Habituellement, quand un grand événement sportif approche, vous avez une idée de celui que vous encouragerez. Vous avez votre équipe favorite, ou joueur favori, et vous les supportez jusqu’à la fin. Même quand c’est futile, comme avec les ‘Maple Leafs’ de Toronto.

La World Trotting Conference s’est récemment tenue à Stockholm, en Suède. La conférence a connu une bonne assistance de la part des associations de chevaux standardbred venues du monde entier, et le pays hôte a fait un travail remarquable pour attirer des conférenciers aux présentations informatives et orientées vers l’avenir sur les enjeux auxquels notre industrie fait face.

Usually as a big sporting event approaches you have some idea who you’re going to be cheering for. You have your favourite team, or player, and you support them until the end. Even when it’s all futile, like with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The World Trotting Conference was recently held in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference was well attended by standardbred horse associations from around the world and the host country did an excellent job in attracting informative and future-thinking speakers to address our industry issues.

White Birch Farm was the breeder, and part-owner, of 2013 Cup winner Captaintreacherous, but farm owner Michael Parisi and farm manager Steve Williams both tragically lost their lives before they could see four colts from ‘The Captain’s’ first crop compete in the 2019 version of Canada’s richest harness race.

Tom Rankin is well-known in racing – especially when it comes to trotters. But his son Glen knows a bit about horses too – much of it learned while he was fighting an illness. And it was Glen that picked out the pacer that has the Rankin family quite excited for 2019.

John McDermott trains Hurrikane Emperor. He also trained the sire, the dam & the sister. His kids help paddock and train, and his wife is the rock that holds it all together. Family means a lot to the team behind this Cup finalist.

On December 30, 2018, Shannon ‘Murph’ Murphy and his friends went to a NY Giants home game vs. the Dallas Cowboys. The Giants lost the game by a point, and Murph almost lost his life after taking a 30 foot fall.

Richard and Joanne Young were about to get out of the racing game in 2008 - then they decided to buy just one more horse.