Down The Stretch Podcast

Thoroughbred racing at Woodbine came to an abrupt end. Was it Rafael Hernandez or Justin Stein who won the jockeys’ race? There were multiple Stakes races at Woodbine, milestone wins for Mark Casse and driver Trevor Henry. There was a Crossover Pick 5 that no one could figure out. What did harness horse guy Adriano Sorella do when he discovered a horse he once owned was in a kill pen? Your horse f...

A full cast of players in Down The Stretch Episode 44 – Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson talks about a casino takeover, single sports betting and fixed odds betting. Harness horse owner, Marvin Katz rhapsodizes about his great pacer, Tall Dark Stranger. Racing Analyst Jeff Bratt tells us why next weekend’s Stakes races at Woodbine could determine the Horse of the Year. On Friday the 13th, one horse player...

Host Peter Gross loved all the Breeders’ Cup races, even if there wasn’t a single Canadian horse winning. How did trainer Kevin Attard feel when his wonderful mare, Starship Jubilee tossed her jockey right out of the gate in the Filly and Mare Turf? This podcast has the call of all 9 races from Saturday. You will also hear how badlu Mark Casse did at Keeneland on the weekend, but how great he did...

Host Peter Gross says the Three Year-Old Breeders Crown race at Hoosier Park was the greatest harness race ever. Is he right? And how did a horse driven by Scott Zeron pay so much? This podcast has all the Canadian connections from the Breeders’ Crown, including Bob McClure’s first Crown trophy. Woodbine’s CEO Jim Lawson is in this podcast telling sports fans that even though there is no hockey or...

It is very hard to sweep the Triple Crown. Even though Mighty Heart, trained by Josie Carroll was unable to take the Breeders’ Stakes, Carroll gets credit for sending out the winning horse in all three legs. Find out why. The third leg of the fillies’ Triple Tiara produced the third of three winners in the series. Owner Marvin Katz of Toronto had two winners at Hoosier Park in the eliminations for...

It’s just a few days until Mighty Heart runs in the Breeders’ Stakes as he shoots for a sweep of the Triple Crown and host Peter Gross talks with trainer Josie Carroll and Mighty Heart’s jockey Daisuke Fukumoto. Peter reminisces about being at Monmouth Park 40 years ago when Glorious Song raced against Spectacular Bid. Last Saturday at Mohawk they had 8 OSS Super Finals, each worth $250,000 and we...

Woodbine and TSN have agreed to extend Racing Night Live through to December. Christina Litz is the woman who struck the deal and she tells us just how good this is for horse racing. True to our promise to cover thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter horse racing in Ontario, this podcast has two Stakes races from Woodbine, both won by Patrick Husbands and Mark Casse, all kinds of Stakes races from...

How great is Mighty Heart? This podcast has him winning the Prince of Wales, so he’s just one step away from sweeping the Triple Crown. We've got interviews with Mighty Heart’s owner Larry Cordes and the groom Siobhan Brown. Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson updates us on happenings at Woodbine and Mohawk and how September may have been the most exciting month ever in Canadian horse racing. How about mic’d...

The first Mohawk Million provided more proof that owner Brad Grant knows his trotters. He dealt his slot to get Venerate into the race and that was the winner from post 10. Host Peter Gross talks with Grant, whose horses won the Hambletonian and Maple Leaf Trot as well. This Down The Stretch Podcast has the call of all the big money Stakes races at Mohawk and the added money events from Woodbine....

Like a 14 horse field for the Queen’s Plate, this podcast is filled with great racing outcomes, stories and interviews. Host Peter Gross hits the Queen’s Plate superfecta by interviewing winning trainer Josie Carroll, her groom, her exercise rider and the owner of Mighty Heart, Larry Cordes. The sensational mare, Starship Jubilee won the $1.2 million Ricoh Woodbine Mile and maybe the most unusual...

Turns out June’s loss is September’s thrill. The 161st Queen’s Plate went on September 12 at Woodbine and trainer Josie Carroll not only won with 15-1 shot Mighty Heart, she got the bottom half of a huge exactor when Belichick came second. We have the complete call of the Plate as well as the four other Stakes races on the card. That same night Mohawk offered both the Peaceful Way and the William...

In this Down The Stretch Podcast, host Peter Gross warms up for the Queen’s Plate with selections from from Jennifer Morrison, Jason Portuondo and race caller Robert Geller. The 146th Kentucky Derby ran on the first Saturday in September and despite more than $10 million bet to win on Tiz the Law, there was an upset. Saturday night at Mohawk gave us the Maple Leaf Trot and the Canadian Pacing Derb...

The 33rd Down The Stretch Podcast is so full of thrilling horse racing stuff that the Pointer Sisters joined in with the background singing. A monster pacing machine named Tall Dark Stranger won the North America Cup at Mohawk. The following Sunday featured three Stakes races at Woodbine. We talked with NYRA’s Keith McCalmont about what it’s like to be at Saratoga without fans. Jockey Ed Walton’s...

