Zippy Gizmo won the Bull Page Stakes Sept. 24 at Woodbine and gave his sire, Amis Gizmo, his first blacktype stakes winner. The 2-year-old chestnut won his second career race in four starts by edging rival Brave Dancer by a neck in 1:22.77 on the turf. It was a come-from-behind triumph that saw Zippy Gizmo running last in the field […]
Tall Oaks homebred 2-year-old got up in the final strides to win Woodbine’s $100,000 Bull Page S. in thrilling fashion on Sunday afternoon…
Veteran 9-year-old gelding Channel Maker proved that age has not caught up to him when powering to a front-running two-length score for trainer Bill Mott in Sunday’s $250,000 Bowling Green (G2), a 1 3/8-mile inner turf test for older horses at Saratoga Race Course. “He’s one of the happiest horses going to the track,” said […]
The Ontario Sire Heritage Series concluded last Friday at Woodbine Racetrack, with Bossy Holiday winning the colts and geldings division and $20,000 in bonus money. A Talk Oaks Farm homebred, his performance in the first three legs had secured his position atop point standings heading into the $100,000 Lake Ontario Final over a mile and […]
Ivan Dalos’ homebred 2-year-old filly Collecting Flatter got back to her winning ways with a front-running victory in the $125,000 Glorious Song S. Nov. 5 at Woodbine…
TORONTO, October 14, 2022 – Avie’s Flatter, 2018 champion two-year-old, and earner of over $1 million in his career, is retiring from racing to stand stud at Colebrook Farms. The Tall Oaks Farm homebred won the Cup and Saucer and Coronation Futurity at Woodbine Racetrack, two of Canada’s most prestigious juvenile races, during his 2018 Sovereign […]
Saturday’s $125,000 My Dear S. at Woodbine turned out to be a match race between a pair of Tall Oaks homebred fillies, with Collecting Flatter getting the better of Speedy River…
Ivan came to Canada from Hungary around the same time E.P. Taylor opened Woodbine racetrack in 1956 and put together a successful flooring and construction business. Once the horse racing bug took hold it did not take long for one of the first horses bred by Ivan to make news on an international stage. Victory […]
The 2021 season at the 47th Annual Sovereign Awards, hosted by The Jockey Club of Canada on April 14 just outside of Toronto, were a very special night for Tall Oaks owner Ivan Dalos…
Tall Oaks Farm was listed as a finalist in four categories for the 2021 Sovereign Awards when the Jockey Club of Canada recently announced the nominees…