John Cecchin

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 ...

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...

Cecchin Sweeps Flamboro Preferreds

November 16, 2014

Trainer John Cecchin and the Mark Austin Stables swept the Preferred 2 events featured on Sunday night's harness racing card at Flamboro Downs with Brocks Fortune and Machleen.

Cecchin Hopes For A Healthy Horse

September 09, 2008

Training a two-year-old trotting filly is always a challenge, but this season Arthur residents John and Kathy Cecchin have faced more than the usual dose of frustration with Jayport Cindy, one of 77 y...