Doug McNair, Standardbred Canada’s 2018 National Driving Champion and Canada’s representative in the 2019 World Driving Championship in Sweden, was presented with his Canadian colours and driving helmet at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday, May 18.
Standardbred Canada Chair Mark Horner and SC President & CEO Dan Gall made the trackside colours presentation following the second race of the Saturday evening card.
McNair, Canada’s Driver of the Year in 2017, a winner of more than 3,200 races and in excess of $52 million in purse earnings during his career, will be joined in Sweden by defending World Driving Champion James MacDonald.
MacDonald, a winner more than 2,000 races and more than $28.8 million in purse earnings, won the 2017 WDC hosted in Canada and will be representing the International Trotting Association and wearing colours designed in a contest that was held in Sweden.
The design for McNair’s driving colours appear below, as selected by SC members and racing fans who voted in the online poll.
