Curtis Stock

Two well-stocked thoroughbred stables have moved to Alberta from British Columbia. Trainer Rob Van Overschot who has won 559 races - 21 of them stakes for purse earnings of $7.2 million - has brought 16 horses to Edmonton’s Century Mile. Trainer Robbie Henson, who last year had eight horses in Alberta last year with Bob Kingston, has brought another 20 horses to Alberta that he will train. Meanwhile, a third B.C. trainer, veteran Robert J.

1 month ago | thehorses.com | Curtis Stock

In horse racing there is some good luck. And a lot of bad luck. Pure and simple, Majestic Oops is the former - a wild and crazy success story. From winning two of her first four races - her maiden for no tag and then an impressive allowance tally, Majestic Oops went sideways for a while. At the end she couldn’t even beat bottom claimers at Santa Anita. But then it turned around. And how.