Robert Croteau

Robert Croteau's first weeks on the job as general manager at Fair Hill Training Center have included their share of challenges as winter weather threatened more than once to disrupt activity at the Maryland facility, but the vagaries of the February forecast failed to dampen his enthusiasm for his new position. "It's been great," Croteau, a native of Massachusetts, said of his first weeks on the job. "It's the best job ever." For Croteau, who succeeded longtime Fair Hill general manager Sally Goswell Feb. 1, the position is the culmination...

Robert Croteau has been named as the next general manager of Fair Hill Training Center (FHTC) in Maryland, it was announced via press release Monday morning. Tapped to succeed Sally Goswell, who retired after almost 30 years in the position, Croteau began his position effective Feb. 1 while Goswell stays on as a consultant to ease the transition. "I always thought Fair Hill Training Center was a great concept and to actually be involved with something like that is exciting," said Croteau, himself the son of a Thoroughbred trainer, and...