For an investment of just $5,700, Karen and Joel Mena and their partners Clive and Linda Lytle collected an armful of awards at the 2012 British Columbia Turf Awards at the end of the Hastings Park season.
Profiles
Former jockey and trainer Sean Hall had to leave horse racing after a serious accident but not before he bred a Canadian classics contender.
The misadventures of Danforth Dan
Rachel Halden on leaving England and working her way to training star horses for Chiefswood Stables.
Many Thoroughbred racehorses have enjoyed a second career as Eventing horses. The breed has the endurance and grit the sport requires as evidenced by many of the sport's top athletes with thoroughbred pedigrees.
Bill Graham considers himself an optimist and in the world of the thoroughbred, positive thinking is imperative.
She is a civil ligation lawyer most of her day, a veterinarian on the side and in her 'spare time', Dr. Anne Walker devotes herself to everything, and all things, horses.
Bred by Adena Springs, the son of Awesome Again was on the short list of contenders for the Queen's Plate in the spring of 2003.
The logo, publishers and editors of Canada's most respected thoroughbred magazine have all changed over the last 50 years but, interestingly, many of the issues facing the sport remain the same.
Just when he thought that he was done with board meetings and industry responsibilities, Ole A. Nielsen is right back in the game.
Follow the journey of star filly Inglorious from birth to Woodbine Oaks and Queen's Place glory.
The bloodlines of Inglorious.
Pender Harbour wins a squeaker at Fort Erie, taking the second jewel of Canada's Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes.
"There is nothing in my life that I've been successful at in my first attempt. I've had to work hard at everything I do. I've made mistakes, but the secret is not to make the same mistake twice."
In 2003, three years after Glenn Harvey sold his business and retired young, Kelynack Farms was born on a 200-acre spread in Burlington, Ont.