After being nominated for the Future Star Award on multiple occasions but not winning it, Quebec native Francis Richard thought that he’d lost his chance to ever win an O’Brien. He was happily proven wrong on February 6, 2022.

Fashion Frenzie, the Archangel gelding that he originally purchased as a yearling for just $7,000, was named Canada’s best three-year-old trotting colt for 2021 at the O'Brien Awards virtual gala conducted earlier this year. To read the feature on Richard from the March issue of TROT Magazine, click one of the following links:

• A Career Fashioned From A Frenzy For Horses
• Une carrière façonnée sur sa passion pour les chevaux