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)