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Down The Stretch Podcast

Down The Stretch Podcast

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A colourful, entertaining and passionate weekly look at thoroughbred, standardbred and quarter horse racing in Ontario hosted by Peter Gross.TMDS
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  • Down the Stretch 334 for June 8, 2026
    Jun 7 2026

    We’re not angry, but we do have the Fury Stakes from Woodbine. What happened to the unbeaten Beau Jangles when he met the strongest field of his 16-race career in an elimination for the North America Cup? The 158th Belmont Stakes went to Kentucky Derby champ Golden Tempo thanks to another last to first surge. Canadian Melanie Giddings scored a win last week at Saratoga, and after Tawny Port won the Belmont Gold Cup in record time, Garnet Barnsdale issued a warning to any bettors planning to bet that horse in the Melbourne Cup.

    Down The Stretch remembers the career of jockey Francine Villeneuve, who died last week. Opening Day at Fort Erie was a tour de force for jockey Sofia Vives and owners Icon Racing. Trainer Anthony Adamo tells us he had never before won 4 races with the only 4 horses he sent out on the same day.

    A mare with a North American resume won the famed Elittlopet in Sweden. We have the call...in Swedish.

    And at Ajax Downs, Cassandra Jeschke won for the first two times this year, Cristian Benitez added to his leading win total and Had To Be Fabulous suffered a rare defeat.

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    28 mins
  • Down the Stretch 333 for June 1, 2026
    May 31 2026

    From Woodbine, 3 Stakes – the Belle Mahone, the Eclipse and the Jacques Cartier. From Mohawk - the Somebeachsomewhere and a pair of $100,000 Graduate Series races for 4-year-olds.

    Woodbine’s Alanna Nolan is on the phone telling how the company’s production team notched a pair of finalists for the Hashtag Sports Awards.

    A horse bred by Sam Son Farm won at Churchill Downs and paid $54.50 to win.

    Chantal Sutherland is now 50 and still winning races – 2 on one afternoon at Monmouth

    At Ajax Downs, another good day for the Benitez brothers and a pair of quarter horse rarities. A mother horse racing against her daughter and a speedster named Peighntmeadiamond, who is not only a blood relative to the great Northern Dancer, but on May 27, which would have been the Dancer’s 65th birthday, the 4-year-old won a race.

    And when Conn Smythe the horse won 2 races in a row, we recalled the human Conn Smythe and how he financed a Stanley Cup win after betting on a 107-1 shot. Jockey Jeffrey Alderson admits he knows much more about the horse named Conn Smythe than the man,

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    33 mins
  • Down the Stretch 332 for May 25, 2026
    May 24 2026

    No Stakes races Saturday at Woodbine but trainers Josie Carroll, Katerina Vassilieva, Catherine Day Philips and Krista Cole combined for an incredible pick-6. OSS Gold Legs at Mohawk Saturday night and no horse yet has figured out how to defeat the amazing Beau Jangles. We have his trainer, Dr Ian Moore wondering if the 30-race win streak by the trotter A Worthy Lad is attainable. Former Maple Leaf, Eddie Olczyk makes the podcast after the remarkable choices he promoted for the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. We have a Family Feud theme for our Ajax Downs Coverage – could the Benitez brothers outride Mrs. Botello’s favourite son? And from Los Alamitos, a race that could indicate your wagering is having a negative effect on your marital life.

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    26 mins
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