Desperate Man

Collage of 2021 O'Brien Award finalist Desperate Man

A Family (Black Tie) Affair

January 12, 2022

Desperate Man has provided the Cecchins with many family memories over the course of the year and now the team behind the North America Cup champion will get to enjoy another special evening together ...

A Tremendous Year For OSS Horses

November 04, 2021

Although compressed into four months, the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season featured all of the fierce battles and memorable performances fans have come to expect from the province’s top pacers a...

Two Minutes In Vegas

October 17, 2021

One of Kathy and John Cecchin’s first dates took place in the backstretch kitchen at Mohawk. Many years later, the lifelong horsepeople, still as much in love as ever, reached the pinnacle of the spor...

Desperate Man Adds Super Final To Resume

October 16, 2021

North America Cup champion Desperate Man continued his storybook season on Saturday night, taking the $225,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final for the three-year-old pacing colts and gelding at Woodb...

Team Desperate Man Open House

October 13, 2021

John & Kathy Cecchin, Paul & Nikki Davies, Trevor & Shannon Henry and 2021 North America Cup winner Desperate Man are inviting the harness racing industry to an open house this weekend.

What's Next For Desperate Man?

September 17, 2021

Now that she's won the 2021 Pepsi North America Cup with Desperate Man, trainer Kathy Cecchin isn't planning a trip to Disneyland. And she's not planning a trip to Delaware, Ohio either.

Desperate Man Wins The 2021 North America Cup

September 11, 2021

With numerous runner-up efforts and finishes behind heavy favourite Bulldog Hanover on his card, Desperate Man avenged his defeat in the Pepsi North America Cup elimination to down his provincial riva...

Desperate Man A 'Slick' Purchase

September 10, 2021

As trainer Kathy Cecchin waited in the paddock for Desperate Man’s North America Cup elimination last week, her husband, John, asked how the horse was doing.

Desperate Man Seeks More Gold

August 06, 2021

“If we don’t believe in him, no one else would. We thought he was that good.”

Desperate Man, Second Bruiser Win OSS

Ontario’s world-class three-year-old pacing colts waged a pair of $99,800 Gold Series battles at Georgian Downs on Sunday (July 25) and it was Second Bruiser and Desperate Man who emerged victorious f...

Desperate Man Delivers Again

Desperate Man, an early-season standout on the Ontario Sires Stakes circuit in his juvenile campaign, seemed as confident as ever in his Thursday morning (June 10) qualifier at Woodbine Mohawk Park, a...

Bulldog Hanover Primed For Battle

After surfacing for the first time since October with a 1:55.2 qualifying win last week, Jack Darling's Bulldog Hanover delivered a ferocious 1:53 effort to lead Thursday morning's (June 3) 14-race qu...