Rene Dion

"As a two-year-old we really thought she was the real deal. Sylvain Filion drove her, he did a great job with her...he kept saying 'she's a Gold filly, she's a Gold filly'."

“It (2018) was an amazing year (for Shower Play). The way she raced, the way she did it... It was everything we hoped when we took our time with her at two.”

One of the top Canadian trotters of the past decade, Ontario-sired and Québec-owned Flanagan Memory, has been retired.

They say the years grow shorter as you get older, and for millionaire Flanagan Memory, it's definitely true.

"We are going to take our time with him, we're going to aim for later in the year and so far he's been very good."

"He makes all the hours and miles worth it, because it's a lot of both."

“We’ll take it, for sure, but you don’t wish that on anyone. Mistakes happen. My horse (Flanagan Memory) doesn’t need that to earn his money.”

The 2016 Breeders Crown weekend at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey began with Friday's (October 28) harness racing card featuring the first four championships for older horses.

“My father, even though he passed away six years ago, he is somewhere living still in the horse. I never expected this. Even my father, if he was alive, he wouldn’t believe it. It’s really something. ...

Resolve’s impressive victory Friday in the $200,000 Cutler Memorial final at The Meadowlands got the headlines, but there was also celebration in the barn of Ontario-based runner-up Flanagan Memory.