When the skies over the Woodbine backstretch opened and the teeming rain began to fall, Thea Eke smiled.
The rain seemed relentless as Eke stood outside of trainer Katerina Vassilieva’s barn on a cold, grey, damp morning that offered little reason for contentment.
Yet, despite the gloomy backdrop, the University of Guelph (Ridgemont Campus) Equine Care & Management student was in her own happy place.