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Perfect 10

T essa Virtue and Scott Moir made history at Skate Canada yesterday, earning the first perfect 10 handed out in ice dancing history. Skate Canada proved to be the competition where judges broke loose with perfect 10s for the first time. On Saturday, ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robin Szolkowy,  Charlie White,  Skate America,  Tanith Belbin,  Benjamin Agosto

Underhill, Duguay reprise 'Battle of the Blades' number

I t was an exhibition practice like no other during the final morning of Skate Canada Sunday. Who should show up but Barbara Underhill and her Battle of the Blades partner Ron Duguay, wearing a Rangers sweatshirt, and looking very much like a hockey ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: CBC

Rochette skates to gold

I t wasn’t pretty, but five-time Canadian champion Joannie Rochette got the job done at Skate Canada Saturday night in front of a near-capacity crowd. Rochette landed only three really clean triples (managing to stay upright on a fourth, without putting ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Suzuki,  Skate America,  Miki Ando,  112 (musician),  Mirai Nagasu

Former Olympian at home in Lake Placid

F ormer Canadian Olympian Lorna Wighton walks into the Herb Brooks Arena as if it is her home. And for the past couple of decades it has been. She and her ice dancing partner John Dowding were the elder statemen of the Canadian figure skating team that ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  14 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Herb Brooks,  Dorothy Hamill,  Dick Button,  John Curry,  Steve Podborski

Lake Placid special place for Poetsch

T he Olympic arenas in Lake Placid, N.Y., still hold special memories for athletes who competed there. The Americans will always remember the scene at the 1980 Olympic Arena when the U.S. men’s hockey team upset the then-Soviet Union to win the gold ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Thank heaven for little girls

T his is the year of the filly in horse racing. But which one will be horse of the year? Time and again the females have out-run the males, and Zenyatta became the grandest dame of all by winning the $5-million (all currency U.S.) Breeders' Cup Classic ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zenyatta,  Jess Jackson,  Mike Smith,  Bob Baffert

Bridgetown reeled in, but still ‘real deal'

E ugene Melnyk's heart was racing as Bridgetown hurtled toward the finish line of the $2-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. He thought his horse would win. But the European colt, Pounced, caught Bridgetown late in the stretch for a victory by ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ottawa Senators,  Jewel

Zenyatta beats Breeders' Cup boys

I n the grand finale of the afternoon, the 5-year-old mare, Zenyatta, made history by winning the $5-million Breeders' Cup Classic, running for the first time against males, and winning her 14th consecutive race. She's undefeated. Coming from last place ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Zenyatta,  Mike Smith

Canadian horse suffers Breeders Cup break

F atal Bullet, Canada’s horse of the year last season, broke down while finishing sixth in the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Saturday. The 4-year-old gelding, owned by Danny Dion’s Bear Stables, was a close third choice at 9 to 2 in ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ottawa Senators,  Jewel,  Kent Desormeaux,  Bob Baffert

Careless Jewel blows her cool

O n the biggest day of her career, Careless Jewel decided to show off a new side to her running style. She ran amok. The fleet, three-year-old, Edmonton-owned filly, favoured at 9 to 5 to win the $2-million (all currency U.S.) Ladies Classic at the ...

From BEVERLEY SMITH, Globe and Mail,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Jewel

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