C’était le 1er septembre 2001, et le Metro Pace, d’une bourse de 1,1 M $, se dirigeait vers la barrière de départ. Comme le peloton s’approchait du premier tournant, un descendant de Matts Scooter nommé Mach Three, luttait très fort pour prendre la tête. Au quart de mille, il s’en est emparé.

Au début de janvier dernier, en regardant la finale pour la médaille d’or du Tournoi Mondial de Hockey Junior disputée entre le Canada et les États-Unis, je fus terriblement déçu quand, après trois heures de hockey remarquable, la Médaille d’or a été attribuée suite à des tirs de barrage passifs, lents et ennuyants.

It was September 1st, 2001 and the $1.1 million Metro Pace was heading to the gate. As the field approached the first turn, a son of Matts Scooter named Mach Three was working hard to take the early lead.

In early January as I was watching the World Junior Hockey gold medal game between Canada and the United States, I felt terribly disappointed at the end, when after three hours of incredibly exciting hockey, we watched the gold medal awarded with a passive, slow and boring shootout.

When PEI’s Ronnie Matheson went looking to purchase a Blissfull Hall yearling back in 2011, he was successful. In that very same colt he also found a future Maritime superstar that would become his horse-of-a-lifetime. By Melissa Keith

For Bill Loyens, a lifetime of owning and breeding standardbreds may be winding down, but the love of horses that he first experienced almost 60 years ago, has never disappeared. By Chris Lomon

From a renewed optimism in the Ontario horse racing industry comes a breeding facility built to grow alongside. By Perry Lefko

The breeding business is not a perfect science, and success is far from guaranteed. But, when you do things the right way, your chances are greatly improved.