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A Family Legacy
by Diane Rice
B r y n a n d C a r o l
R o b e r t s t o n w i t h OneFamousGlass and HadToBeIvory.
From small numbers, Ontario trainer Bryn Robertson inspired a family passion for raising, training and racing outstanding runners
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Some breeders/trainers strategize by F F a a m m o o u u s s G G l l a a s s s s ; ; 2 2 0 0 1 19 9 H H i i - - P P o o i i n n t t C C o o l l t t E E a a z z y y T Tr r a a i i n n e e r r o o f f t t h h e e Y Ye e a a r r a a n n d d t t h h e e Q Q R R O O O O I I O O w w n n e e r r / /
w w o o r r k k i i n n g g w w i it t h h l l a a r r g g e e n nu u m m b b e e r r s s o o f f h h o o r r s s e e s s i i n n
h h o o p p e e s s o o f f h h i i t t t t i i n n g g i i t t b b i i g g w w i i t t h h a a t t l l e e a a s s t t o o n n e e o o f f their charges. Ontario trainer Bryn Robertson and his family, however, raise just one or two b b a a b b i i e e s s a a y y e e a a r r a a n n d d o o c c c c a a s s i i o o n n a a l l l l y y b b u u y y a a p p r r o o m m i i s s i i n n g g runner to race.
With those small numbers from a strictly family operation, Bryn has trained the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. (QROOI) 2013 Horse of the Year One
S S t t r r e e e e t t ; ; a a n n d d 2 2 0 01 19 9 a a n n d d 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 H H o o r r s s e e o o f f t t h h e e Y Ye e a a r r, , H H i i l l l l e e r r i i n n F F a a r r m m ’ ’s s h h o o m m e e b b r r e e d d H H a a d d T To o B B e e I I v v o o r r y y, , who was also named the Aged Champion, Distance Series Champion and AQHA
C C a a n n a a d d i i a a n n R R a a c c i i n n g g C C h h a a m m p p i i o o n n f f o o r r 2 2 0 0 1 1 8 8 , , 2 2 0 0 1 1 9 9 and 2022.
Had To Be Ivory broke two Track Records at Ajax Downs last year—one of which he’d set the prior year—contributing to Bryn earning the Canadian Quarter Horse Association
T Tr r a a i i n n e e r r o o f f t t h h e e Y Ye e a a r r t t i i t t l l e e s s f f o o r r 2 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 . .
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received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Erin Agricultural Society and were i i n n d d u u c c t t e e d d i i n n t t o o t t h h e e W W e e l l l l i i n n g g t t o o n n T To o w w n n s s h h i i p p E E r r i i n n Fair Hall of Fame in 2019.
They are admirable accomplishments for
a man who only discovered his horse passion after meeting his wife-to-be, Carol—a lifelong horse lover—as a teenager.
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