2025 O’Brien Award Finalists Announced December 19, 2025 Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.
2025 Sophomore OSS Super Finals Complete October 12, 2025 The three-year-old stars of the Ontario Sires Stakes contested their $300,000 Gold Super Finals on Saturday, Oct. 11 at Woodbine Mohawk Park, bringing the 2025 season of the provincial program to a cl...
Chantilly Back Sharp In Ontario Sires Stakes Gold October 03, 2025 Chantilly returned to the track after more than a month away on Thursday, Oct. 2 at Woodbine Mohawk Park and pulled away in the lane to dominate the lone $140,000 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Leg 5...
Chantilly, Crack Shot Prep For Super Finals September 26, 2025 The winners of the 2024 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals for two-year-old pacers look poised to vigorously defend those titles in two weeks time.
McNair Super On Mohawk Saturday Stakes Card September 07, 2025 Driver Doug McNair got longshot Windor home in the $159,745 Champlain Stakes and teamed Crack Shot to a commanding victory in the $80,062 Simcoe Stakes first division, the highlights of a five-win eve...
Both 'Shots' Hit The Mark In OSS Golds June 28, 2025 James Avritt Sr. bred both winners of the $90,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Leg 2 events for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings contested Saturday, June 28 at Woodbine Mohawk Park – Crack Shot a...
McNair Has Come Full Circle With Cup Hopeful Crack Shot June 12, 2025 Driver Doug McNair can now admit he was wrong about Crack Shot, Ontario’s biggest hope in the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday, June 14 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Divine Karma Led London Knights Coach To Own Star Pacer May 22, 2025 A few days after O'Brien Award finalist Crack Shot stormed to victory on May 17 at Woodbine Mohawk Park in the $126,912 SBOA Stakes for Ontario-sired sophomore pacing colts, and just hours before leav...
Chantilly, Sophomores Star In SBOA Finals May 17, 2025 Sophomore pacing filly Chantilly, the 2024 Canadian Horse of the Year, improved to a perfect 10-for-10 by winning her three-year-old season debut in the first of four SBOA Stakes for Ontario sired thr...
Chantilly Headlines O'Brien-Winning Qualifiers At Mohawk May 02, 2025 A trifecta of popular 2024 O'Brien Award winners took centre stage during the session of qualifiers on Friday, May 2 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
McNair And An O'Brien Award Guarantee February 06, 2025 One person assured of having a connection to an O'Brien Award winner this Saturday, Feb. 8 is Doug McNair -- who holds the unique distinction of being the primary driver of both finalists for Canada's...
Which Pacer Could Win Horse Of The Year? January 31, 2025 Of the pacers named as 2024 O'Brien Award finalists, which horse do you feel has the best chance of being named the 2024 Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year?
2024 O'Brien Award Finalists Announced December 20, 2024 Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 36th O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.