Claim: Stafford Farm's stallion Royal Chocolate was trained by one of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Gil Rowntree.
Evidence: Royal Chocolate was bred and raced by Jack Stafford's Stafford Farms of King City, Ontario. Royal Chocolate was conditioned for racing by future by Canadian Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Gil Rowntree. One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his racing career as a jockey in his native Toronto, riding from 1949 through 1951.