Right Timing For Wright Jr.

Day dreaming, a time to escape from reality and be adventurous yet be
completely in control of the events as they happen.

Children tend to interact and verbalize when they day dream. This is often
considered fantasizing.

Many will fantasize about their role models and when that child comes from a
harness racing background names like Remmen, Goudreau, O'Donnell, Lachance and Campbell are often heard during their adventurous play.

This is certainly the case for one of Western fair Raceway's newest contenders, Greg Wright Jr.

Greg can recall some of his early childhood memories as if they were yesterday.

"My dad always maintained a large stable of about 60 horses. Some of which
were riding horses and while the chores were being done, my friends and I
would take turns pulling each other on race bikes, pretending to be Ray
Remmem or Shelley Goudreau."

As a young lad, traveling from track to track with his father it became
clear to Greg Jr. the winners circle was the place he wanted to be. At age
nineteen he received his driver's license and launched his harness driving
career. Upon completion of Windsor Raceway's Spring meet in 1990 Greg veered North East to Hiawatha Horse Park in Sarnia, ON. It was here that he made his winner's circle debut.

In '92 Greg shipped to the Meadowlands for a three-month stay with his father Greg Wright Sr.

That three-month stay molded the Wright and Wright team and sent them south to California for a two-year stint at Los Alamitos. The duo then spent two years tag teaming between tracks located in Michigan and Ontario before
settling in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in '96.

After five years of competition at the Pennsylvania track, the Meadows, Greg
Jr made the decision to return to Ontario. His father was a little disappointed with his decision but sent him on his way and wished him well.

"We maintained a large stable, about 25 to 30 head and I drove them all," says Greg Jr. "Dad liked the way I handled them because I treated each one as if it were my own. Dads taking care of the same size of stable and using other drivers so I'm sure this is a big change for him. I know it is for me. It was great working side by side with my dad and the relationship that we had was very rewarding. I also miss the friends I made down south but at the same time it's been great seeing old friends and getting acquainted with new ones."

Greg Jr's return to Ontario on June 28, 2001 has proved to be exciting, profitable and adventurous, something like a day dream. He has gone behind
the gate with some of Ontario's top contenders attaining victories that have
been creating a buzz in the backstretch of many South Western Ontario's
tracks.

When asked to share one of his most memorable moments of his 2001 summer in Ontario Greg Jr. stated, "Since my return home I guess the biggest hi-light would be setting the Canadian record with Royalflush Hanover during the Slot Cup at Hiawatha, although I did drive some horses that set new track records at Woodstock and Clinton and those races were quite memorable too."

Greg's Canadian record setting performance of 1:49.4 with Royalflush Hanover came on August 18, 2001 during Hiawatha Horse Park's $75,000 Slot Cup Invitation Pace. This record performance also branded a new lifetime mark for the six-year-old Cams Card Shark gelding.

The transition from the US to Ontario has been quite a bit easier than Greg
expected.

" I really didn't know what to expect. Actually I thought I would be sulking a little bit when I first got up here. I went from driving every night at the Meadows too not knowing if I'd be driving at all. It picked up a lot quicker than I expected it too though and it's been a big change as well. Racing at the Meadows was becoming very consistent and here competing at different tracks and going behind the gate with a new bunch of guys has been great."

1996 remains Greg Jr's most winning year with 1767 trips to the gate and 196
to his fantasy location, the winners circle and 2001 was his most lucrative
year with purse earnings totaling $1,420,196. Of that total $640,342. was from purses accumulated from both the Ontario Sires Stakes program and
Western Fair Raceway. $250,000 was made in the US and the remainder
collected in overnight events from the various tracks he frequented. If this
South Western Ontario returnie continues at the same rate in 2002 as the
previous year he will surpass all his personal bests

Since Western Fair Raceway opened for its fall meet on October 12, 2001 Greg has accumulated 54 firsts, 38 seconds, 44 thirds and purse earnings totaling $394,077. in 282 starts. Currently he is ranked second in the drivers
standings behind World Driving Champion Jody Jamieson.

Even though Greg Jr. now a resident of St Mary's Ontario, hasn't set any plans or goals for 2002 he hopes his career will continue on the upward
trend it has taken since his arrival. This personable 32-year-old believes
that if your honest and work hard good things will come.