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Canadian Harness Horse of the Year is an annual award in the sport of harness racing in Canada. It is the most prestigious Canadian award among those given to a Standardbred horse. Part of the O'Brien Award program, named in honour of legendary Canadian driver / trainer Joe O'Brien since 1989, the Horse of the Year award honours the top ...
Category for Harness Racing in Canada. Includes standardbred horses, pacers and trotters. ... Canadian harness racing personalities (2 C) H. Harness races in Canada (7 P)
The Canadian Pacing Derby was first run on August 12, 1936, at Fountain Park Racetrack in New Hamburg, Ontario, operated by the New Hamburg Turf Club. For 1949 only, the race was renamed the Canadian Pacing And Trotting Derby with trotting horses allowed to compete against pacers. The lone trotter entered finished far back.
Important Canadian races include the North America Cup, the Canadian Pacing Derby, the Maple Leaf Trot, the Gold Cup and Saucer, and the Mohawk Million. The harness racing industry conducts an annual Grand Circuit, which includes many of the most prestigious races for both pacers and trotters. Founded in 1871 and first conducted in 1873 at four ...
The Ontario Sire Stakes is a category of Canadian Thoroughbred and Standardbred horse race.For Thoroughbred horse races, the race is restricted to horses of either sex sired by a stallion standing in the Province of Ontario for his entire season the year of conception and registered with the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society for that season.
In the 2006 renewal, featuring several of the fastest pacers of the time, Lis Mara set a Canadian record on a 5 ⁄ 8-mile track of 1:49.3. [11] The record was broken in the 2011 renewal by Lis Mara's brother Lisagain, who paced the mile in 1:49.2. [12] Although this is no longer the Canadian record, it still stands as the Rideau Carleton track ...
Bulldog Hanover (foaled May 21, 2018) is a retired champion Canadian Standardbred racehorse who is known for becoming the first harness horse to complete a mile in under 1:46. [1] He was also the first horse to be unanimously selected as the Dan Patch Horse of the Year . [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Canadian Standardbred racehorses" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.