Mark Steacy in the HRU Twos in Training spotlight

Leading Ontario trainer Mark Steacy spoke to Jaimi MacDonald his most promising 2-year-olds, past greats such as 2006 Canadian Horse of the Year Majestic Son, working with the LandMark fractional stable, turning more of the stable operations over to his son and coping with COVID-19.

by Dave Briggs

HRU’s Virtual Twos in Training series continued Saturday (May 16) featuring trainer Mark Steacy interviewed by Jaimi MacDonald.

Viewers interested in seeing the interview live can do so on the HRU Facebook page and our YouTube page.

Thank you to Winbak of Ontario stallions for sponsoring that video.

Steacy, a three-time winner of the Johnston Cup as the leading trainer in the Ontario Sires Stakes program, spoke about his most promising 2-year-olds, past greats such as 2006 Canadian Horse of the Year Majestic Son, working with the LandMark fractional stable, turning more of the stable operations over to his son and coping with COVID-19.

He also fielded some questions from viewers that commented live via Facebook and emailed HRU in advance of the show.

On Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. EDT, Heather Vitale will interview trainer Erv Miller.

To date, HRU’s 2020 Virtual Twos in Training videos — featuring Marcus Melander, Carter Pinske, Ben Wallace, Ron Burke, Paul Kelley, Ray Schnittker, Casie Coleman, Tony Alagna, Noel Daley, Nancy Takter, Jim Campbell and Mark Steacy — have garnered over 53,000 total views on Facebook and YouTube combined.

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