Episodios

  • Down the Stretch for September 30, 2024

    Down the Stretch for September 30, 2024
    Sep 29 2024
    The $400,000 Breeders’ Stakes assured we would have 3 different winners in the Triple Crown. A night of Stakes racing at Mohawk and we focus on the great work of Louis-Philippe Roy and Doug McNair. What’s the profit situation in horse racing books? We find out from Perry Lefko, Jennifer Morrison and Curtis Stock. This podcast also features 7 race calls from Ajax Downs and on Military Appreciation Day at Woodbine, did the special guests get a huge tip?
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  • Down the Stretch for October 7, 2024

    Down the Stretch for October 7, 2024
    Oct 6 2024
    There were 4 Graded Stakes races - all on the grass – at Woodbine Saturday. Patches O’Houlihan won the Nearctic, so we’re touting him as the Sovereign Award winner as the next Canadian Horse of the Year. Owner Frank Di Giulio and trainer Bob Teller disagreed about Patches being in the race. Last Thursday, the final leg of the Woodbine Turf Sprint Series was run, and the overall champion was a horse that didn’t win a single leg. Jockey Jose Campos is from Mexico and he tell us what it was like winning the Prince of Wales in Fort Erie. Harness horse owner Dave Byron talks about buying a filly for $3,000 then winning the $75,000 Grass Roots Final at Mohawk We have 7 races from Ajax Downs this week as we try and figure out who the leading jockey and trainer will be and Garnet Barnsdale turned 60 last week, so instead of co-producing this podcast, he went to Las Vegas; we do get to participate vicariously as he sends us his breakdown of a day in Sin City
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  • Down the Stretch for September 23, 2024

    Down the Stretch for September 23, 2024
    Sep 22 2024
    It was the most lucrative night of harness racing this year at Mohawk and we have the Metro Pace, the Mohawk Million, the Canadian Trotting Classic, the Elegant Image and the She’s A Great Lady. Let’s just say it was a great night for Dexter Dunn and Captain Treacherous. At Woodbine, Jose Campos added another Stakes win to his Prince of Wales triumph, winning the Zadracarta with Owen’s Tour Guide. We document Canadian outcomes in the Little Brown Jug and the Jugette at the Delaware fair Grounds. Harold Ladouceur speaks with Down The Stretch about becoming the first indigenous trainer to win a Canadian Triple Crown race and Ken Albu reveals he was one of the very few to bet on Gambler’s Pose, the horse he trains that produced the largest win price in North America this year. And a great moment at the Shenandoah Fair race course in Virginia as 95-year-old trainer, William Fletcher sent out his first winner in 4 years.
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  • Down the Stretch for September 16, 2024

    Down the Stretch for September 16, 2024
    Sep 15 2024
    We have a 6-pack of Stakes races from Woodbine; the 4 Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In turf races and two others – David Moran’s emotional win in the Ontario Matron Stakes and Sofia Vives delivering the white hot, Patches O’Houlihan in the Vigil. Then we’re off to Mohawk for the Milton Stakes and eliminations for the Metro Pace and the Canadian Trotting Classic. John Burness of Colebrook Farms revealing that Simply In Front’s win in the Music City Stakes was the first time he had ever had a horse in a $2 million race. At Fort Erie, Vitality won the Prince of Wales Stakes making Harold Ladouceur the first Indigenous person to win a Triple Crown race in Canada. As usual, we cover the card of racing from Ajax Downs, but not as usual, when a heavy favourite self-destructed at Pocono, the show prices went nuts. And how many bettors wondered where their money went when a 1-5 shot lost the Wonder Where Stakes?
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  • Down the Stretch for September 9, 2024

    Down the Stretch for September 9, 2024
    Sep 8 2024
    A busy week in horse racing is reflected in episode 241. We have the Niagara Stakes from Woodbine as apprentice jockey Pietro Moran continues to pile up the wins. Mohawk had 6 Grand Circuit races Saturday night and earlier that day, Colebrook Farms’ Simply in Front won a $2 million race in Kentucky. The Saratoga meet ended on Labour Day, but not before 89-year-old D Wayne Lukas gave himself a birthday present and Flavien Prat put a cherry on his record-breaking exploits. Jockey Amanda Vandermeersch tells us what it was like winning the Puss N Boots Cup at Fort Erie, then jumping into the infield pond. And the Fort’s race caller, Doug McPherson handicaps the upcoming Prince of Wales Stakes. Host Peter Gross got fed at Woodbine when the new Homestretch Bar and Suites was debuted and just to confuse you, we document how it was Saturday on Thursday.
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  • Down the Stretch for September 2, 2024

    Down the Stretch for September 2, 2024
    Sep 1 2024
    Lots of Taylor Swift in this podcast – her main squeeze, Travis Kelce bought into a share of Swift Delivery who went off as the favourite in the Toronto Cup. Scott Zeron is not quite as famous as Taylor Swift, but he produced two huge hits at Mohawk, winning the Canadian Pacing Derby and Maple Leaf Trot on the same night. Trainer Kevin Attard talks about his King’s Plate winning filly, Caitlinhergrtness and one of her owners, Elliot Walden of Winstar Farm, tells us why the filly won’t run in the Prince of Wales and how she was named after basketball star, Caitlin Clark. Teenage jockey Pietro Moran had a mixed bag Friday at Woodbine – 3 straight wins, then a DQ. Very similar to the 2-win, 1-DQ afternoon by Rachel Isaacs at Ajax Downs. And the cheesiest of stories – how a screwup at Mohawk resulted in a horse winning a race and paying... nothing to win.
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  • Down the Stretch for August 26, 2024

    Down the Stretch for August 26, 2024
    Aug 25 2024
    The first King’s Plate ever to be run on a Friday and for Kevin Attard and Rafael Hernandez, it was worth waiting for as the only filly in the race knocked off the boys. We have several other Stakes races from Woodbine and the mid-summer classic, the Travers from Saratoga, which was almost won by another filly. Harness driver Jordan Stratton may be American, but he tells us how he helped write two very big Canadian stories. Ajax Downs had 6 races last week and we have the call of each one, and 10 year-old Clara Smith shows us why she has a Stakes level talent when it comes to writing about race horses.
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  • Down the Stretch for August 19, 2024

    Down the Stretch for August 19, 2024
    Aug 18 2024
    It had never happened before. The King’s Plate got rained out! Woodbine CEO, Mike Copeland announces when it will be run. Kevin Attard says Woodbine made the right decision. Attard is also in this podcast talking about his great mare, Moira winning the $500,000 Beverly D Stakes in Virginia. Trainer Blake MacIntosh gets our props for crashing over the $20 million mark with a horse named Mamba. The classy pacer, Nijinsky returned to Mohawk and bossed a field around. Jockey Diego Benitez was the star last week at Ajax Downs, winning 3 races, including the feature. Garnet Barnsale gives us the Gold Cup and Saucer race from Charlottetown. And just how sensational was Yannick Gingras’ Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philly? The great Blues singer/guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Mambo Number 5 performer, Lou Bega help this podcast along.
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