Thoroughbred Trainer As longtime private trainer for Hall of Fame Builder Gus Schickedanz, Mike Keogh is a two-time Queen’s Plate winning trainer, first with Woodcarver in 1999 and then with Triple Crown champion Wando in 2003. During that Triple Crown … Continue reading
Category Archives: Thoroughbred Trainers
Josie Carroll
Thoroughbred Trainer Josie Carroll’s ground-breaking achievements in the Queen’s Plate are impressive, but don’t suggest to her that they are any more remarkable because she is a female trainer, breaking ground that no other woman has accomplished in Plate history. … Continue reading
Reade Baker
Thoroughbred Trainer The distinction of being the “compleat” horseman is unarguably a trait that best describes Woodbine trainer Reade Baker. The dictionary describes the word briefly as “highly skilled and accomplished in all aspects.” Perhaps a slight exaggeration, but … Continue reading
Harold Barroby
Trainer Harold J. Barroby is now the second British Columbia-based trainer to earn induction into Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The other man is his brother Frank, a champion jockey before turning to training. Frank was inducted in 2010. … Continue reading
Mark Casse
Thoroughbred Trainer The awards and honours bestowed upon Mark Casse in recent years are unprecedented. And they will likely continue over the next decades. A partial list would include a record eight Sovereign Awards as leading trainer. Breeder’s Cup winners … Continue reading
Roger Laurin
Thoroughbred Trainer During an exceptional career as one of North America’s leading trainers, a man who handled the stables of the most influential owners in the business, Roger Laurin achieved numerous accolades from his stakes-winning resume. He saddled the … Continue reading
Horatio Luro
Thoroughbred Trainer On the 50th anniversary of Northern Dancer‘s brilliant three-year-old season, highlighted by the scrappy Canadian-bred’s historic victory in the Kentucky Derby, his trainer, Horatio Luro, was welcomed into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Luro, an … Continue reading
Phillip England
Thoroughbred Trainer Phil England had just observed his 69th birthday at his home in Nobleton, Ont., when the veteran trainer was informed of his induction into Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame. He was deeply surprised with the news, something … Continue reading
Sid Attard
Thoroughbred Trainer To properly appreciate Sid Attard’s Hall of Fame credentials, one only has to examine what it takes to condition 2,000 winners during a workman-like career. Getting down on your hands and knees every day, often on frigid mornings, … Continue reading
Patrick MacMurchy
Legend – Trainer By the mid 1960s there wasn’t a more respected horseman in the country than Patrick MacMurchy, a Scotsman whose reticent demeanor spoke volumes. For years he had trained for some of the most influential owners in … Continue reading
