Forbidden Trade Returns August 04, 2023 With Hambletonian weekend approaching, a horse and trainer that know a thing or two about capturing harness racing's holy grail were making headlines with a return to the racetrack.
Updates On Ontario Super Final Champions March 23, 2023 It might not feel like it, but according to the calendar, spring started this week, which means stakes season is right around the corner. And last year’s Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final champio...
Reflecting On A Trotting Champion January 24, 2023 A decade after millionaire trotter Intimidate brought him to national prominence and the training job for big-budget Determination Stable, Luc Blais has become a fixture at the O'Brien Awards
Frozen Hanover Is Heating Up June 17, 2022 Trainer Luc Blais likens Frozen Hanover to a highly-drafted junior hockey player.
Blais Builds Foundation For Success February 16, 2022 Much like building a house, there's a lot that goes into developing a successful stable of Standardbred stars, the likes of which Luc Blais has become accustomed to campaigning in recent years.
2021 O'Brien Award Winners Announced February 06, 2022 Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2021 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on...
Blais' Determination Pays Off January 20, 2022 Luc Blais calls 2021 "my hardest year" since he became private trainer for the Montréal-based Determination Stable almost a decade ago.
Blais Discusses 'Crown' Starters October 28, 2021 After a challenging year managing stables on both sides of the border, trainer Luc Blais has the good fortune of seeing positive results from those efforts with a quartet of 2021 Breeders Crown conten...
Forbidden Trade Triumphs In Caesars Trotting Classic September 24, 2021 Canadian trotting star Forbidden Trade took his show on the road and captured the $210,000 Caesars Trotting Classic featured on Harrah's Hoosier Park's Grand Circuit stakes card on Friday, Sept. 24.
O'Brien Winners Blossoming For Blais February 26, 2021 With two of his rising sophomores coming back from O'Brien Award-winning campaigns and a Hambletonian champion likewise poised to return, trainer Luc Blais has high hopes for his trotting stable in th...
Rookies Give Blais Best Year Yet January 27, 2021 Not many people can head into this weekend's O’Brien Awards knowing they have an award secured, but trainer Luc Blais is in that rare position.
On A Streak Surges To Breeders Crown Win October 30, 2020 Canadian-connected On A Streak showed his win in the William Wellwood Memorial final was no fluke by capturing the $600,000 Breeders Crown for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday (Octob...
Canadians Seek Breeders Crown Glory October 29, 2020 In 2017, the last year that Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino hosted the Breeders Crown, there were 13 Canadian trainers listed over the two-day event. With the travel restrictions in place du...
