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Standardbred Canada announced the winners of 2020 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, January 31. Held virtually due to the provincial lockdown in Ontario, this year marked 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 Racing Hall of Fame. Richard Moreau added a record eighth O’Brien trophy to his mantle in the Trainer of the Year Category after a season which saw him top the...

Sponsored by: Richard Moreau Standardbred Canada announced the winners of 2020 O'Brien Awards, which honor Canada's best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, Jan. 31. Richard Moreau added a record eighth O'Brien trophy to his mantle in the Trainer of the Year Category after a season which saw him top the earnings and win charts for Canadian trainers.  Based in Puslinch, Ont., Moreau is one of the country's busiest trainers sending postward 1,604 starters that made 237 trips to the winner's circle and earned ...

Not many people can head into this weekend's O’Brien Awards knowing they have an award secured, but trainer Luc Blais is in that rare position. The Quebec native, who has become the man in charge training Serge Godin’s Determination Stable, conditions both nominees for Two-Year-Old Trotting Male of the Year—Macho Martini and On A Streak. Blais also trains nominee for Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year Donna Soprano, but can sit on the edge of his seat as that filly competes for the title against Paul Walker trainee Imextraspecial. “It was an amazing year,” Blais said. “You k...

Ontario-sired pacing colt Tall Dark Stranger was named the 2020 U.S. Horse of the Year as part of the Dan Patch Annual Awards Banquet held virtually on Saturday (Jan. 16). The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the leading media organization in North American harness racing, has announced the winners of its Dan Patch Awards balloting for excellence exhibited among both equines and humans. The “best of the best” are normally honoured at the writers’ Dan Patch Annual Awards Banquet, but that event was cancelled this year due to the ongoing health crisis, so a special Virtu...

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...