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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Jctoronto on August 02, 2026, 08:03:56 PM
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https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DQmzqSK1Q/
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Sorry I don't open links
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Sorry I don't open links
Neither do I
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Smart move, there's no way I would open anybody's like on this website
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Smart move, there's no way I would open anybody's like on this website
Here is the summary for you, tough guy:
Ford is scared to death that the hambletonian is leaving the meadowlands next year
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Thanks for posting the letter.
I’m waiting for all the naysayers to start spreading their rhetoric about the writer and/or the content.
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thank you for posting that!!
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They are under the assumption the Meadowlands will still be open or even wants it. They had the opportunity to bid on the contract. They wanted 1 yr, Jeff doesn't seem optimistic about the future of racing in NJ and he's sick of funding it. Be honest, do you enjoy the racing at the big M on a regular Fri or Sat card? For what it's worth, he saved the place, bless him for that. I don't see anybody else that will be the next.
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Thanks for posting the letter.
I’m waiting for all the naysayers to start spreading their rhetoric about the writer and/or the content.
of course me too. All the fucking losers that wish they were in Mark's position
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Ford trying to stay relevant and keep his job. If the Meadowlands closes Ford won't need to resign.
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Thanks for posting the letter.
I’m waiting for all the naysayers to start spreading their rhetoric about the writer and/or the content.
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Mark is sweating like he does after too many plates at the buffet! ngc3
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What would happen if Mark and Dave Little were at the buffet table at the same time.
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If a buffet sees them coming in together, they need to put up the closed sign as fast as they can! ngc3
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I heard from a guy they were at the hambo draw and had to be told that those appetizers were for everyone. ngc3
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I can't believe how jealous you guys are of Mark. The guy made name for himself what did you guys do?
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I’ve never been given a refund and told to leave from the old country buffet. ngc3
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I can't believe how jealous you guys are of Mark. The guy made name for himself what did you guys do?
Currently his name is synonymous with owning a horse who was racing with illegal and abusive drugs in his system. Nobody is jealous of something like that attached to their name
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Currently his name is synonymous with owning a horse who was racing with illegal and abusive drugs in his system. Nobody is jealous of something like that attached to their name
you sound like that garbage pail,,, post your proof
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Currently his name is synonymous with owning a horse who was racing with illegal and abusive drugs in his system. Nobody is jealous of something like that attached to their name
Just like hundreds or maybe thousands of other INNOCENT owners who werent near the barn and didnt own a needle!
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you sound like that garbage pail,,, post your proof
I already posted this..but since you requested it...
The owner of the horse that won Atlantic Canada's most prestigious harness racing title in each of the past two years is speaking out against his former trainer, who's embroiled in a drug scandal.
Mark Ford is no stranger to harness racing in Prince Edward Island and across North America. The U.S.-based horseman owns Covered Bridge, winner of the Gold Cup and Saucer finals in both 2023 and 2024.
The horse's trainer, Jeff Gillis, was recently suspended from his work for 10 years by racing commissions in Ontario and Atlantic Canada after it was revealed he was part of an investigation into illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
Ford told CBC News he's been a client of Gillis for many years, and he was "very upset and disappointed" to learn about his alleged activities.
Ontario horse trainer suspended 10 years for buying performance-enhancing drugs: AGCO
Covered Bridge wins Gold Cup and Saucer for 2nd year in a row
"There's no explaining any of the actions. I knew nothing about it," Ford said from his training facility in upstate New York on Tuesday.
"I was dumbfounded and it puts me in a very embarrassing situation…. It's nauseating, it really is."
Gillis was part of an investigation led by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, which saw 27 horse trainers, veterinarians and others being charged "with offences relating to the systematic shipment and administration of illegal performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to racehorses competing across multiple jurisdictions."
Screengrab of a man with a ball cap on his head talking as part of an interview
Jeff Gillis is seen in this screengrab from a YouTube video posted by the Standardbred Canada account from May 27, 2021. He was being interviewed for winning his sixth O'Brien Award, which recognizes top individuals in harness racing in a given year. (Standardbred Canada/YouTube)
Based in the Guelph, Ont. area, Gillis is a successful trainer whose stables have won millions in purses over the years, according to his biography on the Woodbine website.
But the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has said records show Gillis purchased illegal drugs, including "a substance held out to be an illegal, blood-boosting synthetic erythropoietin," from U.S.-based veterinarian Seth Fishman.
