In 2011, Georg Leber, still very new to horse ownership at the time, dropped $5,000 on an unheralded Shanghai Phil colt by the name of SOS Silvermercedes, at the Forest City Yearling Sale.

Vous avez certainement entendu parler du pouvoir de la pensée positive.

Que les yeux vous roulent ou pas à cette idée, il semble qu’étude après étude nous confirment que les optimistes, en général, réussissent mieux que les pessimistes. Moins de journées de maladie, Un plus bas taux d’anxiété. Moins de tension. Et les avantages continuent.

Alors qu’en est-il quand il s’agit de chevaux?

You’ve surely heard about the power of positive thinking.

Au moment où nous entamons le dernier mois de l’année, j’ai pensé que maintenant était le moment propice pour vous présenter une mise à jour concernant les projets sur lesquels Standardbred Canada a travaillé.

As we hit the final month of the year, I thought now would be a good time to provide you with an update regarding some of the projects that Standardbred Canada has been working on.

A fictional Rail Tales feature on how a couple who train horses for a living give the gift of horse ownership to a group of people who may otherwise never experience the thrill. By Bob Carson

One is a pacer. One is a trotter. One is perpetually grumpy. One is friendly to women. Together, they have 115 career wins and over $770,000 in earnings.

What are the chances of a horse race where the top three finishers are, by chance, all 14-years-old? That’s exactly what happened recently at Nova Scotia’s Truro Raceway.