Driver Bio

 
Mario 
Baillargeon 
Born: 7/27/1957  in St. Hubert, QC 
Resides: Milton, ON 
Colors: Red-Green-White 
Statistics
Woodbine Mohawk Stakes Wins
SERIES HORSE (YEAR)
Blizzard Series Ashlees Luck (2006)
Head of the House (2002)
Breeders Crown Totally Western (2002)
Burlington Stakes Totally Western (2003)
Up Front Western (2002)
Canadian Breeders Red Star Biggirl (2006)
Armbro Balmoral (2004)
Whitesand Titan (2002)
Armbro Vanilla (2000)
Celias Counsel Series Helens Melons (2006)
Champlain (Trot) Gerry Lavec (2002)
Damsel Series Fancy a Dream (2007)
Amethyst (2005)
Don Mills Series Afternoon Dreams (2009)
San Remo Kosmos (2007)
Dream Maker Series McCabe Hall (2004)
Elegantimage (Colsolation) Celebrity Tribute (2008)
Tilly Bomb (2007)
Nassagaweya Isle of Patmos (2004)
North America Cup (Consolation) Southwind Halite (2000)
Ontario Boys Series Nats Beach Bunny (2003)
Ontario Sired Spring Series Cam Cool (2007)
Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final Bay Girl (2009, 2YOFP)
Cuddler (2009, 3YOFT)
Voelz Hanover (2008, 3YOFP)
S.B.O.A. (Trot) Early Secret (2002)
Snowshoe Series Night Sounds (2005)
Summertime Series Mannart Howard (2000)
The Count B Series DL Lyndie (2001)
Youthful Series Southview Senator (2001)
Woodbine Autumn Series Thrillionaire (2009, 3YOFP)
WDB/MOH Driving Record

Career Wins

6,586 Wins (through December 31, 2009)

2009 Driving Record

STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD EARNINGS UDRS
1,345 177 143 149 $3,676,977 0.227

 

2009 WEG Driving Record

STARTS 1ST 2ND 3RD EARNINGS UDRS
1,143 131 118 122 $3,024,900 0.208

 

2009 WEG Stakes Wins

SERIES HORSE
Don Mills Series Afternoon Dreams
Ontario Sires Stakes
Super Final (2YOFP)		 Bay Girl
Ontario Sires Stakes
Super Final (3YOFT)		 Cuddler
Woodbine Autumn Series
(3YOFP)		 Thrillioinaire
Career
  • Mario has been driving horses for 30 years and was regarded as one of Quebec’s top reinsmen  throughout the 1990s
  • Baillargeon was also among the leading drivers in California, Chicago, Detroit and Florida in the 1980s
  • He moved to Ontario in the fall of 1999 (373 victories that year, third among Canadian drivers)
  • Scored his biggest career victory in 2002 with two-year-old pacing colt Totally Western in the Breeders Crown
  • He was the runner-up to Chris Christoforou for an O’Brien Award as Canada’s Driver of the Year in 2002
  • Baillargeon recorded his 5,000th career win aboard Sinister Sam on February 1, 2002, and in June of 2003, Mario, along with six other local drivers, was presented with a ring commemorating his prestigious milestone achievement
  • Mario missed a significant amount of time in 2003 due to recovery and rehabilitation from a broken clavicle sustained in an accident at Woodbine, but came back to assemble a solid year in 2004
  • In 2007 he piloted brother Benoit’s trainee, Reve D’Amerik, to a track-record-equalling 1:50.0 in August, in a $36,000 Preferred Trot at Mohawk, and partnered with Zooka, the sport’s fastest free-legged pacer, he helped the gelding to the $1 million mark in earnings
  • In addition to driving many horses for trainer Ben Wallace, Mario is also on call for his brother, Benoit, who also re-located to train in Ontario in the fall of 2000.