Originally a $2,000 yearling purchase in 2007 by Doug Clyde, Monsterinthecloset raced 50 times through 2013 for three different owners.
Profiles
Trained by Barb Minshall, Stacked Deck entered his 2015 campaign with one stakes win, a nose score in the 2014 edition of the Charlie Barley Stakes, to his credit.
Sent to post at odds of 20-1 in his 2015 debut, …
Most people, probably, would not feel comfortable riding in such a precarious state, but for Joanne Chu-Fook, a hunter/jumper rider from Toronto, Ontario, this is just the reality of her horseback riding experience.
Joanne was born with a hearing impairment …
Being a horsewoman and a news anchor/journalist may seem worlds apart, but not for Amber Schinkel of Global News Calgary.
When and why did you become a professional trainer?
I started training professionally and giving some small clinics when I was in college, pursuing a degree in agricultural business management. It was a good way to keep up with my …
His family was rocked by the doctor’s news. Husband, father and grandfather, Laurie Silvera was not likely to come out of his 17-day unconsciousness, suffering from complications from the digestive disease diverticulitis.
It was early in 2009 and Silvera, then …
Chad Joe is a successful owner of thoroughbred horses who is the first to admit his involvement in the sport was the furthest thing from his mind.
Wise Dan was perfect on Canadian soil and to many he was considered the perfect racehorse – fast, brave and a graded stakes winner on three surfaces. The champion chestnut had an unquenchable will to win.
Through 32 career starts, …
From the lush green grass of Northern Ireland through the Dubai desert and more, Saul McHugh has gained a lifetime of horse training in 35 years.
Dr. Dubro Zerajic not only enjoyed a career where he was inspired by horses, he also became one of Ontario’s foremost pioneers in equine acupuncture.
In this article readers can be inspired by Mac Makenny’s devotion to life on his ranch and the horses who call it home, and how his knowledge is shared.
April Wayenberg was a horse-crazy eight-year-old when she was given an orphan foal to care for and raise. With palomino colouring, four white stockings, a white blaze and blue eyes, the colt named Baby Blaze and April became inseparable.
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When I was teenager, I dreamed of getting a foal from my riding horse. I pored over magazines trying to find the perfect mate for my sport horse mare Carla Candida (aka Karrie). I finally chose a handsome bay Thoroughbred …
With 109 years of farming, ranching, developing horses and making the Canadian prairies home, history runs deep at the family-run Rocking Heart Ranch (RHR), located near Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.
But, says Marc Garner of his family’s legacy, “Quite …
Thousands of eyes gaze upon my slender frame as I jump the rails into a sandy show ring in St. Catharines, Ontario, in 1973. I’m clutching four tools in my hands and have four horse shoe nails in my shorts …
