Today, Larry goes one on onewith Lynne O’Brien, Executive Director of Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre whodiscusses their ‘Celebrate Sunrise’ Event on Sunday, June 22nd, which serves as both an Open House and Fund Raiser for the facility. Lynne also talks about the programs that ‘Sunrise’ continues to offer and also mentions another Fund Raiser that ‘Sunrise’ will be organizing for the Fall.; Retired Jockey Paul Souter, who talks about what it felt like to win the Avelino Gomez Award recently and whether he was surprised that he won. Paul also discusses some of the better horses that he had an opportunity to ride and mentions that what made the Gomez Award even sweeter, is the fact that Avelino and he were good friends.; Jessica Carnochan, Marketing Manager for Clinton Raceway, who talks about the plans for Opening Day tomorrow and why construction to the Grandstand forced a delay in the opener. She also mentions why Clinton Raceway is such a popular place in the Summer and also discusses some of the event days that the track will continue to host over the Summer months.

In our feature, ‘In Case You Missed It’ A Look At The Way It Was In Horse Racing News , Larry talks aboutthe recent passing of two significant Horse Racing participants, U.S. Trainer Christophe Clement and Woodbine Horseman Paul Buttigieg. He also provides his ‘Ponies Picks of the Day’ selections for several North American Racetracks, later on in the show and in our ‘Road Trip’ feature, Larry visits today’s Belle Mahone Stakes at Woodbine.

Bullet points of key topics, guests (who they are) & time stamps:

● Lynne initially discusses ‘Celebrate Sunrise’ which will be held on Sunday, June 22nd at their Puslinch location and mentions how the event is the major Fund Raiser for Sunrise Therapeutic Riding and Learning Centre. Lynn also discusses the programs being offered at their facility and also talks about a couple ‘special stories’ surrounding the facility. She also talks about why horses are so important to the success of ‘Sunrise’ and talks about the importance of one horse in particular, ‘Jack’ a retired Standardbred. She also discusses another fund raisingevent that they will be holding in the Fall and Lynne also mentions how listeners can buy tickets for ‘Celebrate Sunrise’ on Sunday June, 22nd.

● Paul initially talks about how he felt to win the Avelino Gomez Award and how winning it was even more special, because Avelino and he were great friends. He also discusses some of the better horses he had a chance to ride during his career and who he thought was the greatest horse and why and mentions why Hall of Fame Trainer Yonnie Starr was such a major influence in his career as well. Paul also talks about his relationship with several of the top Jockeys and says who he believes was the toughest Jockey to ride against. He also mentions how he knew that it was time to retire from Race Riding.

● Jessica initially talks about the preparations for Opening Day tomorrow and why the original Opening Day was cancelled from May 18th and notes some of the renovations being made on the Grandstand. She also discusses some of the dates for the track’s major events over the Summer and talks about how she originally become involved with Clinton Raceway. She also talks about what she believes is the role that Clinton Raceway plays in the Ontario Harness Racing landscape and gives an idea of the demographic that attends the Harness Races at Clinton over the Summer months and mentions whether Clinton Raceway will eventually hold their popular ‘Legends Day’, on an annual basis.