Horse Racing Is The Best June 30, 2022 "Racing struck it rich when Rich Strike won the 2022 Kentucky Derby and I don’t care if he’s a Thoroughbred, a Standardbred, or a buggy horse, if this tale doesn’t move you then I don’t think anything...
#LongLiveTheDream May 30, 2022 "For me, and I’m guessing for a lot of you, I was drawn in by the racetrack experience. Now I’m in -- I’m in for life. I never have to attend a track again and I’m still in for life. But we don’t need...
After The Gold Rush April 25, 2022 "In-race wagering on horses has been going on in Europe for many years. We’ve brought it up here in TROT, in this annual Horseplayer’s Issue, on multiple occasions for well over a decade. Between the ...
Discussing Post Time Drag March 28, 2022 "To clarify, to me, post time drag has nothing to do with the toteboard saying ‘0 minutes to post’, 6-7 minutes before the race actually goes, and to horsepeople, when this is the case, it should be 1...
Here's To Our Breeders November 14, 2021 "I really hate when people argue about who is more important to our business...We’re all in this together, most of us because we love it, and after the horses themselves no one is more important than ...
Move Over Lebron August 29, 2021 "I recently had a very uplifting experience when watching a horse I own part of race at Mohawk, and it wasn’t because of the horse’s performance"....read on
Perspective May 31, 2021 "I realize that things that happened to other people years ago don’t help us today when it comes to paying our bills, making our stakes payments, or schooling our children. I’m not belittling anything...
Well, We Still Have The Horse April 25, 2021 "We’re lucky to have real live horses as the stars of our show — every night. I don’t believe that we’ve ever taken full advantage of this and truly promoted them as our big star"....read on / continu...
The Roar Of The Crowd February 28, 2021 "Our grandstands will sit empty for a while longer, until this pandemic is under control, but when we are allowed back I believe that we all, tracks, horsepeople and associations alike, have to make i...
Surround Yourself With Good Teammates December 28, 2020 “I’ve watched as many North American Standardbred races as any other human being in the past 20-25 years, and Tall Dark Stranger has to be the toughest, biggest-hearted horse I’ve ever seen race. So w...
Just Be Nice November 01, 2020 "None of us is going to make our world a happier and better place overnight, but you never know when a small gesture will change a life"....read on / continuer à lire
Count Our Blessings June 02, 2020 "Approximately two and a half months of racing was missed throughout much of North America, and that wasn’t easy for anyone....So I’m not saying this in a flippant way at all when I say that regardles...