The following editorial was written by Dan Fisher and published in the March 2023 edition of TROT Magazine and has been posted here with permission. To read the original post click here. Giving credit where credit is due Many people will tell you that, in horse racing, there’s really no wrong way to do things. …
The Horses Podcast #4 In this episode of The Horses podcast, Dawn Lupul of Horse Racing Alberta interviewed Anthony MacDonald, the mind behind TheStable.ca. Anthony discusses the success of his fractional ownership enterprise which has grown from 0 to almost 1,000 owners from 14 countries and 155 horses in 7 years. Anthony shares the strategies …
MISSISSAUGA, ON — On January 22, Standardbred Canada (SC) announced the finalists for the 2022 Outstanding Groom Award, sponsored for the seventh year by the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation. Introduced in 2015, this award recognizes grooms who put their horses first, treat them with kindness and outstanding care, regardless of the horse or its …
TheStable.ca has partnered with Preferred Equine Online (PEO) to present the first-ever TheStable.ca Holiday Auction. Bidding opens at 3:00 p.m. EST on December 30 and begins closing on Monday, January 2 at 12:00 noon EST. The auction can be accessed at http://preferredequineonline.com/ The large online auction is the first of its kind in which some …
On a night when TheStable.ca won all four races on the docket, Kings County made a great day even better by securing his second track record of 2022. This time it was at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on December 21. He captured the $25,000 Open Handicap Trot in 1:52.2, shaving a fifth of a second off …
The program for TheStable.ca’s Winter Open House is now available below. The broadcast on Saturday, December 10 starts at 10:00 a.m. EST and is available on the website, Facebook page and YouTube channel. The first 3 sets were recorded on Friday and feature 17 yearlings stabled at the Ontario operation. The next 7 sets are …
TheStable.ca trainer Harry Poulton has been announced as one of three people nominated for the 2022 O’Brien Award of Horsemanship. Fans can vote on this and all other awards by clicking here. Voting closes Dec. 14, 2022. Poulton was recently inducted into the PEI Sports Hall Of Fame and is enjoying an outstanding year with …
To say James MacDonald had a solid night at the office on Monday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park would be a major understatement. All he did was pound out a track record-setting eight wins on the 10-race card including a track record-equalling performance with trotter Locatelli in the $34,000 Preferred Trot. MacDonald hardly needs to make …
Trainer Harry Poulton was inducted into the Prince Edward Island Sports Hall of Fame last night (November 25) in a ceremony in Charlottetown. Poulton has been a trainer with TheStable.ca since 2017 and has had outstanding success in his four decades in the harness racing industry. A PEI native who moved to western Canada when …
TheStable.ca broadcasting live from Harrisburg HARRISBURG, PA — TheStable.ca will broadcast a live pre-game show from this week’s Harrisburg Yearling Sale. Each show will span an hour or more and will start at 10:00 a.m. EST on November 7 and at 9:00 a.m. EST on November 8 and 9. (Times are subject to change.) Harrisburg …