Yves Filion

2023 O'Brien Awards - Bayama Farm

A 'Funtime' For Filion To Be A Breeder

January 22, 2024

With his stable down to a single broodmare, 77-year-old Yves Filion was hardly expecting to be a finalist for an O'Brien Award as Canadian Standardbred Breeder of the Year in 2023.

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One More 'Funtime' For Filion Friday

October 12, 2023

Funtime Bayama wears his name well. His connections are having a blast.

Filion Sweeps Breeders Trophy Divisions

August 22, 2021

It was Yves Filion Day at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday afternoon as the Hall of Famer drove the winners of both $8,000 divisions of the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old pacers.

Filion Stable Heads 3R's Sunday Stakes

August 21, 2021

Hall of Famer Yves Filion has the two favourites in the final preliminary round of the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old pacers, set for Sunday (August 22) at Hippodrome 3R.

Bayama Farms Invades 3R Sunday

August 15, 2020

The Future Stars Series gets underway at Hippodrome 3R on Sunday (August 16) with four opening round divisions for two-year-old pacers, headlined by three top contenders from Bayama Farms of Saint-And...

Filion Purchase Turns Heads

October 10, 2017

Hall-of-fame horseman Yves Filion usually isn't a high roller at yearling auctions, so seeing his name attached to a $140,000 (U.S.) purchase at the Lexington Select sale raised a few eyebrows.

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Petrova’s Living The Dream

“I am hopeful that now with my horses racing well. That people will start to send me their mares to breed. We have a beautiful farm, a super training track, good help and now are able to take outside ...

Quebec Racing: Defying The Odds

Through many tough times, the fighting spirit and will to succeed of Quebec’s horsepeople should be an inspiration to us all...read on / continuer à lire

National Assembly To Honour Filion

December 05, 2016

On Tuesday, December 6, harness racing’s newest inductee to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, Yves Filion, will be feted before the Quebec National Assembly in Quebec City.

“It Really Was Quebec’s Night”

October 17, 2016

It had been a good year already for Quebec horseman Yves Filion, inducted this summer to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, but it got a whole lot better this past weekend at Mohawk Racetrack.

Hall Of Fame Class Of 2016

August 03, 2016

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame welcomed its 10 newest inductees at the 2016 Induction Gala on Wednesday (August 3) at the Mississauga Convention Centre.

Breeders Cup Series Next For 'Xpert'

On Sunday afternoon at the Hippodrome 3R, the track plays host to the second round of the $450,000 Breeders Cup Series for three-year-olds. Both colt and filly pacers headline the race card.

That One Defining Moment

With a lifetime of big wins, both training and driving, one might think it tough for Yves Filion to come up with that one greatest memory. But when asked, the new Hall of Famer immediately reflects up...