Jack Moiseyev has been a horseman virtually all of his life. He has grown up in racing, and his connections to the sport run deep. Through hard work and a love of what he does, Moiseyev’s success is clear to see. By Keith McCalmont

How did a group of owners from Prince Edward Island, with modest expectations, land themselves the best older pacer currently racing in North America? By Perry Lefko

Au cours des trois dernières années, les courses de standardbred au Canada ont été un bien dur endroit où se trouver si vous êtes un optimiste. Dans les paddocks de course, aux centres d’entraînement et sur les fermes de production, le positivisme s’est manifesté en même temps qu’une terrible dose de médecine ‘réalité’.

For the past three years, Canadian standardbred racing has been a tough place to be if you’re an optimist. In race paddocks, at training centres and on turnout farms, positivity had been met with an awful dose of “reality” medicine.

“The little guy is getting killed.” “The sport is dying.” “We can’t survive.” If you’ve been around harness racing, you’ve heard these lines, and worse.