From Woodbine, the Ontario Derby for boys and the Ontario Fashion Stakes for girls. We have the great Emma-Jayne Wilson talking about her 2,000th win. We celebrate women in harness racing – driver Amy Macdonald breaking through at Northfield and Jessica Turenne prevailing on Harness the Hope night in London. Out east, Woodmere Rockit ran his perfect streak to 11. Gambler Ryan Willis tells us how he won the Bet Ontario Handicapping Contest and how he actually makes money betting harness horses. Tyler Peeples puts together fractional syndicates and explains why *MyRacehorse.com is coming to Canada. It was Thanksgiving Monday at Ajax Downs and it went very well for Cassandra Jeschke, Corry Beland, Chantelle Bourgeois, James Bogar and Milena Kwiecien. And Down The Stretch talks with Keanu Uchida, the star of Dancer, A Musical in 10 furlongs.
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11 Oct 2026
Down the Stretch 352 for October 12, 2026
Another great story line from jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson – she had 4 wins on Friday and her lone win Saturday was the 2,000th of her career. Pietro Moran also with a 4-win day Saturday that included the Sophomore Stakes. We also have the Ontario Damsel and the Silver Creek Stakes. It was OSS Gold night at Mohawk with 8 finals including the showdown between Beau Jangles and Redland Rocketman. We talk with 90-year-old Len Green who owns DJ Stable which sent out Voyageur to win the Natalma at Woodbine.
5 Oct 2026
Down the Stretch 351 for October 5, 2026
In this blockbuster episode, we have the Cup and Saucer Stakes from Sunday at Woodbine and the Fall Turf Showcase on Saturday - the Dance Smartly, the Algonquin, the Nearctic and the Canadian International Stakes. At Mohawk Friday night, 3 valuable OSS Golds where the horses earned more than the bettors.
Trainer/owner John Pentland talks about his amazing 3 days during which he won the Little Brown Jug with Redland Rocketman, then the She’s a Great Lady Stakes with Jersey Bulldog.
We’ve got reigning Harness Horse of the Year, Beau Jangles winning at the Red Mile in Lexington. Versatile horse person, Dawn Lupul is now with the Highfield Investment Group and she tells us why it’s great for horse racing in Alberta than her company has bought Century Downs and Century Mile Racetracks in Alberta.
Jockey Ismael Mosqueira experienced the very good and the very bad at Ajax Downs. He won 4 races last Wednesday, but was also ejected from a horse that stumbled out of the starting gate.
Your host of this podcast auditioned to be the next full-time Mohawk Park race caller. Was Rob Platts overly cruel in rejecting him?
And Garnet Barnsdale so loves his harness horse Woodmere Rockit, he flew over 1300 kilometres to Charlottetown to see if the 2-year-old pacer would remain perfect through his first 10 races.
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