Lus Illusion A Determined Winner September 11, 2019 Lus Illusion ($7.60) may not have been able to catch second-over cover, but she lifted to victory in Wednesday's (Sept. 11) feature at Grand River Raceway, an $8,200 conditioned pace for fillies and m...
Blais, McClure Reflect On Hambo Win August 06, 2019 Prior to Saturday (Aug. 3) afternoon, Luc Blais’ fondest memories of a Hambletonian were from a race 24 years earlier, when Tagliabue won America’s Trotting Classic at The Meadowlands. By Saturday eve...
Canada's Hambletonian Hopeful August 01, 2019 “You need to be in the race to have a chance. He’s a good horse, he’s healthy and he’s followed the program. He’s faced those kinds of horses before and he’s been competitive...I have a good feeling (...
‘Determination’ Pays Off In Full February 17, 2019 When the dust settled from the 2018 O’Brien Awards, trainer Luc Blais and the Determination stable walked away with a very respectable haul. Both of the outfit’s two O’Brien nominees, Emoticon Hanover...
Is This Emoticon Hanover's Year? January 15, 2019 Is this, finally, Emoticon Hanover's year at the O'Brien Awards? Trainer Luc Blais certainly hopes so.
Emoticon Hanover Goes Back-To-Back October 27, 2018 It takes a special horse to race in the Breeders Crown, it takes an extra special horse to win a Breeders Crown. That makes a horse like Emoticon Hanover that not only wins but defends a Breeders Crow...
Blais Duo Vs. Stacked Field Sunday August 10, 2018 Trainer Luc Blais heads to Sunday’s (Aug. 12) $141,000 Joie De Vie Stakes with the race’s defending champion plus another horse coming off a major win, but not a lot of attention. That’s how it is whe...
A 'Dream' Win For McClure & Blais August 04, 2018 Driver Bob McClure made a splash in his limited action on Hambletonian Day by blowing up the toteboard with 50-1 trotting mare Dream Together in the $154,800 Dr. John R. Steele Memorial for older trot...
Awol Hanover Tough At Flamboro December 20, 2017 Awol Hanover ($9.30) overcame post 8, put away Fluff Me Up on the final turn, and proved a determined 1:57 winner over the late-rallying Fork in Wednesday evening’s (Dec. 20) featured $11,500 Preferre...
Emoticon Hanover Kicks Off 'Crown' Night October 27, 2017 Third time's a charm for Emoticon Hanover. In her third Breeders Crown appearance, the four-year-old Luc Blais trainee was victorious in the $250,000 Mares Trot to kick off the 2017 championship weeke...
Blais Not Intimidated By Competition October 27, 2017 Trainer Luc Blais is feeling good about the horses he has in this year’s $6 million Breeders Crown at Hoosier Park but there’s also a feeling of melancholy.
Records Galore For On A Sunny Day; Grand River Closes Meet September 27, 2017 In what was the final race of the 2017 meet at Grand River Raceway, On A Sunny Day ($3.30) lived up to favoured billing in the $125,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold event for three-year-old trotting fill...