The Canadian Sportsman
June 14, 2010
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Favourite answers from past Post Parades
Brad Forward (above, Nov. 6, 2008):
What’s your favourite movie?
“That’s a tough one. (long pause) My favourite movie is actually Serendipity. My wife finds it pretty funny that it’s my favourite movie.”
Your parents must be happy how it turned out for you?
“Yeah, they’re pretty big supporters behind me, as well. I took my daughter to soccer the other day and she was just playing awesome and I said to my dad, ‘I can see how you feel sometimes. It just makes you feel so good when they’re doing so well.’ We’re pretty sentimental people. I get all choked up if they score a goal. I have to bite my tongue to stop from shedding a tear. My dad is that way, too.”
Who’s the funniest guy in the drivers’ room?
“Mark MacDonald is probably the funniest. Ever since I’ve been in Windsor Raceway it’s been the same thing. There’s been times we’ve come in and we’ve been looking for our shoes and we can’t find them anywhere. The only place you didn’t look was over your heads on the ceiling. They could be tied there, or glued there. There’s so many crazy things that he does.”
Nick Eaves (Jan. 14, 2010):
In university you were involved with Student Painters (which led to your job at WEG) do you do your own painting at home, or did that experience scar you for life?
“My wife would tell you just how inept I am when it comes to all house work, particularly painting!”
Do you supervise the painting projects at WEG?
“Some days I wish that is precisely what I did at WEG.”
Speaking of painting, is it true that in the murals in the Woodbine slot hall, some of the faces in the crowd are former high-level Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) executives?
“That is true. In fact, all of the faces are FORMER OLG executives.”
Jody Jamieson (June 21, 2007):
Hands down, the funniest movie ever made is.....
(laughs) “Dumb and Dumber.”
The Commish
Everyone gets the “If you were the Commissioner of all of harness racing...” question. Here’s the best responses.
Gord Brown (March 18, 2010):
“First of all I would fire myself, then I would kiss John Campbell’s ass and hire him. He is not only awesome, he is very intelligent.”
Angie Siller (Sept. 4, 2008):
“Establish and enforce a robust and uniform policy for medications across all jurisdictions.”
Kelly Spencer (Jan. 5, 2009):
“Commission a world-class research and development company to create a strategic plan that would provide the industry with a proactive roadmap to march forward.”
Handicapping Challenge
Post Parade subjects set the odds when asked the “chances the following will occur in the next 10 years”
You will win the Jug
Randy Waples (June 9, 2005) — “10-1. Even tougher to win than the NA Cup.”
Jody Jamieson (June 21, 2007) — “10-1” (Note — Jamieson won the ‘07 Jug with Tell All three months later)
Greg Grismore (Sept. 25, 2008) — “I’m going to be optimistic and say 20-1, all right 15-1.”
Gord Brown (March 18, 2010) — “99-1”
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May 20, 2010
Past Posts
Favourite answers from past Post Parades
Peter Heffering (above, centre; March 31, 2005):
What was the worst job you’ve ever had?
“I never got really excited about picking stones off the fields or stooking bundles of grain, which was done before combines came about.”
Darryl MacArthur (April 16, 2009):
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What’s harder — closing a real estate deal or a horse deal? Why?
“The real estate deal hands down. I haven’t lost a horse deal because they wouldn’t leave the appliances.”
You have to knock them dead at karaoke, what song do you pick?
“Don’t Stop Believing — Journey... and bring your lighters.”
Geoff Stein (May 26, 2005):
You live in the same New York town as former president Bill Clinton and his wife Hilary. Ever bump into them at the grocery store?
“No, but my kids have bumped into them quite a bit, Bill especially. Bill goes to a deli quite a bit. I think we have different eating habits, me and Bill. They’re around town a lot, more than you’d really think. In fact, one of my sons was running around the track at the high school and Clinton was jogging around the track, too. It was just the two of them, besides the Secret Service which my son called ‘two scary-looking guys sitting in the grandstand.’”
