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TROT Magazine 2023 Hall of Fame issue

Hall Of Fame Connections

August 08, 2023

"As I read the names of the horses and people that make up the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame classes of 2022 and 2023, I realized that I was connected in some way to almost each and every one of ...

Pebble Beach winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

"If It Was Only About The Money Most Of Us Wouldn’t Be Doing This"

"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...

Horse racing, horses heading behind the starting gate

Horse Racing Is The Best

"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...

An empty grandstand at Pompano Park

#LongLiveTheDream

"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...

A bettor making race selections with a program

After The Gold Rush

"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 ...

My List For Santa

December 19, 2021

"It’s been a long time since I wrote a list out to Santa. In fact, when I was little I don’t think I ever even wrote an actual list"....read on / continuer à lire

Here's To Our Breeders

November 14, 2021

"I really hate when people argue about who is more important to our business...We’re all in this together, most of us because we love it, and after the horses themselves no one is more important than ...

Something About The Inside Of A Barn

November 07, 2021

Winston Churchill said “There’s something about the outside of a horse that’s good for the inside of a man,” but as long as the people you’re inside of a barn with are the right people, it’s my experi...

Move Over Lebron

August 29, 2021

"I recently had a very uplifting experience when watching a horse I own part of race at Mohawk, and it wasn’t because of the horse’s performance"....read on

Well, We Still Have The Horse

"We’re lucky to have real live horses as the stars of our show — every night. I don’t believe that we’ve ever taken full advantage of this and truly promoted them as our big star"....read on / continu...

Lessons For And From Baseball

February 15, 2020

"There’s an old saying that some people use that goes, “If you’re not cheating, you’re not trying.” I say that’s a load of crap"....read on / continuer à lire

A Test Of Mental Toughness

"There are many wonderful things that happen in our sport...and that's what keeps us all dreaming the dream. But recently I learned of one of those incidents that reminded me exactly how tough we have...

The Magic Behind Every Champion

What separates the victorious athlete from thousands of other well-bred, impeccably trained and appropriately managed athletes, who fail to live up to expectations?...read on / continuer à lire