Fishman was sentenced to 11 years in prison in July 2022 for making "untestable" performance enhancing drugs, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the southern district of New York said on its website.
'No monkey business'
Ford said Tuesday that most people in the harness-racing community knew of the investigation into Fishman's dealings, but said he learned of Gillis's alleged involvement only when AGCO announced this week that it was issuing its suspension.
"It's just sickening, and it's even more sickening when it hits this close to home," Ford said.
The AGCO suspension states that any horses that were trained by Gillis would be ineligible to race, but can be sold or released to another trainer in good standing with the commission.
Kids admiring horse.
Covered Bridge, with driver Jordan Stratton, is congratulated by fans after winning the 65th Gold Cup and Saucer at the Charlottetown Driving Park at Red Shores in 2024. (Victoria Walton/CBC)
Ford said he believes Covered Bridge would fall into that category, and stressed that the horse never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs following his two Gold Cup wins or at any other time.
Despite the fact that Fishman's drugs are "untestable," Ford said elite horses like Covered Bridge wouldn't have been able to sustain racing on performance enhancers for as long as he did.
"They raced every week at high-end levels for years. I mean, generally, juiced-up horses don't do that," he said.
"I would be very confident that, no, there was no monkey business going on."
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WOW!!! Ford is a BS artist. A disgrace to the game. Anyone who believes that BS...is gullible.
MARK FORD SHOULD RESIGN. IF THAT STATEMENT WAS TRUE HE IS TO STUPID FOR THE POSITION.
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"G" and Paintbrush won't believe it no matter what and think he's a saint.
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of course me too. All the fucking losers that wish they were in Mark's position
BINGO!!!
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BINGO!!!
can you believe these fucking idiots that are jealous of Mark. The guy came from nowhere and made something of himself,, these cocksuckers are nothing but two dollar ticket kickers. Maybe once a year they get lucky and make a score but then they don't remember how much that cost them lol.
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can you believe these fucking idiots that are jealous of Mark. The guy came from nowhere and made something of himself,, these cocksuckers are nothing but two dollar ticket kickers. Maybe once a year they get lucky and make a score but then they don't remember how much that cost them lol.
yes--pointing out that Ford used a trainer who bought and used epogen from Fishman certainly exposes me as a $2 ticket kicker
you have found me ngc3
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yes--pointing out that Ford used a trainer who bought and used epogen from Fishman certainly exposes me as a $2 ticket kicker
you have found me ngc3
Owners have no control of what their trainers do. Being president of the SBOA and on the board of the USTA I really don't think he would risk all that knowingly that his trainer was using EPO.
Maybe you should talk to Mark before shooting your dumb fucking mouth off
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Owners have no control of what their trainers do. Being president of the SBOA and on the board of the USTA I really don't think he would risk all that knowingly that his trainer was using EPO.
Maybe you should talk to Mark before shooting your dumb fucking mouth off
maybe you should stop licking the balls of known felons and incarcerated people that you have lunches with tmbz1
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maybe you should stop licking the balls of known felons and incarcerated people that you have lunches with tmbz1
Maybe you should grow up! Or go play in traffic! tmbz1
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Maybe you should grow up! Or go play in traffic! tmbz1
who hurt ewe? ngc3
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Owners have no control of what their trainers do. Being president of the SBOA and on the board of the USTA I really don't think he would risk all that knowingly that his trainer was using EPO.
Maybe you should talk to Mark before shooting your dumb fucking mouth off
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Ignorance is not a defense
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Owners have no control of what their trainers do. Being president of the SBOA and on the board of the USTA I really don't think he would risk all that knowingly that his trainer was using EPO.
Maybe you should talk to Mark before shooting your dumb fucking mouth off
Didn’t seem to bother Howard Taylor who paid for these drugs. Now, if the owner didn’t pay either directly or by the trainer’s bill, then maybe the owner is innocent.
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Didn’t seem to bother Howard Taylor who paid for these drugs. Now, if the owner didn’t pay either directly or by the trainer’s bill, then maybe the owner is innocent.
that's funny he still racing please post your proof
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Mark smells like sweat and fritos!
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Mark smells like sweat and fritos!
That's great to hear! You must have enjoyed your time in bed with him?
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Mark smells like sweat and fritos!
did you swallow?
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No, but your mom should have! tmbz1
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Mark smells like sweat and fritos!
are you talking about the time you were licking his balls??