Matt Bax

Matt Bax and Southwind Coors

Bax Seeks Rare Hambletonian, Oaks Double

August 01, 2023

Four trainers will head into Saturday’s Hambletonian Day card at The Meadowlands with the opportunity to win both the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks, a feat accomplished previously by only three c...

Southwind Coors

Test Time For Bax Duo In Goodtimes

Matt Bax will send out Hambletonian-eligible trotters Southwind Coors and Snowpiercer in Friday’s eliminations of the Goodtimes Stakes for three-year-olds at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Their performances i...

2022 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final winners

Updates On Ontario Super Final Champions

It might not feel like it, but according to the calendar, spring started this week, which means stakes season is right around the corner. And last year’s Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Super Final champio...

Matt Bax - 2022 O'Brien Awards post-even interview

Matt Bax On Taking The Reins

February 11, 2023

"I'm always going to have him as a teacher and he'll offer me his advice, but at the same time he's going to let me fly and go with whatever I think is right at the right time. It's a great partnershi...

John Bax

Bax Goes Out On A High Note

December 21, 2022

When trainer John Bax recently discussed winning his first Johnston Cup, he confirmed that it was first Ontario Sires Stakes training title. He also confirmed that it would be his last.

John Bax, Matt Bax & Jim Bullock

Two In, One Out For Bax & Bullock

September 23, 2022

There wasn't much surprise when a trotter from the barn of John Bax was revealed as a Mohawk Million entrant on Monday (Sept. 19). If there was a surprise, it came when Righteous Resolve's name wasn't...

Bax Looks For 'Magic' In OSS Gold

Don’t judge a book by its cover, or in the case of Oh Look Magic — a freshman trotter entered in one of three Gold divisions on July 4 at Woodbine Mohawk Park... don’t judge a racehorse by its ears.

John Bax

Chasing Champions

February 05, 2022

Chasing O’Brien Award trophies never gets old for veteran horseman John Bax, who has a pair of 2021 trotting finalists in Duly Resolved and recently retired Up And Ready.

Bax On Vaccination Opportunity

For Matt Bax, the biggest shot in the arm Ontario horsepeople need at this time is exactly that.

A System That Works For Team Bax

January 24, 2021

“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...

Bax: 'Shutdown Would Hurt Us All'

December 17, 2020

"Horse racing isn’t simply a source of joy for all of us – it’s also our livelihood."

COSA Election Results

Earlier this year, the Central Ontario Standardbred Association mailed out nomination forms to all eligible COSA voting members.

Premier Ford Visits Bax Stable

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.