My two worlds are colliding at the moment. Days after the Stars On Ice tour landed in Toronto, a group of Queen’s Plate hopefuls tested out their legs in the Wando Stakes at Woodbine. The race is named after a spectacular Canadian colt called Wando, a copper-coloured gentle sort that became the first to win […]
Woodbine
Laurie Silvera, the Jamaican gentleman
On the backside of Woodbine Racetrack one balmy summer morning, Laurie Silvera chugged up a gentle slope in his SUV, and parked it to watch a horse work. Classical music filled the cab. It’s not what you’d expect from a horse trainer who has spent the 85 years of his life on dusty backstretches and […]
Dan Loiselle: Tough Act to Follow
A story I wrote for The Paulick Report, based in Kentucky, about thoroughbred race announcer Dan Loiselle, who I’ve known for a great part of my life: www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/salute-to-dan-loiselle-a-tough-act-to-follow/
Metis Magic
Here is a heart-warming horse racing story I did for The Paulick Report website in Kentucky about an impossible triumph. http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/paladin-bay-canadas-answer-to-california-chrome/