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