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“She’s got a big heart. Let’s just say her heart is bigger than her talent at this point. But don’t get me wrong, if she ever learned to trot straight, she’d really be something.”

“I bought him about four years ago… If you saw him around the barn, you would say he acts more like a four or five-year-old. He loves to pony, he loves to train and he loves to race.”

After knocking on the door in her first four starts this year, Blue Spark got her picture taken last week in emphatic fashion for owner/trainer Gretchen Smith with son Sean at the controls.

“I've owned faster horses, but in the 29 years I've been an owner I've never had one that tries as hard as he does every time he gets to race. Because of that, he's my favourite horse.”

Luke Plano was posing for pictures after both Opens last week at Cal Expo, guiding Barbarian to victory in the Open Pace for Sparky Clarke and prevailing in the Open Trot with Silverlode for Team Deso...

“She was a two-year-old when we switched her over to trotting. We couldn’t get her to pace at all, but when we took off the hopples it was a different story.”

On February 10, Window Wiper turned in a solid effort in what was her first start for Robin Clements and David Siegel, as she checked in a close third in Cal Expo’s Filly and Mare Open after having sa...

Barbarian, who lost a tough one last week after having carved out all the fractions at Cal Expo, looks to seal the deal this time around in Saturday evening’s featured $6,600 Open Pace.

“Even though he was my uncle, he was more like a big brother. I never received any more praises than any of the his other employees, however, if I didn’t meet his standards, I’d be in twice as much tr...

It definitely flew under the radar, but last week a harness horse became the most recent Standardbred to win on both the trot and the pace.

Longtime Standardbred breeder/owners Gordon and Helen Empey have made the jump to Cal Expo for the winter, and by the sounds of it, they couldn’t be happier with their decision.