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While glamour boy Beaumond Hanover was the source of most of trainer Jack Darling s headlines last year, it turns out a two-year-old colt that was initially a bit of an afterthought ended up being the one to give the veteran conditioner a finalist for the 2020 O Brien Awards. He s a pleasant surprise, Darling said of Bulldog Hanover, whom his Jack Darling Stables Ltd. purchased for $28,000 at the 2019 Harrisburg Yearling Sale. He was a great-looking individual with some pedigree, and he came through. When I went to Harrisburg, I wasn t looking for any colts, because I had all the pacing colts I needed, but I needed a couple fillies. So I was basically looking almost all at fillies and I wasn t planning on buying any colts. Anyway, I couldn t find any fillies that I really wanted, and if I did find one, I didn t click on it. But, anyway, I did happen to look at a few colts, and I looked at this colt. I didn t get any fillies, but I ended up buying this colt. There s a little b
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.