Jeff Gillis

Gillis Homebred Heads Grassroots Group Off To London

Elises Delight is one of 45 sophomore pacing fillies heading to southern Ontario on Friday, May 26 to compete for $132,000 in six Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions at The Raceway at the Wester...

Hey Livvy Impressing Connections

When harness racing shut down in Ontario, Jeff Gillis faced a decision to either weather the storm at home or to ship his O'Brien Award-winning trotting mare Hey Livvy stateside. Despite her not being...

Gillis Gets The Gold With Hey Livvy

February 13, 2021

"The talent you can spot from an airplane. Besides that, she has a very pure gait—I say as pure as the driven snow. You could put four different shoes on her on sideways and she’ll trot. That’s a big ...

Will Take Charge Set For Debut

Jeff Gillis has no complaints about Will Take Charge’s 2018 season, a campaign that saw the gelding finish fifth on the money list for older trotters and capture the O'Brien Award for older trotting h...

Nocturnal Bluechip Pointed To Levy

When Nocturnal Bluechip came to Jeff Gillis’ stable in Canada late last summer, the trainer admittingly didn’t know what to expect.

Absence Makes A Heart Grow Fonder

February 13, 2019

"It feels fantastic really. It’s something that seemed like a regular thing for us for awhile. But it’s been five years since I’ve been here and you start to appreciate how difficult it is [to win]."

Gillis Takes Charge And Rebounds

January 24, 2019

Jeff Gillis is no stranger to success at the highest level in harness racing, and no stranger to the O'Brien Awards as the trainer of multiple champions while also winning Canada's Trainer of the Year...

The Downtown Bus Heads To Yonkers

November 24, 2018

A few hours before the start of the Matron Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, trainer Jeff Gillis found himself stuck in traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. Sleet, snow, and freezing...

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Gillis Doubles Up In Bluegrass

September 29, 2018

Woodbine-based trainer Jeff Gillis grabbed two victories in the five divisions of the $367,000 Western Ideal Bluegrass Two-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace Saturday, Sept. 29 at The Red Mile, winning wi...

Will Take An 'International' Invite

September 15, 2018

“It wasn’t a convenient time to come down from a scheduling perspective, but I really want to be in that race and I’m going to do anything I can to get him noticed.”

Momentum For The Downtown Bus

September 07, 2018

"There’s a difference between being a Gold colt and Grand Circuit quality...When you typically have to bypass a Gold or something to follow those types of races, it makes it hard for an Ontario colt u...

A 'Take-Charge' Kind Of Horse

"He can trot the turns as fast as any horse I’ve ever had. He’s like a hobbled pacer almost. You can move him anywhere."

Gillis, McClure Seek Success At Georgian

August 19, 2017

Ontario’s talented three-year-old pacing colts will light up Georgian Downs on Sunday evening in advance of the Innisfil oval’s signature event, the $75,000 Honourable Earl Rowe Invitation Trot.