When Peter Gross started the Down The Stretch Podcast in February, he got to a point in March when he had no actual horse races to run. Now he has an embarrassment of riches. This podcast has multiple Stakes events from Woodbine and Mohawk and another win at Ajax Downs for the amazing Country Boy 123. Will there be a Canadian horse in the Kentucky Derby next month? Looks like it, as Darren Rogers...

In this 31st episode of the Down The Stretch Podcast, host Peter Gross delivers all kinds of horse races. There were 5 Stakes races at Woodbine on Saturday, including the $500,000 Canadian Oaks won by rising star, Curlin’s Voyage. The amazing Pink Lloyd won another Stakes race, his 22nd added money win, his 25th conquest from 31 starts. Driver Bob McClure paced past the $25 million mark and there...

This Down The Stretch Podcast has two huge races from, the weekend. Based on the finish of the Travels Stakes at Saratoga, Tiz the Law is the best three year-old thoroughbred in North America. And, applying the same logic to the Hambletonian, it is a lady horse, Ramona Hill who is the best trotting three year-old. Jody Jamieson gives insight to his spectacular night at Mohawk as well as his take o...

Imagine everything that could happen in all genres of horse racing and imagine it’s in the same podcast and you would have this week’s Down The Stretch Podcast. Host Peter Gross has races from Woodbine, Mohawk, Saratoga. Ajax Downs and Del Mar. Driver James MacDonald got mic’d up during a harness race, had a career night at Mohawk, then got banged up in a bizarre spill at Mohawk Saturday night. Jo...

What do Pink Floyd, Pink Lloyd, Fred Astaire, Josie Carroll, Kevin Attard, Robert Geller, John Imbriale, Frank Ferrari, Kenny Middleton, Tony Calo, Jack Darling, Dr. Ian Moore, Antoinetta Culic, Justin Stein, Rafael Hernandez and Ed Walton have in common? They are all in this week’s Down The Stretch Podcast. Host Peter Gross has big race calls from Woodbine, Mohawk, Ajax Downs, Saratoga and a biza...

This episode of the Down The Stretch Podcast is proof that a lot happens in horse racing in a week. Host Peter Gross has stretch calls from Woodbine, Mohawk, Ajax Downs, Saratoga, Monmouth and the Meadowlands.. He talks with jockey Darryll Holland who was nursing some bruises after a scary fall. Harness driver Phil Hudon was a little more lucky. He tells us what happened when the bridle on his pac...

It’s a star studded Down The Stretch Podcast as host Peter Gross interviews trainers Josie Carroll, Mark Casse, Roger Attfield, Sid Attard and Kevin Attard. Also on board are jockeys Justin Stein who is lighting up the board at Woodbine, Ed Walton, who at 57 is the leading rider at Ajax Downs and Nikki Alderson, who at 27, is Ed Walton’s daughter and the race she won last week at Fort Erie had ann...

Host Peter Gross has filled this Down The Stretch Podcast with many races, including the three weekend thoroughbred Stakes events from Woodbine and at least 8 OSS Gold Series tussles from Mohawk (so many, we may have lost track). Walter Parkinson is the President of the Standardbred Breeders of Ontario and he explains how the breeders sued the government and won. Veteran driver Jody Jamieson looks...

If there’s something excitingly cool happening in horse racing, it’s in this episode of the Down The Stretch Podcast, hosted by Peter Gross We have the amazing Pink Lloyd kicking off his season with another impressive Stakes win. His regular rider is now Rafael Hernandez who is taking his best shot at winning the riders title. We interview him as well as his chief rival Emma Jayne Wilson. Lots of...

Host Peter Gross plays the stretch call of the 152nd Belmont Stakes. This podcast features longtime harness racing trainer/owner Jack Darling who owns Beaumond Hanover, right now the fastest three year-old pacer in Canada. Right after Bob Tiller won a thoroughbred race for 2,000th time, we got him on the phone. Veteran jockey Helen Vanek chats about her decision to ride full-time at Ajax Downs and...

Horse races from all over in this podcast: The first two Stakes races of the year at Woodbine, the first mile under 1:50 from Mohawk, an amazing night on the track for trainer Dr. Ian Moore, the whole card from the first day of racing at Ajax Downs thanks to Jennifer Morrison and one of the most bizarre races ever, though you had to be in France to see it. We have had several weeks of Woodbine CEO...

On this far-ranging Down The Stretch Podcast, host Peter Gross welcomes back horse racing to Ontario with many race calls from Woodbine and Mohawk. Woodbine CEO Jim Lawson flips the narrative by grilling Peter. Garnet Barnsdale provides an interview with driver Jonathan Drury and Jennifer Morrison sets up the quarter horse season at Ajax Downs. We have two jockeys on this show – Darryl Holland has...