With the scheduled date of the 2022 Pepsi North America Cup just over two months away, Trot Insider will profile some of the race's top contenders as horses ready to compete for one of Canadian harness racing's biggest prizes.
After surviving a double lung transplant and complications during his recovery that left him delirious for weeks earlier in the year, Standardbred breeder George Millar experienced a dream season in 2021 with his homebreds that left him wondering if he was still hallucinating on O'Brien Awards night.
The unanimous choice by voters as the 2021 Keith Waples Driver of the Year, a confident James MacDonald was overcome with joy as he celebrated his first O'Brien Award-winning season with friends and family last weekend.
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.