St. Lazare tire shop owner and Manitoba breeder Charlie Fouillard isn’t one to seek the spotlight, and he certainly doesn’t need it. He’s surrounded by Thoroughbred broodmare royalty at his farm in God’s country, Manitoba.
Fouillard breeds and raises horses in partnership with Cam Ziprick just south of Russell, near the Saskatchewan border, at the confluence of the Assiniboine and Qu’Appelle Rivers. If there’s a better place to raise horses in Manitoba, we’d like to see it.
The 56-year-old Fouillard and his wife of 30 years, Karen, have raised hundreds of horses and four children in the Assiniboine/Qu’Appelle River Valley – Julien, Steve, Damien and Hannah. The boys work at the nearby potash mine and Hannah will soon be graduating with a Bachelor of Nursing degree.