From a huge Saturday at Woodbine, we have the Marine, the Highlander, the Selene, the Dominion Day and the Royal North Stakes and what a good day it was for Julia Carey, Gail Cox, Josie Carroll, Ryan Munger, Fraser Aebly and Sid Attard. Could Beau Jangles return to the winners’ circle in an OSS Gold Leg at Mohawk? On the first Thursday card of racing at Mohawk, let’s just say it was a good night if your last name was MacDonald. Props to the Meadows harness track in Pennsylvania - they had a Fathers’ Day twist in which 5 pairs of dads and sone raced against each other. Down The Stretch contributor, Garnet Barnsdale has reason to be excited about the debut of a horse he owns. And how cool is it to win a race when the horse you’re driving has the same name as you do. This happened at Vernon Downs.

From Woodbine, the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay Stakes. A monster night at Mohawk for Doug McNair and we’re saying what he did will never happen again. James MacDonald talks with us about his North America Cup win and what’s left on his bucket list.

We drop into Aqueduct for another win by Canadian trainer, Melanie Giddings

Yves Turcotte is the only survivor of the 5 Turcottes who rode thoroughbreds. He is the latest recipient of the Avelino Gomez Award and he talks with Down The Stretch about his career and that of his brothers

Dom Romeo was honoured with the Mint Julep Award from the CTHS and his son, Mark explains why his dad deserves it. On Father’s Day at Ajax Downs, there was a Stakes race that had the last three Canadian Quarter Horses of the Year.

And stay to the end because our story about the betting cup pulled off by Declan Queally on the Irish bookies is sublime.

The biggest night at Mohawk featured multiple Stakes races including the $1 Million North America Cup. On the thoroughbred side, after almost 2 months of racing at Woodbine, the leading Stakes winning trainer is Dale Desruisseaux. He talks with us about his 4 Stakes wins. The 4-year-old Conn Smythe won again to become the first horse to capture 3 races this year.

Which Canadian-born trainer has won the most races in the last decade at Saratoga? Her name is Melanie Giddings and we got her on the phone.

The Fort Erie jockeys paid an emotional farewell to Francine Villeneuve, the Queen of Fort Erie. And we pay our weekly visit to Ajax Downs to see how the quarter horses are running. Spoiler alert – they’re running really fast.