Luc Blais

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...

Forbidden Trade Done For 2020

September 23, 2020

While trainer Luc Blais has a pair of chances for a million-dollar win on Saturday night, the horse that got him his first million-dollar win has been shut down for the year.

Blais Seeks Second Hambletonian

August 01, 2020

One year after his Hambletonian triumph with Forbidden Trade, Ontario-based trainer Luc Blais is back at the Meadowlands in quest of a second trophy, although not with the horse he expected to be his ...

Expect A Better Forbidden Trade

On paper, a sixth-place finish to start the year for a returning superstar horse isn't ideal. But trainer Luc Blais is expecting a much improved Forbidden Trade for the second start of his four-year-o...

Forbidden Trade Poised For Return

Topping a Hambletonian and Horse of the Year-winning campaign is a mighty task, but Forbidden Trade is determined to do just that when his four-year-old season gets off the ground.

More Reactions From O'Brien Winners

February 04, 2020

No 'Trading' This Horse Of The Year

February 02, 2020

"Sometimes when you see the video [of a yearling] you're not sure but he caught my eye right away. He caught my eye in the video, and he caught my eye when I saw the horse."

Blais Humbled By O’Brien Nom

January 21, 2020

“What it really highlights is the team effort. The team got it done. And the horses. I’m privileged to have good horses. They’re the ones who get you there. I’m more proud of their nominations than mi...

2019 O'Briens Finalists Announced

December 18, 2019

The ballots have been tabulated and on Wednesday, December 18, Standardbred Canada announced the finalists for the 2019 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past seaso...