On Monday, April 20 at the Newlands Golf & Country Club in Langley, Harness Racing B.C. held its annual awards banquet and feted the top horsepeople and equine athletes from the 2014 season of racing.

The 2014 dash-winning driver of the year was Bill Davis, who was also the dash-winning trainer of the year. Rick White was named horseperson of the year. The breeder of the year was Paul Gilley/Seaspray Stables and the Standardbred Canada owner of the year was Dennis Johnson.

Prairie Illusion took home the hardware as aged mare of the year, while Rock Allstar was named aged horse or gelding of the year.

The complete list of award winners appears below.

DRIVER, TRAINER, GROOM AWARDS

Driver of the Year 20-100 Starts
• Dennis Johnston

Driver of the Year 101-250 Starts
• Serge Masse

Driver of the Year Over 250 Starts
• Bill Davis

Driver Dash Winner
• Bill Davis

Trainer of the Year 20 -100 Starts
• Marjorie Dumont

Trainer of the Year 101-250 Starts
• Keith Clark

Trainer of the Year 250 Starts
• Bill Davis

Trainer Dash Winner
• Bill Davis

Rookie Trainer of the Year
• Margaret White

Groom of the Year
• Gena Anderson

BREEDING DIVISION AWARDS

Two-Year -Old Filly (Owner)
• Fast Lane Elektra − Darren Lupul

Two-Year-Old Filly (Breeder)
• Fast Lane Elektra − Phillips Southgrove Stable

Two-Year-Old Colt (Owner)
• Mister Hat − Westerners Stable,

Two-Year-Old Colt (Breeder)
• Mister Hat − JF Gagne/C. Warnaar/P. Van Seggelen

Three-Year-Old Filly (Owner)
• T Squared − Rick White/June Kauffman

Three-Year-Old Filly (Breeder)
• T Squared − Rick White

Three-Year-Old Colt (Owner)
• Need You So Bad − JJJ Stables

Three-Year-Old Colt (Breeder)
• Need You So Bad − JJJ Stables

Aged Mare (Owner)
• Pureform Goodtogo − JJJ Stables

Aged Mare (Breeder)
• Pureform Goodtogo − Calvin Nyuli

Aged Colt or Gelding (Owner)
• Thunder Noise − JJJ Stables

Aged Colt or Gelding (Breeder)
• Thunder Noise − Late Robert Murphy

Broodmare of the Year
• Samantha Square − Clinton Warrington

Stallion of the Year
• Allamerican Cobalt − Angel Currie/Juan Samper

Breeder of the Year
• Paul Gilley (Seaspray Stables)

RACING DIVISION AWARDS

Outstanding Claimer 7,000 & Under
• Canyacrackher − Late Jim Vinnell

Outstanding Claimer 8,000 & Over
• Pureform Goodtogo −JJJ Stables

Aged Mare
• Prairie Illusion − William Young

Aged Horse or Gelding
• Rock Allstar − Westridge Stable/ Wild Dunes Stables

Outstanding Performance
• Big N Bad − JJJ Stables

Fastest Mile of the Year
• American Venture − Keith Clark/Robert Jones/ Peter Giannakopoulos

Fastest Mile of the Year
• Big N Bad − JJJ Stables

TBC Future Champion Filly
• Jinglewriter − John Hudon

TBC Rising Star Colt or Gelding
• Buddy Weiser − Veikko Pajunen/ Rod Therres

Horseperson of the Year
• Rick White

Standardbred Canada Owner of the Year
• Dennis Johnston

Fraser Downs Doug Gillespie Award
• Joe Gray

Pat Brennan Memorial Award
• Bill Pambrun