O'brien Awards

With big aspirations from the start of his career, trainer Nick Gallucci is well on his way to achieving his dreams.

The O’Brien Awards Handicapping Contest, sponsored by Tara Hills Stud, is now open to Standardbred Canada members and racing fans (over the age of 18).

Works of fiction often depict turning points as single moments upon which a given protagonist's momentum and fortunes — for no other reason — shift on a dime. Far more often, the reality is anything b...

As the yearling portion of the 2018 Standardbred Horse Sale neared completion, Joseph Lyons Mound looked to buy one more horse for his family’s racing stable. He had his eye on two fillies but was uns...

Brad Grant has developed a reputation of being affiliated with champion Standardbreds year in and year out — so much that it likely comes as no surprise that three of his horses are up for O'Brien Awa...

It's a special honour and privilege to have a horse nominated for an O'Brien Award, but it's even more special when that horse is a homebred and you were actually friends with the legendary horsemen t...

The 2021 Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala will be video streamed live right here, on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, Feb. 6 starting at 7 p.m. (EST).

For Perfetto, defending Older Male Trotter of the Year, routine and a familiar face in the barn are what keeps him happy in his quest for more O’Brien bronze.

How many participants in harness racing can say that they have owned a national award winner and were hands-on with the horse's maintenance while still in their teens? That's so much more than many in...

One of Ontario's most respected horsemen for many decades, Mark Etsell has reached a new plateau as a finalist for one of Canadian's harness racing's most prestigious individual titles — the O'Brien A...

Who doesn’t love a handicapping contest?  Here’s your chance to win a $100 HPI gift card and $110 worth of TrackIT credits by handicapping the O’Brien Award winners and answering a few trivia question...