Ayant grandi sur une ferme laitière du Québec, Francis Richard se souvient avoir aidé à la livraison de foin au client Standardbred de son père, Léo Tourigny, alors qu’il n’avait que huit ans.

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 6th however, when the Archangel gelding that he originally purchased as a yearling for just $7,000 - Fashion Frenzie - was named Canada’s best three-year-old trotting colt for 2021.

Chaque mois, dès que je termine la rédaction de cet article, pour le «Point de vue », et que je l’envoie pour traduction, je ressens un léger sentiment de soulagement.

Je reçois généralement plus de commentaires au sujet de ces  articles - la plupart étant favorables (riresl) - que sur n’importe quelle autre partie du magazine. Je dois donc admettre que trouver un nouveau sujet intéressant pour la prochaine rubrique se révèle toujours un peu difficile.

Every month, as soon as I finish writing this column, The View, and send it for translation, I feel a slight sense of relief. 

Trot takes its unique annual look at the stats behind the top Standardbred sires in Canada and North America.

Every horseman’s nightmare sadly came true for a few very unlucky participants in our sport, when the barn at Cape Breton’s Donmar Farms burned to the ground on December, 20, 2021,

You may know who drove and trained them when they raced, or maybe who their fastest sons and daughters are, but what else do you know about the top sires in our game?