2018 O'brien Awards

Fresh off one of his best seasons, trainer Carmen Auciello will attend his first O'Brien Awards ceremony as a finalist thanks to the consistent and successful efforts of a special lady in his life.

In a statistical rarity, the aged pacing division for 2019 will include the four richest sophomore pacers from 2018. Even more impressive, three of those horses -- including O'Brien Award finalist Lat...

Is this, finally, Emoticon Hanover's year at the O'Brien Awards? Trainer Luc Blais certainly hopes so.

After a disappointing second half of the season, trotting mare Hannelore Hanover finished her 2018 campaign strongly, and her connections are expecting a return to form in 2019 closer to the dominance...

Pacing colt Jimmy Freight emerged from relative obscurity in 2017 to capture Ontario Sires Stakes gold, and his 2018 campaign placed him on the international stage. Owner Adriano Sorella is hopeful th...

For the second consecutive year, the O’Brien Awards will have a Red Carpet show, streamed live on standardbredcanada.ca and SC’s Facebook page, starting at 5:30 p.m. (EST) on Saturday, February 2.

Harness racing is a game of highs and lows. Ask any participant, it can be a long time between drinks. In the case of trainer Kevin Benn and the O'Brien Awards, that drought spanned 20 years.

Casie Coleman had a pretty good idea there would be a reason for her to attend the 2018 O'Brien Awards in February, but the decorated trainer was still surprised when she received last month's call re...

This time last year, owner Tom Rankin was planning a trip to the O'Brien Awards after the stellar season of rookie trotter Alarm Detector. One year after that O'Brien Award win, Rankin is set to retur...

"My dad was a banker and I'll always remember how disappointed my parents were when I quit finance for the horses when I was young. But it's turned out really well for a guy who used to take the bus t...

“It (2018) was an amazing year (for Shower Play). The way she raced, the way she did it... It was everything we hoped when we took our time with her at two.”