(Photo: Kirby McGinnis) Jason McGinnis is one of the trainers at TheStable.ca stationed at our home base at Tomiko Training Centre in Ontario. But for the past three summers, he has captained our Ohio program, taking our Ohio-bred horses to the Buckeye to race in the state’s many added money opportunities. He and his team …
In accordance with the province’s first phase of easing Covid-19 restrictions, the following is effective May 16: “Businesses that board animals (e.g., stables) may allow boarders to visit, care for, or ride their animal.” TheStable.ca will resume welcoming clients to visit their horses at Tomiko Training Centre starting May 16 during hours when staff are …
March 15, 2020 TheStable.ca is proud of its open barn policy which invites clients to visit our base at Tomiko Training Centre to interact with our staff and horses. We normally welcome visitors any time there is staff onsite. In the best interests of all staff and clients related to new precautionary measures for COVID-19, …
March 9, 2020Story by Dave Briggs / @dbriggs1969 for Ontario Racing Karen Dallimore calls herself a horse “lifer,” but after some five decades of loving and working with horses, the Ontario-based writer and photographer is proud to call herself a first-time owner of standardbred racehorses — an experience that recently convinced her to jump on …
FEBRUARY 29/2020 TheStable.ca records first international victory MENANGLE, NSW — Girl From Oz granted TheStable.ca its first international victory on February 29 when two-year-old pacing filly Girl From Oz captured her maiden win in the $50,000 Pink Bonnet Stakes at Club Menangle in Menangle, New South Wales (near Sydney, Australia). Trainer Darren McCall piloted the …
TheStable.ca founders receive award for extreme recent meritorious service during O’Brien Awards February 1, 2020 MISSISSAUGA, ON — Anthony MacDonald and Amy MacDonald, co-founders of TheStable.ca were awarded the Cam Fella Award during the 31st annual O’Brien Awards in Mississauga, ON on February 31. Named in honour of world-class Standardbred horse Cam Fella, the award …
January 29, 2020 Every time he watches the horses thunder over the track, John Evans is reminded of what was missing in his life and more importantly, what he was able to find again. He knows the drill. Almost every Sunday before he takes his usual spot along the rail at Tomiko Training Centre, Evans, …
TheStable.ca President wins prestigious award for extreme recent meritorious service January 7, 2020 GUELPH, ON — Standardbred Canada announced that Anthony MacDonald, President and co-founder of TheStable.ca has been voted the 2019 recipient of the Cam Fella Award. The Cam Fella Award will be presented to MacDonald at the annual O’Brien Awards Black Tie Gala …
Record crowd for TheStable.ca Christmas Open House GUELPH, ON — A record crowd of more than 300 people from eight states and provinces attended the Christmas Open House on December 15 hosted by TheStable.ca, horse racing’s fastest growing fractional ownership operation and the largest harness racing stable in Canada. Sixty-three yearlings driven by some of …
Anthony MacDonald, co-founder of TheStable.ca made guest appearances on two racenight broadcasts to discuss the upcoming 2019 Christmas Open House on December 15. Check out his interviews on In The Sulky at The Meadowlands with Dave Little (aired: December 13, 2019), and the pre-game show at Woodbine – Mohawk Park with Chad Rozema (aired: December …