Making tough choices
This being the stallion issue, I thought I would share with you some insight on stallion selection from our commercial breeding farm stand point.
This being the stallion issue, I thought I would share with you some insight on stallion selection from our commercial breeding farm stand point.
Le 1er juillet 1767, exactement 100 ans jour pour jour avant la naissance de la Confédération canadienne, le premier programme de courses de chevaux a été présenté en ce pays.
On July, 1, 1767, exactly 100 years to the day before Canadian Confederation, the first horse racing meet was held in this country. The event was for a purse of $40 and won by a mare named Modesty.
There is an old axiom in horse racing about breeding the best to the best and hoping for the best, and then there is Stephen Gillard’s way.
Trying to select the stallion that could put your mare in foal to the next champion may feel like playing the lottery. Certainly, in this business, there are no guarantees.
Take one first time standardbred owner with a slew of thoroughbred connections.
Yannick Gingras, natif du Québec, a émergé de ses humbles débuts jusqu’au premier rang des courses sous harnais, mais ce talentueux roi des guides semble savoir qu’être un papa hockey - ou si
Quebec native Yannick Gingras has come from his humble beginnings to emerge at the top of the North American harness racing game, but the talented reinsman seems to know that being a hockey dad — or