"It's a great honour being respected by your peers. A lot of hard work is involved in this, a great staff behind us too, you know, it's not just me. We've got a good bunch of grooms and second trainers that help us along so it's a great accomplishment for us all."
Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2023 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, at the Black Tie Gala in Charlottetown, P.E.I. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024.
After being stamped the favourite of the Monday (July 31) evening Preferred 2 Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park, Adare Castle took home the winner's share of the $32,000 purse with James MacDonald in the bike.
Ontario Sired Graduate Series stars Adare Castle and Silver Label won their respective $25,000 third-round divisions featured on another rainy Friday night (April 28) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
O'Brien Award winners Silver Label and Adare Castle, both driven by James MacDonald, headlined the second leg of the Ontario Graduate Series for Ontario-sired four-year-olds on a rainy Friday night (April 21) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.