Desperate Man Primed For More Stateside Success February 25, 2024 Former Horse of the Year and fan favourite Desperate Man is approaching his return to action stateside, where he excelled at the end of his 2023 campaign.
North America Cup Rewind: Desperate Man June 17, 2023 “I still wake up wondering if it actually did happen. It’s still very surreal to me.”
Canadian Pacing Derby Connections Weigh In September 03, 2022 With the fastest horse on the planet, a horse that's had his number on more than one occasion, and the early season divisional standout all set to compete in the 2022 Canadian Pacing Derby on Saturday...
Update On Desperate Man July 21, 2022 Fans of harness racing will see 2021 Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year Desperate Man this Saturday (July 23) at Hanover Raceway, but where they haven't seen him lately is in competition on the race...
Update On Desperate Man April 12, 2022 Canada's reigning Horse Of The Year, Desperate Man, is preparing for his upcoming four-year-old season with one of his first major tests expected to come in the inaugural Charles Juravinski Memorial C...
A Story And A Horse For The Ages February 13, 2022 The Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year for 2021, Desperate Man came with some story and some major accomplishments.
A Family (Black Tie) Affair January 12, 2022 Desperate Man has provided the Cecchins with many family memories over the course of the year and now the team behind the North America Cup champion will get to enjoy another special evening together ...
A Tremendous Year For OSS Horses November 04, 2021 Although compressed into four months, the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season featured all of the fierce battles and memorable performances fans have come to expect from the province’s top pacers a...
Two Minutes In Vegas October 17, 2021 One of Kathy and John Cecchin’s first dates took place in the backstretch kitchen at Mohawk. Many years later, the lifelong horsepeople, still as much in love as ever, reached the pinnacle of the spor...
What's Next For Desperate Man? September 17, 2021 Now that she's won the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup with Desperate Man, trainer Kathy Cecchin isn't planning a trip to Disneyland. And she's not planning a trip to Delaware, Ohio either.
Desperate Man Wins The 2021 North America Cup September 11, 2021 With numerous runner-up efforts and finishes behind heavy favourite Bulldog Hanover on his card, Desperate Man avenged his defeat in the Pepsi North America Cup elimination to down his provincial riva...
Desperate Man A 'Slick' Purchase September 10, 2021 As trainer Kathy Cecchin waited in the paddock for Desperate Man’s North America Cup elimination last week, her husband, John, asked how the horse was doing.
Desperate Man Seeks More Gold August 06, 2021 “If we don’t believe in him, no one else would. We thought he was that good.”