Thursday, August 23, 2018 MERIDIAN SOURCE

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McKenzie and Pare bid Church

farewell after storied careers
FROM PAGE 16
“It’s great raising kids
around the wagons and
it’s like one big family,
everybody knows you
and your kids and they
look after each other.”
Being one of the more
veteran outriders on the
circuit, McKenzie noted
one of the most reward-
ing things he’s experi-
enced in his career is
watching other outrid-
ers grow and get better
in the sport.
This was Pare’s eighth
season after getting into
the sport with Kris Molle
during his first time
around the track, after
Molle decided to step
up to wagon box racing
from pony racing.
“One thing led to
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another and a year later
he said he had bought
an outriding horse and
I said, ‘OK let’s see how
this goes,’” said Pare.
“Sure enough that’s
the horse I ended up
taking my test on and
it’s the one I actu-
ally brought here this
weekend since it’s still
with us.”
With a growing fam-
ily and busy farming
schedule this seemed
like a good time for the
eight-year veteran to
step away.
“We farm a lot down
by Chauvin and my wife
Ashley and I have three
kids now, so trying to jug-
gle that many things is
getting a bit much … so
you can’t live the dream
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forever,” he said. With eight years
The 33-year-old also
noted how this line of
under his belt and a
healthy collection of
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have some kind of his- soak up everything you
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elbow or shoulder. people get the chance to
“Other than that it’s experience what outrid-
not too bad. I’m a lit- ers and drivers do, such
tle different because as competing in the Cal-
I’m missing some teeth gary Stampede.
now,” Pare joked, refer- “We come back every
encing last season when weekend because this is
he took a hoof to the like a bad habit … you
mouth right before the forget the bad stuff that
start of last year’s inau- happens and always
gural race in North Bat- just remember the good Saturdays 6:30PM
tleford, breaking his jaw in it, and you seek that Sundays 10:30AM
in two places. feeling again. You can
“I should be able to always make money but
get the new teeth in a you can’t always win a
couple weeks here.” buckle.”

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