Kindergarten finalists help keep owner feeling young
At 1h41, on November 1, 2025 • By Ken Weingartner, Media Relations Manager, U.S. Trotting Association
John Fodera has been involved in harness racing for nearly 65 years, and he has worked in various capacities at St. Peter’s Boys High School on Staten Island for 59, and he credits both pursuits for keeping him young at heart.
“When I’m out there with the football team, or the basketball team, or the track team, and when you’re working with 16- to 18-year-olds, you are perpetually young,” said Fodera, who is the president of St. Peter’s Boys High School, where he previously worked as a teacher and principal. “I feel the same way about the racing business. Whether you’re in an overnight or in a Grand Circuit race, when you’re rooting on a horse coming down the stretch, you feel perpetually young.
