Down the Stretch for June 22, 2020

Host Peter Gross plays the stretch call of the 152nd Belmont Stakes. This podcast features longtime harness racing trainer/owner Jack Darling who owns Beaumond Hanover, right now the fastest three year-old pacer in Canada. Right after Bob Tiller won a thoroughbred race for 2,000th time, we got him on the phone. Veteran jockey Helen Vanek chats about her decision to ride full-time at Ajax Downs and Fort Erie. Contributor Garnet Barnsdale tells us that behind every great harness race trainer...there’s a great woman, in this case, Ben Baillargeon’s daughter, Sara. We take you to Royal Ascot where the sensational Stradivarius put another Grade l win under his belt. And, only by listening to this podcast, will you understand how a rocking good version of a Jewish song by the Maccabeats has anything to do with the sport of horse racing.