What kind of car do you drive? BMW X-5. Favorite dinner meal? Snack? Steak and any kind of potato. Cheez-Its is my favorite snack food but I really am a lover of all snacks. Outside of Harrah's Hoosier Park, what is your favorite all-time track to visit? The Red Mile. What is your favorite big event in racing? The Breeders Crown. How often is racing on your mind? 25/8--in other words, more often than it should be! What is your favorite thing to do outside of racing? Spend time with my family and my husband. What is your favorite sport to watch? Team? Basketball - Kentucky Wildcats. What is one thing about you most fans/bettors don't know? I've had a lot of different jobs in the sport - my job in college was driving the starting car at The Red Mile. What is one word that describes harness racing for you? Life. How is your family involved in the sport? My mom (Darla) and dad (Ernie) own and operate Crimson Lane Farm in Anderson, IN along with a 15-horse stable. My parents worked for Billy Haughton before venturing out on their own. My younger sister also works in the family stable and coaches Girls Basketball. Harness Racing truly is a family affair for us. What made you get started in the sport as an owner? My dad provided me the opportunity to own my first horse and it was life changing. I will always own race horses. Do you spend a lot of time at the barn? I do. As crazy as it sounds, it is the most relaxing part of my day. I spend almost every morning in the barn before going into work at Hoosier Park. Spending time with my horses and my family make me happy so it is a great start to my day. Horses make pretty good therapists if you ask me. How did you end up working in Marketing at Harrah's Hoosier Park? I started with Hoosier Park in the position of Racing Publicist and at the time, Hoosier Park hosted both thoroughbred racing and harness racing. It was certainly an adjustment for me but I learned a lot in that role. Once the breeds were separated to Thoroughbreds at Indiana Grand and Standardbreds at Hoosier Park, I took on the role of Race Marketing Manager at Hoosier Park. Right now you are preparing to host the Breeders Crown. What does that involve on your end? It might be easier to explain what that doesn't involve. An event like the Breeders Crown is certainly an undertaking but a very rewarding one at that. At Hoosier Park, it is truly a team effort and we try to cover every last detail, so I am involved in nearly every facet of the event from the time the horses start shipping in to the backside until the last horse crosses the wire. What is the best advice you've ever gotten about harness racing? There is no substitute for hard work. Hard work puts you where good luck can find you. What was your favorite moment in harness racing? Meeting my horse (Jammin Joshua -- 2011) in the winner's circle with my dad and mom after he won the $250,000 Indiana Sires Stakes Super Final. Which is the best horse you've ever owned? The best horse I've ever owned and still own is a horse by the name of Jammin Joshua. He won over $650,000 during his racing career and was an Indiana Sires Stakes Champion. As an on-air handicapper, is it awkward for you to select horses in races where you own a horse? Do you think you should skip those races? I wouldn't say it is awkward. I always try to approach each race, each night as objectively as possible. If I think a horse I own is the best in the race, I have no problem picking them to win or vice-versa. I do try to avoid or set up the schedule so that I am not handicapping the races my horses are in on-air because I think I can be too critical of the horses I own. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being best, how would you rate yourself as a handicapper? That's a tough question - just like I am very critical of the horses I own, I am very critical of myself and the job I do. Horse racing is a gambling game and there is always something to learn when it comes to handicapping, so while I am always striving to be a 10 and will always hold myself to a very high standard, there is always, always room to be better. If you could choose any horse in history to own, which horse would it be and why? I grew up always admiring the stories behind horses like Abercrombie, Western Hanover, and Artsplace. I would probably say any of those three as all were legendary racehorses and even more impactful sires. How has COVID-19 affected your life? COVID has affected my life both professionally and personally. Trying to launch the live racing season, operate racing in this new normal, and planning an event like the Breeders Crown, all have been extremely challenging due to COVID. I am also pregnant so I have to be extremely cautious. If you had the power to change one thing in the sport, what would it be? To have one governing body or a commissioner. Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much. I wish all the various jurisdictions worked together. How do you view the future of harness racing? In harness racing and even the world we live in today, it's easy to focus on all the things that are wrong. Most of the time, you have to choose the see the good in things and that's how I choose to view the future of harness racing. I view the future of harness racing as bright and it is the responsibility of every one of us that are involved in the sport to make sure that it stays that way. Time for the stretch drive: Best Horse You Ever Saw?: Niatross Best Driver Ever?: John Campbell Lasix -- Yes or No?: Yes Favorite TV Show?: The Office Trotters or Pacers?: Pacers