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On Saturday April 3rd, I drove across the 401 to Mohawk Racetrack to interview a trainer for an upcoming piece in TROT Magazine.
It was a gloriously warm and sunny morning so I headed to the track early to take some photographs. While walking the backstretch, I had a chance to watch the morning works, meet some of the hard working grooms and speak to a few of the drivers and trainers all busy preparing their horses for race night.
(What follows is a photo essay of my morning at Mohawk. As always, please double left click the photo to enlarge and then use your "Back" button to return to the photo essay. Enjoy!)
Sunrise at Mohawk
Sunshine finish line
Head to head action
Putting your best foot forward
Hawks over Mohawk
Easy jog in the morning...
Catch me if you can
Taking a look
Sunshine spotlight
Hugging the rail
It's a long road
Time to go to work
Empty grandstand
tree top training
Two at a time
Tall as the trees
It's easy being green
Sign of the times
Wide turn
I've been spotted
Waiting in the weeds
The house on the hill
Futures so bright, I gotta wear shades
Clocking Out
Sweatin' to the oldies
Between the bars
Two heads are better than one
A kiss for luck
The spa treatment
A girl's best friend
Smiles are free
Lunch time!
Thumbs up
Cat nap
C horse run
I hope you enjoyed the photos. It's hard to believe that by 7PM post time on Saturday it was raining hard and there was such a strong wind it was bending the flag poles along the homestretch nearly in half. The dust was kicking up off the track in such a tailspin that I didn't want to take the camera out of its case for fear of damage.
Fortunately, it was a beautiful morning to be at Mohawk and spend time around the horses. If you're a fan of standardbred racing, why not click on over to the Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society website and see what you can do to help the heroes of the game. Perhaps you, or someone you know, might be able to adopt one of the great old warhorses like Ho Ho Sputnik, Kountry Kernal or Conrad Seelster.
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