Craig Barss has been involved in the harness racing industry since he was a teenager. With a lifetime of racing knowledge and a little bit of luck on his side, the Ontario resident is now the 2016 Trot Magazine Fantasy Stable champion. By Chris Lomon

Plus tôt cette année, en visitant une foire agricole, je me suis retrouvé devant un kiosque unique. Devant moi, se trouvaient plusieurs plateaux contenant une vaste sélection de sauterelles, rôties, pour consommation humaine.

Je m’y suis arrêté.

Récemment, j’ai rencontré et travaillé avec plusieurs différentes organisations pour discuter des courses de chevaux standardbred et de notre association.

Earlier this year, I was attending an agricultural fair, when I came upon a unique booth. In front of me were several trays with a wide selection of grasshoppers, roasted, for human consumption.

Recently I have been meeting and working with a lot of different organizations to talk about standardbred horse racing and our association.

TROT’s highly successful Fantasy Stable contest is back for another run in 2017. Who will be your stable star?

We’ve asked four expert handicappers to pass along their thoughts to keep you happy at the racetrack, and winning at the windows.

Sinking marketing money directly into the horseplayer by seeding pools is effective, in both theory and practice. By Dean Towers

A combination of art, science and hard work, the task of determining which horse will win any given race is no easy one.