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The Province
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Flying Miss is another hit for superstitious Hastings trainer
Rob Maybin currently leads the training ranks at Hastings although his latest winner highlights the financial pressures facing owners Trainer Rob Maybin. Photo: Michael Bye. Flying Miss provided last weekend's Cup Day revellers with arguably the most exciting moment of the day, rallying with real gusto and dashing through a horse-sized gap under jockey Chris Mamdeen to snatch victory in the final stride. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. 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THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors The excited crowd made quite a noise, although Flying Miss, a diminutive equine athlete who is proof positive of the old adage that good things come in small packages, seemed fairly unperturbed by the hullabaloo as she returned to the winner's circle. And why would she be perturbed? After all, her last-gasp victory was her fourth of the current campaign. The win also moved her superstitious trainer, Rob Maybin, onto the 18-winner mark for the season, four clear of his nearest rivals and just four behind last season's career-best total of 22. 'We're not doing anything different this year,' Maybin said this week. 'They all get turned out over the winter and then we start them going again at home before we bring them back in. We came back in a little after most others to avoid the late freeze.' Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With a reduced horse population at Hastings this season, due in part to the passing of several major owners over the past few years, Maybin's successful barn is undertaking much of the heavy lifting this year, providing as many runners each weekend as possible and helping to keep the show on the road. Maybin, however, characteristically rebuffs any questions regarding how many winners might yet come, for fear of jinxing his current form. 'The last time I spoke to a reporter,' he said, 'the winners dried up, and I'm superstitious. We don't set targets. We'll just keep going as long as we can and see where we end up.' Where Maybin could 'end up' this season is as Hastings' leading trainer, numerically. However, the title is decided on prize-money won and, on that table, he currently sits in third position, behind Steve Henson and the Barbara Anderson-Heads. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Flying Miss, ridden by Chris Mamdeen. Photo: Patti Tubbs. Flying Miss, who operates at the bottom of the class ladder at Hastings, is a perfect example of the purse level problem facing owners of blue-collar horses nationwide. Her unbeaten run of four wins this season has netted her owners, in this case Maybin and his wife, Sheena, around $30,000. However, the costs of training a racehorse have, since the pandemic, ballooned to around $3,000 to $4,000 per month during the season, meaning even four-time winners of Flying Miss's class are struggling to cover their owners' costs. Fortunately for Maybin, the costs are of secondary importance. A self-made man, who has worked tirelessly since arriving in Canada from Ireland as a youngster, he doesn't train horses for a living, and owns, with Sheena, the horses he does train. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'If I had to do it for a living, I'd have quit a long time ago,' he is on record as saying. Rob and Sheena, who along with assistant trainer Demitris Topouzis are vital cogs in the barn's winner factory, were leading owners two years ago and currently sit atop of that particular table again, both numerically and in terms of prize-money won. And whatever happens between now and the end of the season, Maybin should still be a regular visitor to the winner's circle. Touch wood. 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National Post
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Horner's exit has no impact on my future plans: Verstappen
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The Province
14 hours ago
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Where does hockey go after sex assault trial's conclusion?
Not-guilty ruling or not, Hockey Canada and Canadian hockey officials have a lot of work to do to improve culture around sexual relations. Get the latest from Patrick Johnston straight to your inbox Vancouver, BC: OCTOBER 28, 2019 -- Corey Hirsch is a former NHL goalie and coach, and is now a broadcaster and mental health advocate. Hirsch is pictured at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, BC Monday, October 28, 2019. Photo by Jason Payne / PNG Guilty or not, the discussion around how young male hockey players — young male athletes in general, really — are spoken to about sexual relations must continue to improve. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Young hockey players are told they are the best. That if they focus on their craft, the world can be theirs. But being the best doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. Being the best does not mean you are excused from ethics, or from your humanity. A composite image of five photographs show former members of Canada's 2018 World Juniors hockey team, left to right; Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube and Carter Hart as they individually arrived to court in London, Ontario, Canada, April 22, 2025. Photo by Nicole Osborne / AP Humans have sex for many reasons. Many of us do have it for pleasure. But the way it can be discussed, or taught, in male sports groups, can take on a very different tone. That men and women must consent to sexual acts is essential. Young men must understand that with the pleasure comes consequence — and not just the kind that cries in the night. I mean the emotional consequences of the act. Even a consensual act changes your relationship with the other person. It absolutely can be a fun exercise — but it is never a throwaway thing. And young athletes must be helped to understand this. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. My friend Corey Hirsch has been around hockey most of his life. He played junior in the Western Hockey League nearly 40 years ago. He played in the NHL in the 1990s and 2000s. He has been a hockey coach and commentator. He spent a year on the Hockey Canada board, hoping to help the game position itself in a more positive way in the lives of its youngest athletes. He raised two daughters and a son of his own. Now, in his 50s, he's a grandfather, a mental health advocate and public speaker. He knows hockey well. He is passionate about the values the sport teaches when it's played and coached properly. But he still hears too many disturbing stories about how young men in hockey are learning to behave toward women. He has been in those dressing rooms, both as a player and as an authority figure, and he wants everyone to learn how to engage positively with sex. To push back against toxic ideas about what intercourse is. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Too often it's not about the sex. It's about getting a story for the boys,' he lamented to me, after Justice Maria Carroccia delivered her verdict Thursday, finding that all five of the accused in the Hockey Canada sex assault trial not guilty. 'Sex, it's glorified,' Hirsch said. 'Or it was. What I'm hoping now is we can take glorification out of it. Having sex is a natural, normal thing. It's not a conquest. But that peer pressure is to be one of the boys, to have a story.' The authority figures inside the game itself have a duty to improve the conversation. 'Hockey Canada and the CHL (Canadian Hockey League, which runs top-level junior hockey in Canada) need to do a better job. Everyone talks about consent, but we need to talk more about consequences too.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There are many brave young women and men who have been victims of sexual assault, ready to speak to groups. Young hockey players would do well to hear from them. 'So these guys can see better what (assault) has done to them,' he suggested. Plenty of inappropriate acts take place that never make it to trial. There are still victims, trial or not, guilty or not guilty. 'The tone needs to be about respecting women. Respecting other human beings,' he said. 'There's nothing cool about this. Verdict or not, this girl, how is she going to live in the town she lives in? She's forever going to be 'the girl who …' The whole thing is so tragic.' pjohnston@ Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks Soccer Hockey Vancouver Canucks
