A successful Standardbred trainer since early in his career, at a younger age, David Menary was mostly concerned with two things: winning races and drinking. As the years passed, however, family became the most important thing to the happily married father of three. Sober for more than five years now, and coming off one of the best years of his career — with a pair of 2023 O'Brien Awards finalists — Dave’s proudest moment over the past few years didn’t come from winning stakes races, it came from getting his oldest daughter, Lexie, back home to Canada, and helping her overcome the tragic loss of her mother. 

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