O'brien Awards

The ballots have been tabulated and on Wednesday, December 18, Standardbred Canada announced the finalists for the 2019 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past seaso...

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce that Ken Middleton and Jason Portuondo will take the stage to co-host the 2019 O’Brien Awards on Saturday, February 1, 2020 at the Hilton Mississauga / Meado...

Ed James says he has a simple formula for success. Surround yourself with people who know what they’re doing and let them do it.

When the dust settled from the 2018 O’Brien Awards, trainer Luc Blais and the Determination stable walked away with a very respectable haul. Both of the outfit’s two O’Brien nominees, Emoticon Hanover...

If playing word association, participants in harness racing would rarely think Western Canada if asked about trotting and trotters. Yet so begins the tale of The Ice Dutchess, Canada's Two-Year-Old Tr...

"It's funny because Alarm Detector was supposed to be there and he had a terrible year...[Run Director] picked up the pieces."