It happens in all sports - one thing seems best for a certain percentage of stakeholders, while at the same time, not being seen as so great to others.

Recently named the unanimous winner of the Keith Waples Driver of the Year Award as Canada’s leading reinsman, the personable James MacDonald isn’t only popular on O’Brien Award ballots.

Craig Yates is a very good horseman - he’s also an alcoholic, and he’s not shy to admit it.

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.