Down the Stretch for March 22, 2021

More fun than you ever thought possible in a horse racing podcast. The Louisiana Derby was the first Kentucky Derby prep to offer 100 points to the winner and the favourite flopped. We present Buck Dancer, who deserves to be in the conversation when we argue who’s the best trotter in Canada. His trainer Carmen Auciello tells us about him. The fastest pacer in Canada so far this year is Sintra and he was one of 4 wins for driver Jody Jamieson Saturday night. More success in the Meadowlands for Scott Zeron and Mark MacDonald and you will wish you bet on them. Kyle Ruhl is the grandson of John Ferguson and while Kyle won’t duplicate the great forward’s hockey career, he’ll take his best shot as a standardbred owner and trainer. Brian Henderson was a mutuel clerk at Ontario racetracks for 50 years; we preview his book Win Place Show and tell you how to get a free copy. We also have a mind-blowing story of an English horse player who bet a 5-race accumulator and cashed £250,000 even though his final selection lost. And you will enjoy the race caller who didn’t like the move the jockey made, so he called him a “bloody idiot.”