2021 O'brien Awards

How many participants in harness racing can say that they have owned a national award winner and were hands-on with the horse's maintenance while still in their teens? That's so much more than many in...

One of Ontario's most respected horsemen for many decades, Mark Etsell has reached a new plateau as a finalist for one of Canadian's harness racing's most prestigious individual titles — the O'Brien A...

Who doesn’t love a handicapping contest?  Here’s your chance to win a $100 HPI gift card and $110 worth of TrackIT credits by handicapping the O’Brien Award winners and answering a few trivia question...

Defending O’Brien Award champion Scarlett Hanover is up for national honours again and will be looking to join an elite group of harness racing’s standout pacing fillies to sweep divisional honours at...

Despite a win in the 2021 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final and a track record performance at Flamboro Downs, Scott McEneny didn't expect to get a phone call informing him that Twin B Archie was a 2021...

Stonebridge Helios was a horse that John Pentland never expected to train. Fast forward less than a year, and he's now a horse that the longtime conditioner eagerly anticipated returning to his stable...

Luc Blais calls 2021 "my hardest year" since he became private trainer for the Montréal-based Determination Stable almost a decade ago.

Standardbred Canada is excited to announce that the annual O’Brien Awards silent auction will once again be available online for bidding, beginning Monday, Jan. 31, at 5 p.m. (EST) and closing Monday,...

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce that Greg Blanchard and Jason Portuondo will co-host the 2021 Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala on Sunday, Feb. 6.