There are around 60 equines on the farm, Openwood Stable, that Susan Rasmussen has owned with her husband Harvey since 1978.
Profiles
'Bird' is the word on the Hollywood silver screen for a loveable longshot.
Cam Ziprick owned his first thoroughbred when he was just 13.
Two of Canada's most successful and popular racehorses in recent years have left the rigours of the racing world for new occupations.
About five years ago, Winnipeg's Barry Arnason decided to take a run at spending more money and improving his Thoroughbred business.
Zanetti has been on this earth longer than his young owner and rider, Hunter Trombley. In fact when Trombley, now 15, was a toddler, Zanetti was racing in some major three-year-old stakes races in Kentucky, Illinois, Florida and Ontario.
Once Dorothy and Sean started going to the races to watch their friends' horse run, they soon found a love for the sport.
Bar 17 Stable offers a wide range of services to the Alberta thoroughbred industry including boarding, training, foaling out, rehabilitation, and more.
Lou Tucci and his uncle Carlo fulfilled a lifetime dream when their colt Midnight Aria upset the 154th Queen's Plate.
There have not been too many thoroughbreds who have been able to win twice at the Breeders' Cup on two very different surfaces and with virtually no racing action in the year between.
The Landry brothers are currently third on the Northlands Park leading owners list with eight wins from 29 runners with purse earnings of $135,017.
There would be no mistaking Agameone for any of the top Thoroughbreds that have raced at Hastings Park in Vancouver in recent years. It took the Washington-bred 14 starts before she won her first race and in 13 subsequent outings, she never won again.
Trainer Malcolm Pierce has seen his affiliation with one of Canada's most well-known racing stables come full-circle over the course of his 31-year career on the backstretch in thoroughbred horse racing.
It had been 25 years since Elizabeth Hay reluctantly put riding aside to pursue school and her career.
Uncaptured has been a horse on the run since his narrow win first time out on May 13, 2012 at Woodbine.
