What kind of car do you drive?  Chevy 2500. Favorite dinner meal? Snack? Hibachi; Chips and Salsa. What is your favorite track to race at? Yonkers. You get to race against a good caliber of horses there and we've had some New York Sire Stakes horses that have seemed to do good there this year. What is your favorite big event in racing? Breeders Crown because you get to watch some of the best horses in the country. How often is racing on your mind? 24/7. What is your favorite thing to do outside of racing? Spend time with my kids. I have two boys, 6 and 9. They are a handful. They are at the age where they like to fight with each other non-stop. I've tried to get them going with helping in the barn and that seems to get them away from fighting. What is your favorite sport to watch?  Harness Racing, otherwise soccer. I used to play when I was younger.What is one thing about you most fans/bettors don't know?I went to college (Central Connecticut State University) for teaching and got my degree.  What is one word that describes harness racing for you? Hard work or excitement. How did you get started in the sport? We've had horses my whole life. My family has always been involved in it in some aspect, whether it is riding or racing horses. So it was in the blood before I was even a thought.  Was there a chance you wouldn't be involved in the sport? Even when I went to college I still worked part-time with the racehorses. I worked a summer at Lindy Farm, so I was always involved. The most frustrating time was when I was pregnant and I wasn't able to sit behind horses. You started training in your mid-30s. What were you doing prior to that? I worked as a groom for a while. I was big into riding horses and I horse-showed a lot. I showed on the circuit in Florida, Saratoga, then I kind of broke into harness racing. My mom trains, my step-dad works with horses.    Sheena McErliney Your mom is trainer Monique Cohen and step-dad is Matt Medeiros? Yes. They got together when I was about 15 years old, so I've been paddocking and grooming horses for 20 years or so. Then I went out on my own and things grew from there.Your statistics have improved each year since you started training in 2018. Are you happy with what you've accomplished? It is definitely a huge accomplishment. I'm excited to be growing as a trainer and I definitely learn something new each day, especially having Leonidas, he has been a dream come true. I didn't imagine starting with my own horses in 2018 to be at this point right now.You won the $100K Potomac Pace on Nov. 15 with Leonidas at Rosecroft Raceway. Was that the biggest win of your career? Definitely. I was shaking after the race.  Has it sunken in that you won yet? Not really. I got back to the barn at about 5AM, put him away and tried to get some sleep. I will still thinking, 'did that happen last night?' Do you think a big win like that could jumpstart your career to new heights? I hope so. Just seeing him race as well as he did, I just want to keep that going and focus on that.  Steve Finkelstein (Jesmeral Stable) owns Leonidas. How did you hook up with him? Steve sent us some horses a couple of years ago to see if we could do anything with them at Yonkers and we improved them a little. So he sent us more and more. He's a really great owner and he buys a good caliber of horses. Where is your home base and what tracks(s) do you consider to be your main ones? New Jersey at Big Z Training Center. Yonkers is probably my main track but I'm originally from New England and have been racing at Plainridge.  What is the best advice you've ever gotten about harness racing? Not to get too down because there is always next week. What was your favorite moment in harness racing? Sunday's (11/15) win with Leonidas. I'm still trying to take it all in. Going into the Potomac did you think you had a chance prior to the race versus such a good field? He warmed up so good that I thought we had a chance, but with the horses in there, like Bettor's Wish and Harambe Deo, then I thought if we just got a check I'd be happy. He trained well all week and he warmed up great, so I had a good feeling going into it. The way that the race setup with a 25 1/5 first-quarter was perfect for him because he is a closer. When I saw that, I felt we might have a chance. Which is the best horse you've ever trained? Leonidas. Which horse is/was your favorite? I had a $5,000 claimer a couple of years ago named Fire N Diamonds that I loved. She was the sweetest horse and had the best personality. Leonidas has a great personality, too. He's a gentle giant. What's the one race that you really want to win? Probably the Breeders Crown. Maybe next year we could be in that race or the TVG. Will Leonidas be staked to those races? I think that is the plan for next year if he continues going the way he is. How many horses do you have in the barn? 22. My mom has recently gotten into broodmares so we've been training some babies. We do it together. You can't do it by yourself. This year we had one make it into the finals in New York - Rightfully Mine - and she was one of our homebreds, so that was exciting. This year we bred the mare to Huntsville, so it will be Massachusetts and New York eligible.  If you could choose any horse in history to train, which horse would it be and why? Captaintreacherous. He is such a beautiful horse. We have one of his babies right now and he looks awesome. How did COVID-19 affect your life and business? It was definitely tough. We weren't racing and the kids weren't in school, so it was stressful trying to work with the kids at home. Luckily I have a good owner and made it through until we started to race again. Plainridge helped us out since it was one of the first tracks we started back at and we did well there.  If you had the power to change one thing in the sport, what would it be? I just wish racing could be more like it used to be with fans at the track and more interest in the sport. Interest seems to be drying up. I want there to be a future for the sport, especially for my kids. My oldest one goes out and jogs on his own now, so I just want to see it continue and be successful.  How do you view the future of harness racing? With everything that has happened with COVID-19, I'm hoping it will continue but right now perhaps things seem a bit glum.  Time for the stretch drive: Best Horse You Ever Saw: Somebeachsomewhere at Yonkers in the Messenger. I was young then and I remember thinking that I want a horse like that. Best Race you ever saw: Sunday when Leonidas won because I trained him. Best Driver ever: John Campbell. Lasix -- Yes or No?: Yes. Favorite TV Show?: Shark Tank, though I don't like to admit it. Trotters or Pacers?: Pacers.