Kelly Hoerdt

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2026 National Driving Championship Driver Showcase A Hit

The 2026 National Driving Championship (NDC) weekend is officially underway, and Standardbred Canada (SC) continued its coverage of the weekend's events with a live stream of the 2026 NDC Driver Showc...

2026 NDC contenders Kelly Hoerdt and Phil Giesbrecht

Giesbrecht, Hoerdt Represent West At The Nationals

Back-to-back Western Regional Driving Champion Phil Giesbrecht and veteran reinsman Kelly Hoerdt will represent the Western Region at the 2026 National Driving Championship (NDC) later this month at C...

Phil Giesbrecht celebrates while driving Redstone Arsenal

Giesbrecht Repeats In Western Regional Driving Championship

Phil Giesbrecht and Kelly Hoerdt punched their tickets to the National Driving Championship at Clinton Raceway in July after securing the top two spots in the 2026 Western Regional Driving Championshi...

2026 Road to the Nationals - Episode 2

Hoerdt And Sobey On The Road To The Nationals

Standardbred Canada (SC) continues its The Road to the Nationals video series with Episode 2, offering fans additional insight and analysis ahead of the 2026 Regional Driving Championships (RDC).

Mister Itunes winning at Century Mile

Hoerdt Hot At Century Mile

December 13, 2025

Kelly Hoerdt braved the -20 temperatures for a six-win performance at Century Mile on Friday, Dec. 12.

Sandras Mystery winning at Century Mile

Sandras Mystery In A Pari-Mutuel Puzzler At Century Mile

November 22, 2025

Century Mile handicappers that solved a 34-1 mystery in the $16,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace were rewarded with a huge payout on Friday, Nov. 21.

The Great Shark winning at Century Mile

The Great Shark Streaks Into Saturday's Alberta Super Finals

November 05, 2025

The baying howls of the Halloween wind that gusted to almost 40 kilometres per hour were inconsequential to The Great Shark in one of four two-year-old stakes at Century Mile last Friday night.

Custard Dolce winning at Century Downs

Wittup's Dream Weekend: Chasing Western Canada's Biggest Titles

October 15, 2025

The dream is real and it has arrived.

Chaseisonthecase and Robert Wyse

Wyse Breaks Maiden, Hoerdt Triples At Century Downs

Robert Wyse took his first pari-mutuel driving win as he piloted Chaseisonthecase to a dominant victory in the opener on Thursday, June 19 at Century Downs.

Born A Spy

Born A Spy Sneaks Through For Open Score

Brandon Campbell had to be thinking that Grey Sea was nearly unbeatable in the $10,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Fraser Downs on Thursday, April 17.

Sunshine Boy winning at Fraser Downs

Sunshine Boy Wins Preferred As Fraser Season Wraps Up

December 28, 2024

Sunshine Boy closed out his 2024 campaign just like he started it by winning the $10,000 Preferred Pace for Fraser Downs leading trainer Jim Marino as the British Columbia harness racing season wrappe...

Over Ice, winning at Fraser

Marino, Giesbrecht Sweep Sophomore Stakes At Fraser

November 29, 2024

Trainer Jim Marino and driver Phil Giesbrecht teamed up to sweep the $100,000 finals of the Mary Murphy Breeders Stakes and Robert Murphy Memorial Breeders Stakes for three-year-olds on Thursday, Nov....

Believe It Sea It winning at Century Mile

Hoerdt Has The Magic Touch At Century Mile

November 24, 2024

You had to see it to believe it. Horseman Kelly Hoerdt had the magic touch on Saturday, Nov. 23 at Century Mile as he guided home five winners, including three-year-old pacing gelding Believe It Sea I...