Every year TROT looks to tell the unique stories behind a few of the 14-year-old equine warriors out there as they hit mandatory retirement age at year’s end.
When your older brother is widely known as one of the greatest drivers to ever sit behind a horse, it’s probably not easy to make a name for yourself in the same sport.
Joe Tulino grew up in Brampton, Ontario playing hockey and lacrosse, and only learned about horse racing at a later age while watching it on TV.
Dexter Dunn has been driving horses full-time in North America for less than five years, and most here know him as one of the best there is.
À l’apogée des courses attelées à New York, avant que l’OTB ne soit créé et que des foules de 30 000 personnes soient encore monnaie courante à Roosevelt et à Yonkers, l’un des principaux conducteurs de l’époque était le Canadien Lucien « Loosh » Fontaine
During the heyday of harness racing in New York, when crowds of over 30,000 were commonplace at Roosevelt Raceway, one of the most popular and charismatic drivers on the circuit was Quebec native Lucien ‘Loosh’ Fontaine.
On Saturday, October 22nd, as I watched a wonderful card of racing from Mohawk, made up mainly of Breeders Crown eliminations, I was a bit saddened to hear
Le samedi 22 octobre, alors que je regardais une merveilleuse carte de course de Mohawk, composée principalement d’éliminatoires du Breeders Crown,
Thirty-two drivers began a quest last spring to see who would be named Canada’s National Driving Champion for 2022, and win the right to represent the red-and-white in the World Championships in Europe next year. That number has been whittled down to just eight, and TROT conducted a video roundtable with the group of them to hear their thoughts leading into the competition slated to take place at Edmonton’s Century Mile on November 24th. Interview by John Rallis and Dan Fisher. // Story compiled by John Rallis.
