Down The Stretch Podcast

Feb 02 2025 261 ep. 30 mins 5

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A colourful, entertaining and passionate weekly look at thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter horse racing in Ontario hosted by Peter Gross.

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Down the Stretch for February 3, 2025

Feb 02 2025 26 mins

We’ve got Marty Drexler and Sahin Civaci adding to their totals in the U.S. There were Kentucky Derby preps in New York and California - favorites won each of those, but did you see all the longshots at Mohawk last Thursday? We did. We’ve got some make-up audio with Doug McNair after we stiffed him last week when he won 6 at Mohawk. Joe Santos of Acera talks about insuring your

Down the Stretch for January 27, 2025

Jan 26 2025 28 mins

In this very busy episode: + Moira wins an Eclipse Award; Donato Lanni accepts + Wins in the U.S. by Sahin Civaci, Sofia Vives and Steve Owens + The $3 Million Pegasus Invitational from Gulfstream + The $1 Million Southwest Stakes from Oaklawn + Marty Drexler talks about his great start at Gulfstream + Trainer Tony Beaton tells us which of his horses he thinks deserves the O�

Down the Stretch for January 20, 2025

Jan 19 2025 21 mins

When was the last time a Canadian jockey did this? – Sahin Civaci won 7 races over a 3-day span at Aqueduct. We also have jockey Sofia Vives, owner Bruno Schickedanz and trainer Marty Drexler. Time to start looking at prep races for the Kentucky Derby and you should observe what Disco Time had to do to win the Lecomte at the Fair Grounds. This podcast bows to driver Trevor Henry

Down the Stretch for January 13, 2025

Jan 11 2025 30 mins

Something for Donald Trump to address – Canadians taking U.S. money: a pair of wins for Marty Drexler at Gulfstream and a winners circle pic for Sahin Civaci at Aqueduct. Harness driver, Billy Davis explains why it took 17 years for him to decide to drive full-time at Mohawk. James MacDonald looks back at his spectacular year and looks forward to his honeymoon in Hawaii. We ‘sa

Down the Stretch for January 6, 2025

Jan 05 2025 27 mins

Familiar faces from Woodbine were winning in the U.S. - Kazushi Kimura rode a Tall Oaks Farm-bred filly to a huge upset in a Stakes race at huge odds at Santa Anita. We’ve got wins at Aqueduct from Sofia Vives and Sahin Civaci. Marty Drexler and Bruno Schickedanz scored at Gulfstream. We don’t know the creeps who let War Envoy, a Breeders’ Cup horse end up starving, emaciated

Down the Stretch for December 23, 2024

Dec 21 2024 27 mins

In this very special episode, we have edited together the funniest, weirdest, wackiest and most wonderful moments in horse racing from 2024. Sit back and enjoy: + The bad beats - A sulky explodes in deep stretch; a leading horse jumps the fence just before the wire + Shamrock wins on March 17, Count Dracula wins on Halloween and Saturday wins on Thursday + How mature are we that

Down the Stretch for December 16, 2024

Dec 16 2024 27 mins

From the final day of racing at Woodbine, we check out the Steady Growth Stakes and the individuals who dazzled in 2024. On Saturday, the La Prevoyante Stakes came down to a very close photo between a heavy favourite and the longest shot. We celebrate the career of Justin Stein, who has quit riding to become a steward. Ron Sadler’s Northern Ruby, a 10-year-old, ran for the last t

Down the Stretch for December 9, 2024

Dec 08 2024 23 mins

The Valedictory Stakes at 1 ½ miles was the feature at Woodbine; what kind of a price could you get on a horse ridden by the leading jockey and sent out by the leading trainer? From Paris to New Jersey in a matter of hours – Doug McNair talks about 2 dramatically different harness racing experiences. Jonathan Drury and Tyler Borth broke through the same plateau this week, and We

Down the Stretch for December 1, 2024

Dec 01 2024 27 mins

The Princess Elizabeth Stakes and Coronation Futurity at Woodbine were each worth $250,000. We talk with Jennifer Stein who brings us up to speed on her husband Justin, who was badly injured in a 5-horse spill. There was an amazing debut win by a horse named Little Red Domi. Mark Romeo of Terra Racing Stable tells us no one was as surprised as he was with this 2-year-old’s first

Down the Stretch for November 25, 2024

Nov 24 2024 24 mins

We take the good with the bad this week – 5 horses down and 3 jockeys to the hospital after the first race Thursday at Woodbine. The good refers to Sahin Civaci, who won the Shady Well Stakes on Saturday and it was one of his 6 wins on the card. Another jockey, Austin Adams has been piling up the wins and taking advantage of being the go-to apprentice. Driver Mark MacDonald talks