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Bob McClure of Rockwood, Ont., is en route to a career-best season in the earnings column, and is the leading money winning driver in Canada.
Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 O Brien Awards, which honor Canada s best in harness racing over the past season. There are two finalists in each category, which includes 12 divisional horse categories and five people awards. Horse of the Year will be one of the divisional champions.
The winners will be announced at the Virtual O Brien Awards Gala on Sunday, Jan. 31 on standardbredcanada.ca.
This will mark the 32nd edition of the O Brien Awards, named in honor of the late Joe O Brien, an outstanding horseman and member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2020 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season.
There are two finalists in each category which includes 12 divisional horse categories and five people awards. Horse of the Year will be one of the divisional champions.
The winners will be announced at the Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala on Sunday, January 31 on standardbredcanada.ca.
This will mark the 32nd edition of the O’Brien Awards, named in honour of the late Joe O’Brien, an outstanding horseman and member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
While he was able to keep one of harness racing s longest win streaks alive, the Saturday card of harness racing at Century Mile was a bittersweet one in a bittersweet year for Rod Hennessy.
The longtime horseman made a rare appearance in the sulky on Saturday, winning the ninth race of the evening card with Ivar. Rod noted that he was pressed into action after his son Mike opted for another horse in that race and the Alberta driving colony is short at the moment for a number of reasons.
That win was his first of the year, and a glance at his racelines on TrackIT would indicate that Hennessy has now won a race as a driver in 44 consecutive seasons. When asked about the streak, Hennessy figures that 44 year span is surely short.
You know the feeling when you get into a scorching car with the windows closed on one of Edmonton’s rare sweltering afternoons? That’s Alberta harness trainer Chris Lancaster. Hot. Red-hot. Blistering hot.
On one big, long roll since the second week of the current harness meet at Century Mile, Lancaster has won with 10 of his last 12 starters.
But wait, there’s more.
The two horses the harness trainer sent out that didn’t win lost to stablemates: Probert was upset by barn mate Lady Neigh Neigh in last Sunday’s (Dec. 6) feature, and at the end of last month, Custards Crown finished second to Probert in the $88,320 Don Byrne Memorial.