O'brien Awards

Your Guide To The 2018 O'Briens

January 31, 2019

This Saturday (February 2) harness racing’s version of the Oscars -- the O’Brien Awards will be presented to our 2018 Canadian Champions at the annual O’Brien Awards Black Tie Gala hosted at the Hilto...

A Beauty-ful Vision Of Greatness

January 31, 2019

With a full-sister that was a world champion and O'Brien Award winner, and a half-brother that was also a world champion and O'Brien winner, the bar was set high for Prescient Beauty.

Watch The O'Brien Awards Live!

January 30, 2019

If you aren’t attending the 2018 O’Brien Awards Black Tie Gala, no worries. Grab your favourite refreshments, get comfortable in your recliner and you can enjoy all of the live action from the comfo...

Quality Over Quantity For Warrawee

January 29, 2019

Call it a boutique nursery, call it a small breeding operation. No matter the terms used to describe Warrawee Farm, one of the finalists for the Armstrong Breeder of the Year at the 2018 O'Brien Award...

Gift Horse And A Lifetime Opportunity

January 28, 2019

"It'll be a big night for sure. I've never been, and now I'm in the same category as Jimmy Takter. I'm fortunate; some people never go."

McGean Reaps The Rewards

January 27, 2019

Wayne McGean is no stranger to developing talented horses, but he and his partners in the Capers 3 Stable are having the time of their lives with O'Brien Award nominee Bronx Seelster.

Breakout Year For Lancaster

January 26, 2019

Hailing from a harness racing family and then working for a number of top trainers, it would appear that Future Star Award finalist Chris Lancaster has a solid foundation for success going forward.

O'Brien In The 'Stars' For Bossence?

January 25, 2019

After being out of harness racing for a few years, Kyle Bossence caught the bug again. That choice to return as a trainer had paid dividends, as he has been named as a finalist for the Future Star Awa...

Who Wins 2018 Horse Of The Year?

January 25, 2019

Which of the 2018 O'Brien Awards finalists do you think will win the 2018 Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year Award?...read on

Gillis Takes Charge And Rebounds

January 24, 2019

Jeff Gillis is no stranger to success at the highest level in harness racing, and no stranger to the O'Brien Awards as the trainer of multiple champions while also winning Canada's Trainer of the Year...

'Dream' Season Brings Owner Back

January 23, 2019

Montreal horseman Marc Camirand went to the yearling auction in Kentucky in 2017 looking to buy one horse and get back in the sport after a couple of years on the sidelines. He came back with a horse ...

Rising Country Star To Sing At O’Brien’s

January 23, 2019

If the name Natasha Zimbaro sounds familiar, it could because you watched her perform the Anthem this past June at the Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park or the Queen’s Plate at Woodbine ...