The bright purple sign of Buttigieg’s Training Centre appears just as the GPS cuts in: “you will need to park and now walk to the destination.” Disobeying the command and instead of pulling into the driveway, you take note of several paddocks filled with dozens of thoroughbreds basking in the warmth of the fresh fall air. At the top of the laneway, a silhouette of a man in a golf cart suddenly appears. Sitting with ease, Paul Buttigieg is dressed in a beige sweater and blue jeans. A small curve of a smile appears on his face as he starts up the cart and begins a tour of his farm in Egbert, ON.

The racehorse owner, trainer and breeder has been working in the thoroughbred industry for over four decades.

“I galloped horses for about 40 years. I was an assistant trainer to Glenn Magnusson and then I started training on my own,” he said.

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