I spent hundreds of Saturday mornings jogging horses. Sitting behind a horse like this was usually an enjoyable few hours. I think this horse was Reason to Rise.


One of my fondest memories as a kid was going to the races with my parents, relatives and grandparents. I distinctly remember filling popcorn boxes with losing tickets and then racing down to the fence when the trotters and pacers came thundering down the stretch. I love the noise, the smells and the excitement. I remember my grandfather was always in his glory at the racetrack. This love of horses and racing was sort of strange because we were basically city folks, we did not have any connections or knowledge about the world of horse racing on the other side of the fence.

I continued going to the races as a fan. One day I decided to pull back the curtain and get involved in horse ownership and training. I attended a seminar in Wooster Ohio in the early 1990’s. I did some reading and research. Soon I put together a little syndicate and we bought our first horse, Broadway Beau. The horse did not do well but I had a blast. Soon I was buying horses every year with my friend and partner, Rich Vrable. Then I was jogging horses, training (sort of) horses, staking horses, bidding on horses, making friends in the horse business and continuing to have fun.

This “hobby”, expanded into other areas, I took students on tours of the backstretch, wrote a travel publication about horse racing, and began to write a steady stream of magazine articles on harness racing. I still love the harness racing. I have my eye on a few yearlings and some additional projects on deck in the wonderful world of trotters and pacers.

Here is a list of horse I have owned so far.

 

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