There’s been a great concern in the Standardbred game for some time now that too many of what should be our next generation of participants are choosing not to follow in their family footsteps but finding other careers instead.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit North America in the winter of 2020, O’Brien Award winning breeder Dr. Michael Wilson of Warrawee Farm and his wife Julie became stranded in New Zealand - they’re still there today.
« Je vais être honnête, j’ai peut-être été un peu plus loin là-bas [à Lexington] que ce que j’avais initialement prévu, mais je veux un champion du monde, je veux gagner les grandes courses,
Steve Heimbecker has loved horses since hanging around the barn with his dad as a youngster. He also loves to win races with horses, and although he’s made a very significant investment in yearlings the past few years, it seems like he’s taking it up a notch.
La célèbre phrase de Winston Churchill « Il y a quelque chose de vrai de l’extérieur d’un cheval qui est bon pour l’intérieur d’un homme », mais tant que les personnes avec lesquelles vous êtes dans une écurie sont les bonnes, j’ai constaté, il y a longtemps et plus récemment encore, que le titre de cette chronique est également vrai.
Winston Churchill’s famous saying that “There’s something about the outside of a horse that’s good for the inside of a man” stands true,
Four of the ten starters in this year’s N.A. Cup final were bred by Hanover Shoe Farms.
