What kind of car do you drive? Jeep. Favorite dinner meal? Snack? Steak; Fruit. What is your favorite track to race at? Why? Probably Mohawk because it is my home track. What is your favorite big event in racing? The Hambletonian. It has always been a dream of mine to have a horse race in the Hambletonian. How far into the future do you think it will be before accomplishing that goal? I'm hoping it is only a couple of years away. How often is racing on your mind? Every day. What is your favorite thing to do outside of racing? Horseback riding. I have some retired Standardbreds and I like to ride them when I have time. Speaking of retired Standardbreds, you recently posted about a horse you saved from a kill pen? That was over a year ago. It was a horse [Diane's Shark] that I claimed years ago. I found him there and we brought him back to Canada. He was the first horse I ever got myself and when I saw him in there I had to bring him home.  What is your favorite sport to watch?  I'm not really a sports person but if I had to choose it would be baseball. What is one thing about you most fans/bettors don't know? I love hiking with my dog Ziya. What is one word that describes harness racing for you? Passion. How did you get started in the sport?  My dad [Marty Fine] was a trainer so I would always come with him to the barn. Any chance I could to skip school I would go to the barn. I was probably in the barn when I was 2 years old because my mom and dad were both involved in it.  Did your mom help your dad train? She did for a while and now she helps with my stable.  You've put up a very respectable 15% win rate in your 167-race training career that began in 2019. Has your success exceeded or met expectations? Exceeded. I never expected to be where I am now so early in my career. I've gotten so lucky. I have a lot of nice horses and good, supportive owners. You decided to bring some horses down to the U.S. from your home base in Canada during the recent COVID lockdown. Why did you make that decision? I had some claimers that I had to get rid of because racing up here [Canada] was a no-go. I had one 3-year-old [P L Ozzy} that had never raced at 2 and while I knew he had talent, I needed him to show me before I continued on with the stakes payments. I also have some Pennsylvania-sired horses and they had to come down and qualify so they could race in the PA-bred events. While in the U.S. you won your first race at The Meadowlands with P L Ozzy. What was that feeling like for you? It was exciting. If I had to race at a track outside of Mohawk, Meadowlands would be the place I would go. To do it with that horse . . . he didn't show much on the program but had always showed me so much talent training. He finally showed it to me in a race.  How much did you stake P L Ozzy? He's just in the North America Cup and Somebeachsomewhere. I own him myself and stakes payments are expensive. Have you returned home in anticipation of reopening? Yes. Do you see yourself taking a shot in the U.S. in the future? I would love to. I enjoy racing in the United States more than Canada, but I would have to get the right horses to make a move like that. A lot of our horses can do there, but some of them do well up here and they aren't so good in the U.S.  What is the scene like up in Canada now?  It is kind of nerve-racking. No one knew until a week ago what would happen. I know there is a lot of talk about people moving to the States and I'm sure some people have just gotten out of the business because it wasn't worth it without being able to race. It is kind of a sad situation. At 24, what are your career goals? I'd love to win a major stakes race, whether it be the Metro or the Meadowlands Pace. We've won some stakes events but I'd like to win at least one major stakes event this year. Do you think that a win like that could vault your career ahead? Yes, 100%. What is the best advice you've ever gotten about harness racing? Probably from my dad. He would always tell me, 'Never question anything. Just sit and watch.' What was your favorite moment in harness racing? Winning the Metro elimination with Highlandbeachsbest. That was pretty exciting for me. It was only my second year of training.  Highlandbeachsbest is not in Sunday (May 30) in the PA Sire Stakes. What is next for him? He was actually sick his last start so we decided to skip it. He is staked to everything so we are going to focus more on the bigger stakes. Which is the best horse you've ever trained? Highlandbeachsbest or PL Ozzy. Which horse is/was your favorite that you've trained? My all-time favorite, probably until the day I die, will be Alexa's Jackpot. My dad trained him. He took me on a lot of adventures as a groom. We went to Lexington and other places. I still have him; we retired him. I actually have him tattooed on my body. He's a once in a lifetime horse. If you could choose any horse in history to train, which horse would it be and why? Probably Always B Miki. He had a lot of ailments and showed true grit. He was such a tough horse. If you weren't involved in harness racing, what would you be doing? Something along the lines of helping or rescuing any type of animals. I'm more of an animal person than I am a people person.  If you had the power to change one thing in the sport, what would it be? Honestly, for up here, the atmosphere. I find it kind of catty in Ontario. In the United States it seems they love the winners whereas up here it doesn't seem like they love the winners. When you win in the States everyone is congratulating you, here it seems like they only want to ask you about the horses that finished last.  How do you view the future of harness racing? I think good for the younger horses. The Sire Stakes programs should keep getting better. The claimers, I'm not quite as sure how long that will keep going. As a young person in the sport, what can we do to make it more attractive to your generation? We need to get people more hands-on with the animals rather than just watching them from the sidelines. Working with the animal is kind of what draws us all in. Even tours where people can see the horses closer would really help.  Time for the stretch drive: Best horse you ever saw: Captaintreacherous. Lasix -- Yes or No?: Yes -- I'm a big believer in Lasix. Favorite TV Show?: Law and Order or Criminal Minds. Trotters or Pacers?: Pacers.