Last year, Lachance won 11 of 128 starts. Since this October, he has compiled 22 victories from 66 races, a difference he attributes primarily to the changed landscape of competition.

“I think that the competition is a lot different, for obvious reasons,” Lachance told harnessracingupdate.com. “My horses are more competitive now, and I can do more things with them. It's really unfair – the last four or five years have been out of control. And I hear people say I'm not aggressive and that – and you can't be. You can't make a move when you have one little move against those bearcats. There was only so much you can do, and now it's different.”

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