Dr. Ian Moore ‘3‘;

leg. He had come to lan's larm to retire as a stallion. lan began to train him and he raced well; he also bred S0 mares in ()1 davs while racing. That summer he linished third in the 830.000 .\Ionctonian alter breeding a mare that morning: he won the Exhibition (Iup in 'l'ruro; he won the Governor’s l’late in Summerside. [an

and his caretaker Raymond lx'ellv never

trained him that summer because ol his lameness. 'l'hev would give him three davs off. three davs iogging and then race him. In the mud. 7b(‘ l’u/wrma/eer was a tiger — that horse loved the mud. In the Gold Cup Trial. he drew had and linished third to (limb/c. ()n (lold (Iup night. the heavens opened up alter the lourth race and the track became atrocious and that suited [an and HieI’d/)ern/(I/eer line. Ron .\lacl.ellan‘s horse would win the Gold (Iup and Saucer by six lengths in 101.1. lan described the moment. "I couldn‘t believe it. I was ahead bv six or seven lengths and the crowd was unlwlievable. It was quite a moment when we crossed the wire under the spotlight; however. I have learned from that horse how vou can be on such a high one dav and on rock bottom the next day when we had to make the decision to put him down." This horseman believed that his horses rellected him. How they raced allected his attitude. work and actions. lle con—

sidered how thev raced a rellection of

himsell. l’atrons realized that when thev saw his l)lue—white—l)lack colors on the track that he loved to have his horses in

shape and looking good.

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Behind the Gate

Ian‘s wile. \ancv. certainlv knew her wav around the racetrack. She won a powder pull race in Elmira. She repre— sented the l‘niversitv of Guelph in an Intercollegiate Driving Championship and represented Ontario in a four race National Championship. She helped out when necessarv. 'l‘heir kids (Ihelsev. Lindsav and 'l'vler were ver_v keen on the horses. 'l‘hev liked to be around and help out. Ian was verv appreciative that his lamilv was so supportive of his ventures

in the equine industrv.

'l‘his horseman noticed a change in the \vav horse racing has evolved. He stated. "In the larger centers. it is no longer a spectator sport but a gambling sport where vou go to a location to watch the race on a monitor. ()n Prince lidward island. it is still somewhat ol a spectator sport with decent crowds at times: how~ ever. no monev is bet on the live prod— uct. The live wager cannot support har~ ness racing so it must be subsidized bv government. simulcasting. slots or some

other source to survive."

l)r. Moore loved small—time racing l7nlortunatelv. in recent vears. we have witnessed the closing ol too manv small racetracks in (Ianada and the [Tnited States. ’l'odav. in the Atlantic area. a number ol tracks are in immediate dan— ger ol lacing the same late as Sackville Downs and that would be a tragedv lor all involved in this industrv. Ian inlormed. “l have raced in Yonkers.

.\Ieadowlands. lioxboro. Greenwood.