Down The Stretch Podcast

Mar 09 2025 266 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 March 10, 2025

Mar 09 2025 28 mins

March is Women’s History Month and Saturday was International Women’s Day; appropriately, this podcast has a healthy amount of female content: races at Mohawk and the Meadowlands in which all the drivers were women. Melissa Keith is North America’s only full-time harness race announcer. She was invited to the Meadowlands to call several races and she tells us how that happene

Down the Stretch for March 3, 2025

Mar 01 2025 27 mins

As usual, multiple racetracks, lots of Cancon and compelling people; Bill Tharrenos, Leo Salles, Marty Drexler and Melanie Giddings in the Gulfstream winners’ circle. Kentucky Derby preps from Aqueduct, Gulfstream and Santa Anita. Harness driver James MacDonald hit the 4000-win plateau, won 4 wins on Monday night, but it was all about what happened when he ‘rolled up the rim.�

Down the Stretch for February 24, 2025

Feb 23 2025 33 mins

The Down The Stretch Podcast has been named a finalist in the Sovereign Award Broadcast category. Another nominee, Jennifer Morrison assesses several of the eligible finalists with Peter Gross. We have wins in the U.S. from Bill Tharrenos, Marty Drexler, Bruno Schickedanz and Josie Carroll. Kentucky Derby Preps from Turfway, Tokyo and Oaklawn Park. Longtime horseman and agent Leroy

Down the Stretch for February 17, 2025

Feb 16 2025 23 mins

Trainer Bill Tharrenos finally broke through at Gulfstream and so did apprentice rider, Rachel Slevinsky. We have the Risen Star from the Fair Grounds as the Kentucky Derby hopefuls stake their credentials. Trainer Nick Galluci expands on Chantilly, the Canadian Harness Horse of the Year and her owner, George Millar tells us how a great horse inspires him, even after serious surger

Down the Stretch for February 10, 2025

Feb 09 2025 30 mins

In this episode, complete coverage of the Obrien Awards featuring Chantilly, James MacDonald, Doug McNair and George Millar. We found Canadians winning at Oaklawn and a smart looking winner of the Kentucky Derby prep at Tampa Bay. The story of Johnstown Jet defies logic. He won last week at Mohawk for Kyle Bossence, but before that, he was an Amish buggy horse for 6 years. Trainer

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