Phil Giesbrecht

Grey Sea winning at Century Downs

Grey Sea Triples In Mares Preferred; Giesbrecht Wins Five

August 15, 2026

Grey Sea earned her third straight win in the Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace at Century Downs while driver Phil Giesbrecht enjoyed some winning momentum of his own to sweep half the card on Friday, Au...

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2026 National Driving Championship Driver Showcase A Hit

The 2026 National Driving Championship (NDC) weekend is officially underway, and Standardbred Canada (SC) continued its coverage of the weekend's events with a live stream of the 2026 NDC Driver Showc...

Bares All winning at Century Downs

Bares All In A Preferred Photo Finish; Giesbrecht Wins Six

Trainer/driver Logan Gillis and Bares All benefitted off a ground-saving trip to get the nod in a three-way photo finish in the $14,500 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace at Century Downs while Phil Giesb...

2026 NDC contenders Kelly Hoerdt and Phil Giesbrecht

Giesbrecht, Hoerdt Represent West At The Nationals

Back-to-back Western Regional Driving Champion Phil Giesbrecht and veteran reinsman Kelly Hoerdt will represent the Western Region at the 2026 National Driving Championship (NDC) later this month at C...

Georgia Hanover (#2) winning at Century Downs

Georgia Hanover Headlines Giesbrecht's Six-Win Night

Phil Giesbrecht put on a driving clinic on Friday, June 26 at Century Downs, winning six of the evening's 11 races, including the $15,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace with Georgia Hanover.

Poker Queen winning at Century Downs

Poker Queen Highlights Five-Win Night For Giesbrecht

Poker Queen proved to be an ace in the hole for the hot-handed Phil Giesbrecht in the $15,000 Fillies & Mares Preferred Pace at Century Downs on Friday, June 5.

Phil Giesbrecht celebrates while driving Redstone Arsenal

Giesbrecht Repeats In Western Regional Driving Championship

Phil Giesbrecht and Kelly Hoerdt punched their tickets to the National Driving Championship at Clinton Raceway in July after securing the top two spots in the 2026 Western Regional Driving Championshi...

Harness racing horse and driver shadow

Canadian Harness Racing Leaders At The Quarter Pole

The 2026 Canadian harness racing season has hit the quarter mark and Trot Insider has provided a look at the drivers and trainers leading the way.

Baby Limbo

Baby Limbo Raises The Bar In Century Mile Preferred

January 10, 2026

Baby Limbo circled a field of strong mares in the final quarter-mile to capture the $16,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace on Saturday, Jan. 10 at Century Mile over a surface rated good with a two-s...

Bobby Bigwheels

Bobby Bigwheels Wins Last Race Of 2025

January 01, 2026

Bobby Bigwheels closed down the 2025 harness racing season as he won the finale at Century Mile on New Year’s Eve, the last race of the year in North America.

The Great Shark winning at Century Mile

The Great Shark Streaks Into Saturday's Alberta Super Finals

November 05, 2025

The baying howls of the Halloween wind that gusted to almost 40 kilometres per hour were inconsequential to The Great Shark in one of four two-year-old stakes at Century Mile last Friday night.

Hands Off Harry

A Tale Of Two Derby Night Winners

October 22, 2025

The ugly duckling won. So did the drop dead gorgeous filly.

Custard Dolce winning at Century Downs

Custard Dolce Headlines Parade Of Stars In Century Stakes

Custard Dolce is something else. Breathing a rarefied air that is different from what other horses take in, Custard Dolce appears to be in a class all of her own as she demonstrated one more time this...