O'brien Awards

In this week's Rewind Robert Smith adopts an "O'Brien Awards" theme. His piece presents a short reminiscence about the late Joe O'Brien and also includes some vintage photos from award nights long bef...

How much do you know about O’Brien Award finalist Bob McClure? You know he was Canada’s dash-winning driver in 2016, but what do you know about the rising star off the track. Now, the Guelph Mercury w...

Rick Zeron can boast a streak of success that predates the black tie gala he'll be attending Saturday night as the longtime trainer-driver is a finalist in three categories at the 2016 O'Brien Awards.

Owner Allan Smith has owned a number of solid racehorses, but none have taken him to the O'Brien Awards. That was until he got the call to notify him that Seven And Seven was a finalist as Canada's Tw...

While he comes from a family considered harness racing royalty and has been Canada's top money-earning reinsman for five years running, Sylvain Filion remains as humble as ever as he seeks another Dri...

Most owners would be ecstatic to have one horse named as an O'Brien Award finalist. Tom Hill comes into Saturday night's black tie awards gala with a chance to take home two trophies.

"He makes all the hours and miles worth it, because it's a lot of both."

A third generation O'Brien Award winner, Solar Sister is in the running to add to her family's legacy as a finalist once again for the 2016 edition of the annual gala honouring Canada's harness racing...

With just six starts as a freshman in 2016, Sports Column made the most of those appearances. He didn't finish out of the top two on the track, and his O'Brien Award nomination gives him another guara...

"The longer you are involved in this sport the more you realize horses like [her] don't come along very often and you better enjoy the highs."