A little over 20 years ago, a girl from Surrey, B.C. became friends with a guy from Port Hood, N.S. Their two hometowns might be 6,042 kms apart, but that didn’t seem to matter to fate, who had them cross paths somewhere in the vicinity of Woodstock, Ont. On Saturday, June 15, 2024, at Woodbine Mohawk Park, that girl, Casie Coleman, won her third Pepsi North America Cup, her first though, where she was not the trainer. That guy, Anthony Beaton, was her trainer, and the night was the culmination of many years of both friendship and working together. Spend any amount of time with the pair, however, and you’ll see that even though they’re both hard workers, it’s truly, friends first.

To read the full story featured in the July 2024 issue of TROT Magazine, click one of the following links: 

• Friends First
• Amis Avant Tout