Best of The Decade

Industry's Best of the Decade

This month, Trot Insider presented the industry’s Best of the Decade as chosen by some of the biggest names in North American racing. Media. Owners. Breeders. Trainers. Drivers. Fans. Customers.

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At the table with...

Per Henriksen

With an O’Brien Horsemanship Award nomination to his name and a lifetime of marching to his own beat, trainer and driver Per Henriksen is more than qualified to speak his mind on all things racing.

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Stallion Statistics

Stallion Statistics

A statistical look at North America’s top stallions in 2009.

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Stable Upbringing

Cindy and Bill Rapson

In a job ­market where employers hardly expect their workers to remain for a lifetime, siblings Bill and Cindy Rapson defy the odds. Combined, this pair has walked the backstretch for over 40 years.

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Ninth Life of One Cool Cat

Primetime Bobcat

Primetime Bobcat had hung up his harness and settled into retirement. But the settling bit, it seems, didn’t go so well. The Bobcat was restless, antsy. Enter the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society, who gave this gelding (and one very lucky lady) a new lease on a life well lived.

Story by Karen Briggs / Photos by Brian Acton

What's that, Mr. Bus Driver?

The View

It’s seven o’clock in the evening in Orlando, Florida. A few families jostle for position, bustling luggage by their sides, as an airport shuttle pulls up to the curb.