Canadian standardbreds raced 186,531 times in pari-mutuel races and qualifiers last year. The trucks that brought them to those races travelled tens of millions of miles.

Trainer, owner, and breeder Fraser Turnbull hadn’t raced a single horse since Carols June Bug in 2004. He’d never ventured into breeding. And he’d never broken a yearling.

Comment pinte entreprises course populaire a fait un tabac énorme.

How pint-sized grassroots racing has made a huge splash.