O'brien Awards

A number of officials from across Ontario were on hand for the 2016 O'Brien Awards, and had nothing but praise for the industry and the black tie awards gala.

"He always taught me to be patient with young horses and if they're any good they're going to pay you back. That's what I've learned and that's how I've tried to drive young horses."

The best in Canadian harness racing was honoured at the 2016 O'Brien Awards on Saturday night, and to honour those involved our first batch of photos from Saturday have now been posted online.

"He won 14 out of 15 races; that's hard to do at any level of racing let alone to do it at the top level of racing so I think his consistency and grit in gunning down the stretch, even when sometimes ...

On Saturday, January 28, Standardbred Canada announced harness racing’s national champions at the 2016 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.

The 28th edition of the O’Brien Awards took place on Saturday, January 28. Check out dozens of photos and short videos taken during our live coverage.

Many horses have a difficult time adjusting to racing as four-year-olds. So to compile an O'Brien Award-worthy campaign at four is noteworthy. It's even more notable when that four-year-old steps up w...

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...