Behind the Gate ‘2? Mohawk but I like racing in Sydney. lnyerness. Saint _lohn. 'l'ruro. Charlotte— town and Summerside. l loye going to Woodstock: it is the number one place on the tour for me right now. the McCain Memorial. I hope that the grassroots leyel doesn‘t change."

\V'hat did he like most about horse rac— ing? lan answered. "I just like being a part of the industry and rubbing shoul- ders with all the good people inyolyed with it. I like driying. especially in the big races 1 think that sometimes we go a little oyerboard in the competitiyeness of the game. I like the lact that our proyincial goyernment is treating it as an important industry. I haye learned so much about lite and people l‘rom horse— men like l)onald Rankin. Lester (Ihappell. Mike MacDonald and others. I don‘t like the way some people abuse and treat horses in terms ol racing them l‘or that last dollar and not thinking ol' the health of the horse in any way. shape or l'orm. I don't like some ol. the practices like milk—shaking that some people carry on in that regard as well. \obody asks me to do one because they know I will not do one. I haye ethics and dont do it. The people that do these things are com— petitiye in the wrong way."

This gentleman spent about ll of his 3t years with horses. lle deyeloped a pro— l‘essional career lrom them and earned a good liying l‘rom horses. He also deyel— oped a hobby and satisl'ying outlet with

horses starting each day with jogging at

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6:00 am. and racing once a week. He loyed and appreciated horses for their true magnificence and toughness. liach horse has a true genetic potential and proper management ol‘ that horse will permit you to achieye it. In his practice. he did see a lot ol‘ horses that werent cared for as they should haye been and he found that distressing. He thought that a well—managed horse should be properly led. conditioned. trained. shod. cared for and equipped. You can giye them all the drugs in the world but you are not going to change their true genet— ic potential and that is what he striyed for with eyei‘y horse that he had. You are not going to make them go any faster than that.

This driyer trainer had a number of pos— By the same token. the tragic deaths of NW

itiye experiences in this game.

I’d/)ean/leer and .lIc(/e//_t' all‘ected and contributed to his philosophy on life. He explained. “'l‘hey were \‘ery tragic deaths and Ltl‘l‘ectecl my whole being. my work lil‘e and my lamily. Hie l’uperlnaleerlx‘ death all'ected me tor quite a while. I still haye moments thinking about little/his death. I think about that horse and what could haye been and what should haye

been. About the same time my partner

~lerry Hayward died. I read something on

the internet lrom an 83—year—old woman which said that lite is not the party that we all hoped it would be so while we are here we might as well enjoy the dance. that is what I try to do with my

lite and my horses. I always want the

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