birth_place sport birth_date article_title name
angers , quebec harness racing 1 february 1940 hervé filion
 hervé filion
hervé filion

hervé filion , -lrb- born february 1 , 1940 -rrb- is a retired canadian harness racer .
he is the brother of yves filion , who drove and trained the 1988 north america cup winner , henri filion -lrb- 1941-1997 -rrb- , who died from his injuries , following a racing accident at hippodrome aylmer qc , and the uncle of sylvain filion , who won the 1999 world driving championship .
born in angers , quebec , filion was the first driver to win over 400 races in a year in 1968 and was able to achieve this accomplishment 14 more times .
filion is second all-time in career wins in north america , with 15,180 .
in 2000 , filion pled guilty to charges that he failed to file new york state income tax returns , ending a five-year investigation into race-fixing .
filion officially retired in october 2012 , his final win at rideau carleton racetrack in ottawa .
in 1971 , he was made an officer of the order of canada and was awarded the lou marsh trophy .
in 1976 , he was inducted into the canadian horse racing hall of fame .
