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When Fear Factor got the job done in last Sunday’s second race at Cal Expo, Wendi Wiener admits it was like getting a jump start on her love of harness racing. The six-year-old son of Always A Virgin, who is co-owned by Wendi and trainer Nathalie Tremblay, was making his first appearance on the year with Nick Roland guiding him to the two and a quarter-length score. “Since my husband Stu passed, I’ve just been racing our homebreds, and after Lilbitofmama retired I really though I was done,” Wendi related. “It just didn’t feel the same anymore. We know racing is in our blood and we...

Robert Corbin is enjoying his second winter at Cal Expo while sending his share of performers to the winner’s circle. “The weather is great and we had such a good time last year we decided to come back,” explained the 61-year-old Chicago native. While Robert got his first taste of the sport in his teens through his parents, it wasn’t until six years ago that he really got involved in the game. “My mother passed away and we wanted to have something for my father to look forward to, so we ended up buying a broodmare and eventually purchased some racehorses as well.”

Islington Boxing Club coaches Jake Cutting (left) and Simon Rose AMATEUR boxing coaches Simon Rose and Jake Cutting are itching to step back between the ropes, writes Steve Barnett. The duo joined Islington Boxing Club, in Upper Holloway, in December, but with the lockdown then forcing gyms to shut they haven’t yet had the chance to put their new squads through their paces. Rose, who joins Islington BC’s senior competitive squad, transferred from Fitzroy Lodge ABC, where he enjoyed many years of boxing and coaching with the historic Lambeth club. Simon Rose fighting for London ABA in Swed...

Rockinscience, fresh from a sparkling victory for driver/trainer Luke Plano, takes on a solid cast in Saturday night’s featured $9,700 Robert Gordon Pace at Cal Expo. Watch and Wager LLC will present 13 races with first post set for 4:55 p.m. and the main event is slotted as the eighth contest on the evening. There are several major contenders in the Gordon line-up, with Rockinscience likely to have his share of backers as he goes for the hat trick this weekend. The four-year-old son of Rockin Image carries the banner of Nikki Hudson and Dave Haness. After taking the measure of a softer gro...

Cal Expo Harness Jake Cutting has literally flown off the gate at this harness racing meeting with the equivalent of at :26 and change opening quarter, scoring with 17 of his first 51 drives. The Calgary native has displayed the cool of someone far beyond his 19 years and is making quite an impression. “My mom and dad, my aunt and uncle, my sister and her boyfriend and my grandparents on my mom’s side have all been involved with the sport,” Cutting related. “From as far back as I can remember, this is what I wanted to do.” One of Jake’s fondest memories came when Jim Marino won th...