Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2021 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, during a Virtual Gala videostreamed on standardbredcanada.ca on Sunday, February 6.
Denmark’s Cathrine Rask defied medical experts to win women’s
under-23 K1 gold at the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Canoe
Marathon World Championships in Bascov in Romania.
Two races and two wins; that s the tally for veteran trotter Nebraska Jack after Ontario s second Racing Under Saddle event of 2021 was contested on Saturday (July 10) at Hiawatha Horse Park.
A field of six trotters was reduced to five with a scratch, and the betting public was firmly behind Nebraska Jack to the tune of 2/5 support. Rider Karoline Nielsen waited patiently behing temposetter Waikiki Hanover (Marielle Enberg) through panels of :29.4, :59.4 and 1:30.2 before making a bid heading around the final turn.
As Waikiki Hanover found another to repel that challenge, Nielsen bravened up Nebraska Jack with a tuck back in behind around that bend and then angled back out in midstretch for another run at the leader. That effort would prove sufficient, as Nebraska Jack said