O'brien Awards

"It was really nice to be on stage with my dad and just be apart of this awesome event, and it was just even a privilege to be nominated for such an outstanding award."

"It's a great honour being respected by your peers. A lot of hard work is involved in this, a great staff behind us too, you know, it's not just me. We've got a good bunch of grooms and second trainer...

Standardbred Canada has released the breakdown of the voting for the 35th O'Brien Awards.

Fourteen years after Sportswriter won the O'Brien Award for two-year-old pacing colts in 2009, Casie Coleman has another O'Brien Award winner in that division with Legendary Hanover.

"It's a tremendous honour. This is three times we've got this. It's rare in the big scheme to win that thing three times and she's been special."

"It has its ups and downs for sure. All of us as breeders, we'll come out of [the sales] feeling good some days and other days, we're like, wow, it's just like were hitting ourselves with a hammer... ...

"It's just a wow moment for me. It's probably one of the best moments I've ever had in my life in harness racing."

More driver changes for this week's racing cards in Ontario will be required in the aftermath of a winter storm in Charlottetown, P.E.I. that has halted travel plans for many out-of-province attendees...

"It was an amazing night, especially seeing [my son] Griff get up there so many times and just see how excited he was to accept the awards. That's what it's all about. Harness racing is great and winn...

Of the 2023 O'Brien Award finalists slated to return to the track in 2024, which horse do you feel has the best chance to match or exceed their 2023 earnings this year?

"That's the kind of thing that you dream of more than anything. When it comes true, it's beyond words at that point. You're lucky enough to find a special horse that can just do things most horses can...

A winter storm creating hazardous travel conditions in Charlottetown, P.E.I. will have an effect on Monday night's race card in Campbellville, Ont.