O'brien Awards

The 35th O’Brien Awards presentations will be livestreamed on standardbredcanada.ca this year on Saturday, Feb. 3, starting at 8:30 p.m. (AST) / 7:30 p.m. (EST).

Standardbred Canada is proud to present the 35th O’Brien Awards Gala this Saturday evening, Feb. 3 at the Delta by Marriott Prince Edward in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

Serge Savard knows a thing or two about what it takes to win. The NHL Hall of Famer and eight-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens has a résumé to back up that statement. But in his cas...

A familiar face returns to the 2023 O’Brien Awards as 22-year-old trainer Cassidy Schneider finds herself again up for the Future Star award. While on a meteoric rise within the industry and a future ...

Mark Etsell will have a number of opportunities to make appearances on stage at the 2023 O'Brien Awards, and that's not a surprise to Standardbred owner Peter Porter.

A six-year-old black, Canadian gelding trotter and a six-year-old bay pacing mare from the United States do not appear to share much in common at face value besides their age, but a dive into their ra...

Entering 2023 with high hopes off of a two-year-old campaign that saw her walk away an O’Brien Award winner for two-year-old trotting fillies in 2022, Righteous Resolve proved to be no one-hit wonder ...

After another standout campaign in 2023, it’s only fitting that two-time Canadian champion pacing mare So Much More is a finalist for national honours yet again. And it couldn’t be more fitting this t...

Standardbred Canada (SC) is pleased to announce that Natasha Day and John Rallis will co-host the Red Carpet Show for the 35th O'Brien Awards on Saturday, Feb. 3 in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

In harness racing, success does not come overnight, particularly in the breeding business where the outcome of building relationships and the day-to-day hard work that goes into raising future racehor...

Standardbred Canada is excited to announce that Tony & Betty Infilise’s Hudson Standardbred Stable is the official Gold Afterparty sponsor of the 35th O’Brien Awards.

With his stable down to a single broodmare, 77-year-old Yves Filion was hardly expecting to be a finalist for an O'Brien Award as Canadian Standardbred Breeder of the Year in 2023.