This past Saturday (July 21) at a jam-packed event in Quispamsis, NB, the New Brunswick Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association honoured its best of 2017.

There was a packed house at the Royal Canadian Legion #58 in Quispamsis, NB. Also during the evening, Sandra Defazio took home a grand prize of $1,000, which was split with Brock MacEachern, track announcer and racing director at Horse Racing New Brunswick.

The list of 2017 winners appears below.

Two-Year-Old Colt
Tobins Optimism

Two-Year-Old Filly
Maybeitsmaybelline

Three-Year-Old Colt
Colin N Down

Three-Year-Old Filly
Kinda Like Her

Claimer of the Year
Best Escape Route

Aged Horse
Fall Bliss

Aged Mare
Best Escape Route

Old Time Robbie Award
K D Overdrive

Driver of the Year
Todd Trites

Trainer of the Year
Harold Defazio

Horse of the Year
Kinda Like Her

Owner of the Year
Harold Defazio

(With files from the NBSBOA)