2021 O'brien Awards

Blair Corbeil has been involved in harness racing for 25 years, but 2021 marked the first time a horse he has owned was named a finalist for an O’Brien Award… and the second time as well.

Chasing O’Brien Award trophies never gets old for veteran horseman John Bax, who has a pair of 2021 trotting finalists in Duly Resolved and recently retired Up And Ready.

With big aspirations from the start of his career, trainer Nick Gallucci is well on his way to achieving his dreams.

The O’Brien Awards Handicapping Contest, sponsored by Tara Hills Stud, is now open to Standardbred Canada members and racing fans (over the age of 18).

Works of fiction often depict turning points as single moments upon which a given protagonist's momentum and fortunes — for no other reason — shift on a dime. Far more often, the reality is anything b...

As the yearling portion of the 2018 Standardbred Horse Sale neared completion, Joseph Lyons Mound looked to buy one more horse for his family’s racing stable. He had his eye on two fillies but was uns...

Brad Grant has developed a reputation of being affiliated with champion Standardbreds year in and year out — so much that it likely comes as no surprise that three of his horses are up for O'Brien Awa...

It's a special honour and privilege to have a horse nominated for an O'Brien Award, but it's even more special when that horse is a homebred and you were actually friends with the legendary horsemen t...

The 2021 Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala will be video streamed live right here, on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, Feb. 6 starting at 7 p.m. (EST).

For Perfetto, defending Older Male Trotter of the Year, routine and a familiar face in the barn are what keeps him happy in his quest for more O’Brien bronze.