Doug O\'Neill???
Kirk Ziadie is winning at 40%(!!!!) in the last year among 240 starters.75%(!!!!) in the money.
Ziadie said: "I am thrilled that Calder is letting me back. After two years, I have learned a lot about the financial responsibility I need as a trainer and I have grown as a person."
Here is your answer Mike; an excerpt from an article about his return in the Paulick report 9/7/2011.
He obviously spent the 2 yr vacation honing his skills as a superior horseman; maybe Drug O\'Neill is his life coach?
It\'s going to be interesting to see what Ziade\'s horses do at the main GP meet.
Competition tougher and scrutiny somewhat, CDI basically abandoned racing at Calder, anything goes there.