SO MUCH MORE heart.

SO MUCH MORE desire.

Anthony Beaton and his wife Lisa are both from Atlantic Canada, and even though they’ve been in Ontario for more than 20 years they travel back for Old Home Week, and to visit family and friends, every chance they get.

Growing up the son of a horse owner and nephew of a trainer, Nick Ritchie didn’t really have a lot of time for the family horses - his sights instead were set on the NHL.

A true Alberta legend has retired, and the man who has won multiple O’Brien Awards and Breeders Crowns, and also sits in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame, has done so on his own terms.

Les meilleurs peuvent vaincre l’adversité.

Many years ago when a young Mark MacDonald moved a few cheap horses from PEI to Windsor Raceway in Ontario, many that knew him probably thought he was nuts.

J’ai récemment vécu une expérience très enrichissante en regardant un cheval dont je suis en partie propriétaire, courir à Mohawk, et ce n’était pas à cause de sa performance. (du cheval.)

Frank Brundle LOVES harness racing. From his high school days in Orangeville when he owned one cheap claimer that had been headed to the Amish, with a friend, to the 13 horses he owns today, his love for the game only seems to grow with time.

Ross ‘The Crocodile Man’ Croghan was the first horseman from Down Under to hit it big in North America, and from his early days in California to his days in New Jersey he was always the one helping out, and keeping an eye on the Aussies and Kiwis that followed him here.