LNJ Foxwoods Jaime Roth / Harness Racing Announcer Frank Salive / Woodbine’s Mark McKelvie

Ann and Larry interview LNJ Foxwoods Jaime Roth ,who discusses the family business and how she became involved with her parents with the racing stable. Jaime also discusses the robust Canadian division of LNJ Foxwoods and some of their horses and why the stable likes to race at Woodbine and talks about some of the charities the company works with and why it is important to support them. Harness Racing Announcer Frank Salive, who discusses how he became a racetrack announcer and chose it over a potential career in hockey. He also talks about the recent awards ceremony for his election into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and what being included in the ceremony meant to him and also discusses the differences in calling a harness race and a Thoroughbred one. Frank also mentions some upcoming dates where he will be calling the races at Woodbine Mohawk Park, where he is filling in for regular announcer Ken Middleton. Woodbine’s Mark McKelvie, who discusses what’s happening at Woodbine with the days leading up this week for Sunday’s King’s Plate. He also discusses why the next couple of months are important to Woodbine Mohawk Park and the upcoming RCMP Musical Ride in September and talks about how listeners can secure tickets for the King’s Plate which he adds are going quickly. In our feature, ‘In Case You Missed It’ A Look At The Way It Was In Horse Racing News, Larry discusses the betting schedule for next Sunday’s King’s Plate Day and also the tale of moving Jockey’s, with the upcoming Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Larry also provides his ‘Ponies Picks of the Day’ selections for several North American Racetracks. 

Key Points: 

Jaime discusses the family business LNJ Foxwoods, a Thoroughbred racing outfit that is a parents-daughter team and is involved in Thoroughbred ownership. Jaime discusses her background and how she became part of the family business and why it is important that they operate a Canadian division at Woodbine. Jaime also mentions why the company likes racing at Woodbine and also why it is important that they continue to race on a synthetic racing surface and why it is is a game changer in her opinion. She also mentions about why supporting equine charities are important to LNJ Foxwoods.

Frank discusses his path to becoming a Hall of Fame Announcer and whether there was an influencer that helped direct him when he was first starting out in the harness racing industry. Frank also mentions a couple of races that he called that still resonate with him today and talks about his recent induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and how honoured he felt. Frank also discusses whether there was an interest in harness racing before his announcing career and when it comes to announcing horse races, is there any major differences between calling harness races and Thoroughbred ones. He also talks about filling in for Ken Middleton at Woodbine Mohawk Park over the next week.

Mark discusses the upcoming week and the preparations in place for next Sunday’s King’s Plate . He also talks about what the listeners can look forward to next Sunday if they are planning to take in the day in person and mentions that tickets to King’s Plate Day are going fast, but does give a web site should listeners want to try and attend the race next week. Mark also discusses the current Woodbine Mohawk Park harness meet and why the next two months are important and also talks about two special nights in September when the RCMP Musical Ride will perform. He also mentions for show listeners to keep checking the Woodbine website for possible important update announcements this week.