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Richard Moreau
Standardbred Canada announced the winners of 2020 O'Brien Awards, which honor Canada's best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, Jan. 31.
Richard Moreau added a record eighth O'Brien trophy to his mantle in the Trainer of the Year Category after a season which saw him top the earnings and win charts for Canadian trainers. Based in Puslinch, Ont., Moreau is one of the country's busiest trainers sending postward 1,604 starters that made 237 trips to the winner's circle and earned more than $3.6 million in purses.
Bob McClure of Rockwood, Ont., won his first O'Brien trophy as Canada's Driver of the Year following a career-best season for earnings. McClure was the country's leading money winning driver and he also reached several major milestones last year — eclipsing the $7 million mark in earnings, winning his first Breeders Crown Championship and capturing the Lampman Cup as the Ontario Sires Stakes' leading driver. Some of the horses he regularly drove who contributed to his earnings milestone and 233 trips to the winner's circle included divisional champions Donna Soprano, Lauras Love, Lawless Shadow and Tattoo Artist , while sharing the driving duties aboard On A Streak.