'Someday' Is Here June 24, 2024 When someone grows up in the same sport as their Hall of Fame father (and uncle), you might think that they spend a lot of time trying to get out of the shadow of their successful, older family member...
What’s Your 'Theme From Rocky'? May 27, 2024 "When I trained horses for a living, I’d often turn to the ‘Race Replay’ for a boost -- as I’m sure many of you can relate. This is a tough business, and there are many times when you just have to sit...
The Best Two-Year-Old I've Ever Been Involved With Was... May 19, 2024 For the fourth straight year, in what has become a popular staple of TROT Magazine's Twos In Training issue, a number of participants were asked to share the name of the best two-year-old that they’ve...
A Sport So Rich With Story April 28, 2024 "We come from different towns, different provinces, different states and different countries; all drawn together by the love of horses and competition. Rich with story? Absolutely! And I was never rem...
The Professional Horseplayer: Racing's Underappreciated Hero April 21, 2024 We often laud those in our industry like grooms and trainers, who work more hours in one year than many people do in two, but what about the professional horseplayer? If people think it’s as easy as p...
Where's Our Phoenix Open? March 29, 2024 "I can hear the naysayers saying how these types of events can cause problems at times, like on the Saturday at this year’s Phoenix Open, when tournament officials actually had to cut some fences down...
Doc March 24, 2024 Trying to please both his appetite for horse racing and his parents’ wish that he get an education, a young Ian Moore quit post-secondary school twice. Eventually he found a way to balance the two, an...
'We Have A Lot To Offer And Many Others Couldn’t Agree More' February 26, 2024 "Yes, even people that don’t attend our racetracks these days, often have some connection to us. We’re part of the landscape and have been for decades."
A Family Affair - Both Equine And Human February 19, 2024 At the Black Book Yearling Sale in 2006, Ken Sucee bought back an Art Major filly by the name of Arts Diva, on behalf of her co-breeder, Dr. David Legge, for $20,000. Then, over the next five years, K...
Tell TROT Your 2023 Highlight February 11, 2024 In 2020 and 2021, when pandemic-induced racing shutdowns had many horsepeople at an all-time low, at TROT Magazine, we tried to look at the glass as being half full rather than half empty, and we aske...
Fifty Big Ones January 31, 2024 "TROT doesn’t just cover racing and its history, it’s now become part of racing’s history. It’s yours and it matters to you, and I guess that’s partly why the magazine continues to thrive -- even duri...
Where Are They Now? Joe Stutzman January 22, 2024 In the January 2024 issue largely dedicated to the O’Brien Awards, TROT Magazine caught up with a former O’Brien Award-winning Trainer of the Year and finds out that even though he no longer trains ho...
22 Thoughts Entering The New Year December 27, 2023 "I see no negatives whatsoever to having an audio/video feed in the judges booth, and having the details for every inquiry and placing described in real-time to the fans."