John Bax

“I feel that partnership works really well. Every time I think I’ve seen it all, he always has one more experience from way back in the past. Together we work on each horse, and we sit down and talk a...

John Bax has campaigned his share of famous horses over the years but on Wednesday the spotlight was on his stable for a different reason.

Horseman John Bax has commented on the pair of two-year-old trotting colts that he will send postward this Saturday night (August 12) at Kawartha Downs during Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots action.

Jim Bullock couldn’t sound more pleased to be carefully building a top-notch Standardbred broodmare band in Ontario.

Trainer John Bax and driver Steve Byron teamed up to win three of four $18,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions at Hanover Raceway on Saturday evening (August 6).

“At that time, I was looking to get established and play in the big leagues and he took me there. He may have been the horse that taught me the most about horses and training.”

The annual Harrisburg yearling sale has turned up its fair share of diamonds in the rough. For John Bax, it was Hip #558 in 2014.

John Bax, one of Canada’s most accomplished and respected Standardbred horsemen, reached a career milestone earlier this year when he surpassed $20 million in lifetime earnings as a trainer.

Tommy Riley, one of Kawartha Downs’ top trainers, and Tony Kerwood, a leading driver at the Fraserville oval, combined on Saturday night to capture the inaugural edition of the $10,000 Goodtimes Invit...