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Mississauga, ON – Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 O’Brien Awards, which honor Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season. There are two finalists in each category which includes 12 divisional horse categories and five people awards. Horse of the Year will be one of the divisional champions. Winners will be announced at the Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala on Sunday, Jan. 31 on standardbredcanada.ca. This will mark the 32nd edition of the O’Brien Awards, named in honor of the late Joe O’Brien, an outstanding horseman and member of the C...

Sponsored by: Bob McClure of Rockwood, Ont., is en route to a career-best season in the earnings column, and is the leading money winning driver in Canada. Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 O'Brien Awards, which honor Canada's best in harness racing over the past season. There are two finalists in each category, which includes 12 divisional horse categories and five people awards. Horse of the Year will be one of the divisional champions. The winners will be announced at the Virtual O'Brien Awards Gala on Sunday, Jan. 31 on standardbredcanada.c...

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season. There are two finalists in each category which includes 12 divisional horse categories and five people awards. Horse of the Year will be one of the divisional champions. The winners will be announced at the Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala on Sunday, January 31 on standardbredcanada.ca. This will mark the 32nd edition of the O’Brien Awards, named in honour of the late Joe O’Brien, an outstanding horseman and member of the Canadian Horse ...

The impending multi-billion-dollar sale of Great Canadian Gaming Corporation announced last month may have hit a roadblock. Numerous major investors in Great Canadian have voiced opposition against a proposed $3.3 billion sale of the corporation, which owns Standardbred racetracks Flamboro Downs and Georgian Downs in Ontario and Fraser Downs in British Columbia, to affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. CI Global Asset Management, which is the largest shareholder of Great Canadian with 14 per cent of its shares, released a statement voicing their disapproval of the arrangement on Wednes...

BARRIE, ONT. -- Georgian Downs in Innisfil will close its doors once again. "We will be closing Innisfil [and London] as they have now been determined Code Red by the provincial government," said a spokesperson with Gateway Casinos and Entertainment. Ontario announced Friday Simcoe Muskoka would shift into the Red-Control category under the province's COVID-19 colour-coded framework amid surging infection rates. Georgian Downs closed back in March during the first wave of the virus and welcomed people back inside in October. While table games remained paused, the slot machines were open...