The Commish
Everyone gets the “If you were the Commissioner of all of harness racing...” question. Here’s the best responses.
Randy Waples (right, with friend Alan Kirschenbaum; June 9, 2005):
“Allow personalities to come out without any retribution.”
Nick Eaves (Jan. 14, 2010):
“Appoint a customers’ panel to balance the participant-side thinking.”
Ray Schnittker (July 24, 2008):
“I would look up most people’s records and if a guy’s got more than two or three positives that were not b.s. positives, I’d throw him out of the game.”
Handicapping Challenge
Post Parade subjects set the odds when asked the “chances the following will occur in the next 10 years”
The number of Ontario breeders will increase
Hugh Mitchell (Nov. 27, 2008) — “25-1.”
Kelly Spencer (Jan. 5, 2009) — “3-1”
Chris Roberts (Jan. 22, 2009) — “25-1”
Hec Clouthier (Feb. 12, 2009) — “20-1”
March 19, 2010
The best from our Post Parade Q & A feature
Past Posts
Favourite answers from past Post Parades
Trond Smedshammer (Sept. 2, 2004):
In a heated moment, do you ever swear at the other drivers in Norwegian?
“I don’t think I swear in Norwegian. I probably swear in English. It’s not like you yell out and curse. You just say it to yourself.”
Anthony Haughan (March 5, 2009):
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What’s the best thing about being Irish?
“The rugged good looks and natural charm.”
What’s the best thing you built in your former life a carpenter?
“I would hate to live in anything I built.”
How would you solve the OHHA / WEG contract dispute?
“How about a six-man tag-team match — David Willmot, Bruce Murray and Jamie Martin kicking off against O’Donnell, Double J and Jim Whelan with John Burns and Dave Boughton as guest refs. OHHA should jog.”
Moira Fanning (Oct. 18, 2008):
What’s your best brush-with-celebrity story?
“I did not recognize Muhammad Ali at the height of his fame when I was a 16-year-old usherette at the Valley Forge Music Fair. On the first night I was promoted to ticket taker I refused to let him and his entourage in because they did not have tickets. He was a sweetheart and very charming. The theatre manager knocked me out of the way and swept them all into a box. Needless to say I was demoted immediately.”
What bugs you most about a typical horseperson?
“They won’t take care of themselves. They provide extraordinary care for their horses as they should, but then — their own health be damned! There are never any sick days in racing.”
The Commish
Everyone gets the “If you were the Commissioner of all of harness racing...” question. Here’s the best responses.
Bob Marks (Feb. 28, 2008:
“Order whomever appointed me to immediate confinement.”
Rick Zeron (April 29, 2004):
“Remember, I’d be the commissioner, not a horseman, so I’d hire more people like judge (Gary) Cahill. He doesn’t let anybody off with anything. He’s tough on everybody. As a commissioner I’d want more judges like him.”
Sarah Lauren Scott (July 30, 2009):
“I agree with John Campbell’s thoughts on ‘If I was Commissioner...’ from The Sportsman’s past issue 100 per cent. We need to improve harness racing integrity once and for all, for everyone involved.”
Handicapping Challenge
Post Parade subjects set the odds when asked the “chances the following will occur in the next 10 years”
You will win the Hambletonian
Randy Waples (June 9, 2005) — “5-1. (My brother) Ronnie, Jr. will get me there.”
Jody Jamieson (June 21, 2007) — “15-1”
Wally Hennessey (July 12, 2007) — “100-1”
Greg Grismore (Sept. 25, 2008) — “Probably 25-1.”
John Bax (Oct. 16, 2008) — “10-1”
David Scharf (May 1, 2008) — “100-1. But I would have given you those same odds after I won the Hambletonian with Self Possessed, so if you had gotten down you would have hit the 100-1 shot last year with Donato.”
Rod Hughes (Feb. 4, 2010) — “15-1”
Gord Brown (March 18, 2010) — “99-1”
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