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Vicki Pappas, Heart To Heart Among 2021 Class Inducted Into Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Sponsored by: The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to name three people and three horses to be inducted as the Class of 2021. As previously announced, the Board of Directors agreed to reduce the number of inductees for the Class of 2021 to three per breed. This will allow for the 2020 and 2021 inductees to be properly recognized together, once a gala event may be hosted. The Hall determined additional inductees will be added in 2022 and 2023 to offset the smaller class of 2021...

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 ...

According to Doug McNair, "You're only as good as the horses you're driving." But when you put them in position to win 289 races and more than $6.2 million in purses through the course of an abbreviated season — like McNair did in 2020 — you're bound to attract plenty of accolades. And, for the 31-year-old Ontarian, those accolades were many: eight victories in six-figure races — including the Battle of Waterloo with Bettor Sun and the Fan Hanover with distaff dynamo Party Girl Hill, his ninth consecutive season surpassing $4 million in purses earned, and a nomination for the 2020 O'Br...

The connections of multiple Grand Circuit stakes winner Warrawee Vital (p,3, 1:47.1; $246,428) are pleased to announce that he will be standing stud privately in Ontario for the upcoming 2021 breeding season. Limited bookings are now available to breed to Warrawee Vital, the fastest-ever offspring of champion racehorse and leading stallion Captaintreacherous, for an introductory fee of $5,000. Out of one of the most prolific broodmares in racing, Great Memories, Vital is a half-brother to both World Champion Warrawee Ubeaut (p,2, 1:48.3; $1.9 million), the co-fastest two-year-old in the histo...