Down the Stretch for February 7, 2022

This podcast is loaded. We start with the O’Brien Awards honouring the best in Canadian harness racing. We reveal the Horse of the Year. American horse racing podcaster, Jon Stettin talks about the guy who got DQ’d from a betting contest and we borrow from Stettin an interview with Chantal Sutherland. We have Sutherland winning at Gulfstream and Emma-Jayne Wilson bringing in a 9-1 shot in a Stakes race at Tampa Bay. Owner Jim Ensom and trainer Marty Drexler talk about their winners in Florida. There were 3 preps for the Kentucky Derby and we have the stretch calls. Author Jennifer Morrison joined horse owner Larry Cordes at Ajax Downs to sell copies of her newly released book on Queen’s Plate champion Mighty Heart. At Mohawk, it may be frigid, but drivers Doug McNair and James MacDonald are smoking. And Courtney Robson owns and trains Thunder Romps, a rare horse that has won both as a pacer and a trotter.