Standardbred Trainer Bio

 
Benoit 
Baillargeon 
Born: 7/25/1958  in St. Hubert, QC 
Resides: Rockwood, ON 
Colors: Red-Green-White  
Statistics
WDB/MOH Training Record

STARTS 1st 2nd 3rd EARNINGS
649 99 67 61 $2,001,176

As of December 31, 2010
Career
  • For the second consecutive year, Baillargeon finished second in the training standings on the WEG circuit. The veteran conditioned finished second by a single victory to Tracey Brainard in 2009 and finished second to Richard Moreau this past 2010 season. He capped off his 2010 season with 99 victories (three below Moreau) from 649 starters and earned over $2 million.
  • Some of his 2010 top older performers included Homer Jay ($123,870), Sakic Seelster ($93,880) and Mystical Ryan ($91,170).
  • In 2010, Baillargeon once again campaigned top stakes performers Yursa Hanover ($160,225), Voelz Hanover ($277,940) and Oh Sweet Baby ($243,530), who captured the $300,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final.
  • 2010 marked the tenth full season in Ontario for the Quebec native, who followed his brother Mario (one of the circuit’s top drivers) here.
  • In 2002, his stable finished eighth in the standings with 72 wins and $1,622,134 in purses...before moving to Ontario in the fall of 2000, Baillargeon had a successful stable at Hippodrome de Montreal.
  • Baillargeon’s first full season on the WEG in 2001 was an unqualified success as his stable finished fifth in the standings with 79 wins and more than $1.9 million in purses.
  • He was introduced to harness racing by his father Gaetan, who trained and drove Standardbreds.