Dan Fisher

"Many people will tell you that, in horse racing, there’s really no wrong way to do things. What might work on one horse or for one trainer, might not work for another, but in most cases there isn’t n...

"You don’t think getting people to the races matters anymore? Jack Darling bought a yearling for $28,000. It made almost $2.8 million and one of the things that stands out most to him about the entire...

"The three superstars are all so very different; yet, especially when it comes to winning, they’re all so very much the same. Between the three of them, they won 38 races last year for just shy of $3....

"Something recently dawned on me about our current younger generation that gives me great hope and satisfaction - regardless of what’s going on in the outside world around us."

"What most anti-Lasix people are missing here is the word ‘HELPED’ -- the horsepeople used it to help their horse. It’s something that should almost be applauded and not looked down upon."

"Maybe the trotters have always seemed to take a bit of a back seat to ‘The Sport Of Kings’, but I don’t really see it as an issue these days. It’s horse racing. We’re all in it together. What is good...

"Standardbred racing in Canada, like The Ex, was pretty much the only game in town back then - speaking in our case, about when it came to the gambling dollar. Unfortunately you’ve heard this song bef...

"On Saturday, July 16, 2022, I sat with my son once again, and watched a Hollywood script unfold right in front of us as a colt from the last crop of Somebeachsomewhere won the only race his dad could...

"Pebble Beach deservedly earned $500,000 with his North America Cup victory on June 18, and his connections were ecstatic. So were his fans, as well as the betting public that made him the 1-2 wagerin...

"Racing struck it rich when Rich Strike won the 2022 Kentucky Derby and I don’t care if he’s a Thoroughbred, a Standardbred, or a buggy horse, if this tale doesn’t move you then I don’t think anything...

"For me, and I’m guessing for a lot of you, I was drawn in by the racetrack experience. Now I’m in -- I’m in for life. I never have to attend a track again and I’m still in for life. But we don’t need...

"In-race wagering on horses has been going on in Europe for many years. We’ve brought it up here in TROT, in this annual Horseplayer’s Issue, on multiple occasions for well over a decade. Between the ...