Two-time O'Brien Award of Horsemanship winner Kelly Hoerdt knows one thing for sure: success is truly a team effort. Despite having driven 163 winners and achieving a 28.3 per cent strike rate as a trainer in 2020 — impressive numbers in a normal season let alone one shortened by three months — Hoerdt truly believes his second O'Brien Award of Horsemanship is not an achievement he could have attained entirely on his own. "I don't look at it as a personal achievement," Hoerdt said in a recent interview with Standardbred Canada's Rachel Oenema. "There's lots of people involved behind the scenes that contribute to this all the time. I'm very proud of it. I'm very proud of my team, and very proud of my partners on the horses, as well, for sticking with me."