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More driver changes for this week's racing cards in Ontario will be required in the aftermath of a winter storm in Charlottetown, P.E.I. that has halted travel plans for many out-of-province attendees of Saturday night's O'Brien Awards.
Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2023 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, at the Black Tie Gala in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
In harness racing, success does not come overnight, particularly in the breeding business where the outcome of building relationships and the day-to-day hard work that goes into raising future racehorses isn’t realized for many years.
True to his name, 2021 Dan Patch Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year and Breeders Crown champion King Of The North (3,1:50.3, $1,370,242) will head north of the border as the heir apparent to the trotting stallion throne.
Opening night at Batavia Downs was the scene of a crowded clubhouse, an apron full of fans, and a visit from the New York Sire Stakes two-year-old trotting fillies on Wednesday (July 20).