The 66-year-old trainer with 860 career wins speaks passionately of a career that is still galloping along at a good clip.
(Left) Dan Vella's Iskandar Elakbar earns the trainer his first training win on March 10, 1990. (Turfotos); (right) The Minkster, under jockey David Moran, winning on Oct 2, 2021 at Woodbine. (Michael Burns Photo)
You're Listening to an article from Canadian Thoroughbred.com. Dan Vella: A Wonderful 50-Year Horse Racing Life By: Chris Lomon, Woodbine Communications.
Sitting comfortably in his living room on a bitterly cold January morning, Dan Vella embraced the opportunity to reminisce about his horse racing life, the one started 50 years ago on the Woodbine backstretch.
With the 2021 Thoroughbred season in the rear-view mirror and the start of the 2022 Toronto oval campaign a few months away, the 66-year-old Vella spoke passionately and proudly of a career that is still galloping along at a steady pace.
While certain names, both horses and people, might escape his recollections, how it all began for the man with 860 career wins, where he’s currently at, and where he believes he’s headed, couldn’t be any clearer.
