Forbidden Trade

Drawn Impression winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Blais Pupils Sharpen During Friday Qualifiers

October 11, 2024

With the eliminations for the 2024 Breeders Crown championship events on the horizon, a number of accomplished individuals from the Luc Blais operation tuned up for possible appearances in those lucra...

Beach Glass

Beach Glass, Forbidden Trade Tighten

August 25, 2023

They've been two of the more popular and impressive Canadian-based competitors in recent memory, and both Beach Glass and Forbidden Trade clocked solid miles during the qualifying session at Woodbine ...

Forbidden Trade winning the 2019 Hambletonian

Forbidden Trade Repeats In Mohawk Qualifier

August 11, 2023

Forbidden Trade took the track on Friday (Aug. 11) at Woodbine Mohawk Park for his second qualifying start in the last two weeks, repeating last week's performance with another win.

Forbidden Trade and Luc Blais

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.

Luc Blais

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

Forbidden Trade winning the 2019 Hambletonian

Forbidden Trade Retired To Stud

January 03, 2023

The 2019 Hambletonian champion and Canadian Horse Of The Year, Forbidden Trade, has been retired to stud and is now accepting applications for the 2023 breeding season.

2022 O'Brien Awards artwork

2022 O’Brien Award Finalists Announced

December 22, 2022

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

Bulldog Hanover Leads Breeders Crown Preps

October 21, 2022

The Friday (Oct. 21) session of qualifiers at Woodbine Mohawk Park had more star power than usual as a number of accomplished Standardbreds — including the sport's fastest horse, Bulldog Hanover — mad...

Bulldog Hanover winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Bulldog Hanover Returns To Hoosier Park

September 20, 2022

Hoosier Park has a monster card coming up this Friday, and among the stars in action at the Indiana oval will be the sport’s fastest performer of all-time, Bulldog Hanover.

Forbidden Trade Wires Up Open Foes

September 13, 2022

The betting public was all over Forbidden Trade in Monday’s $45,500 Open Handicap Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and the classy campaigner never had an anxious moment in manufacturing the 25th victory ...

Spirit Of Massachusetts Draws Nine; Eurobond Supplements

A full field of nine horses will go postward in the 2022 edition of the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday afternoon (July 24) and the field is definitely star studded ...

Forbidden Trade

Under-Radar Forbidden Trade Seeks Crawford Farms Repeat

Forbidden Trade has won the Hambletonian, a Horse of the Year Award, and divisional honours every year except at age four when he was injured. Yet, for all his accomplishments, the six-year-old male t...

Forbidden Trade

Forbidden Trade Tops Open Trotters Again

Hey Livvy set all of the speed in Monday evening’s $38,500 Open Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but it was Forbidden Trade who enjoyed all of the glory in the featured affair.