03 July 2025
59 Sunday

Cool and calm skys and a fast home track necessitated another Sunday training session today and Shadow easily paced his last mile in 1:59 (1:58.3 a

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03 July 2025
Good news, bad news

For the past 20 years, I’ve been working with European tracks to get horses from North America to cross the ocean to take on the best of the contin

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03 July 2025
Global Warming Not Coming To PEI

The past week started out well, although a bit on the cold side and Shadow did get a 2:01 mile in on Wednesday at home.

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03 July 2025
Put your smile where your mouth is

A toothy grin is exactly what the doctor ordered for harness racing. It’s a small thing with big impact.

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03 July 2025
Monkey see, monkey do

It’s not new that kids try to emulate the actions of grown-ups.

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03 July 2025
Shadow - Slowly But Surely

Another tough week - rain Monday, Tuesday and no sun until about 11am Wednesday morning making track conditions difficult and further complicating

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03 July 2025
Never let the seat of your pants touch the ice

Frank Salive had plenty of interesting tidbits to share during our latest episode of CRIBS, but that pearl was my favourite

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03 July 2025
HTA - harness racing's hidden gem

In a recent blog entry, I mentioned that I had been in Tucson last week to speak to classes at the Race Track Industry Program at the University o

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03 July 2025
SC Wagering Conference

Have you seen the line-up for the SC Wagering Conference later this month?

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