Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce that Ken Middleton and Greg Blanchard will co-host the 2010 O’Brien Awards

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Middleton is Woodbine Entertainment Group’s standardbred race announcer and has been a regular anchor at the O’Brien Awards. This will be the eighth consecutive year that he will co-host the event.

A native of Prince Edward Island, Blanchard has just recently assumed the position of Assistant Race Manager and Track Announcer at Western Fair Raceway. His position with Western Fair follows a very successful 10-year employment with the Woodbine Entertainment Group. Before having left for Western Fair, Blanchard had most recently been WEG's Manager of Communications on the standardbred side of things in addition to his duties as television commentator, host and back-up announcer.

The 2010 O’Brien Awards will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga, Ont.

For information on the O'Brien Awards, click here.