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Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park in Prince Edward Island is pleased to announce that the 2020 O’Brien Awards VIP Gala is officially sold out!
The event, which follows the guidelines and protocols from the Chief Public Health office, is being hosted in Top of the Park on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in conjunction with the 2020 Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala.
Lee Drake and his wife, Jennifer Evans on the Red Carpet for the 2019 O Brien Awards
Lee Drake, Manager of Racing, Brands and Broadcast is looking forward to hosting the event. “We’ve got a great evening planned for our guests including a three-course gourmet dinner, video features, interviews, and special guests including O’Brien Award of Horsemanship finalist, Gilles Barrieau. We will all be tuned in to watch the Virtual O’Brien Awards Gala and are very pleased to have connections to many of the Island finalists with us, family and friends of the Future Star Award finalists, Rachel Andrew
Each year Standardbred Canada produces a four-colour souvenir O’Brien Awards program. With the 2020 O’Brien Awards being a virtual event this year, SC will be producing a digital program available for viewing online on standardbredcanada.ca.
Traditionally ads are purchased by finalists to thank the voters and/or team of people involved in their success or their horse’s success. In a normal year, only O’Brien Award attendees would receive a copy of the program but this year with a Virtual event and a digital program, many more members and racing fans will be able to see the program.
Jason Malloy Photo
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. The 2020 O’Brien Awards finalists have been announced and aged pacing mare finalist So Much More has etched herself into the harness racing history books as the first Island-foaled horse to be nominated for the prestigious national honour.
The O’Brien Awards were formed in 1989 to honour the late Joe O’Brien, a native of Alberton, but no horse born in the province has ever made the cut as a final nominee. So Much More’s home turf is New Haven, where Doug MacPhee raised the four-year-old Big Jim filly out of his own Ladysai.
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