O'Brien Award Nominees
winners will be announced at the O'Brien Awards banquet on Saturday, February 2, 2002, at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga.
For further information, please contact Kathy Wade Vlaar at (905) 858-3060 or (905) 690-0790 or Heather MacKay Roberts at (905) 858-3060.
(Nominees listed in alphabetical order)
PACERS
Two-Year-Old Filly
PRECIOUS DELIGHT - Owner: Peter Heffering, Port Perry, Ont.
WORLDLY BEAUTY - Owners: MJG Racing Stables & Hill View Enterprises, New Jersey
Two-Year Old Colt / Gelding
MACH THREE - Owner: Linda Magid, Cambridge, Ont.
WESTERN SHOOTER - Owners: Robert McIntosh Stables, Windsor, Ont., CSX Stables, Ohio & Michael Kohler, Mi.
Three-Year-Old Filly
CATHEDRA DOT COM - Owners: CDC Stables, Old Forge, Pa.
ELECTRICAL ART - Owners: Robert McIntosh Stables, Windsor, Paul Ysebaert, Mooretown, Ont. & Seymour Grundy, Mi.
Three-Year-Old Colt/ Gelding
BETTORS DELIGHT - Owner: John Grant, Hornby, Ont.
REAL DESIRE - Owners: Brittany Farms, Il., Robert Burgess, Campbellville, Karin Olsson Burgess, Milton, Ont. & Perretti Farms, N.J.
Older Mares
ETERNAL CAMNATION - Owner: Eternal Camnation Stable, Fort Wayne, In.
FAST LANE CRUIZIN - Owners: Phillip Coleman & Jerry Blanchet, Surrey, B.C.
Older Horse / Gelding
GALLO BLUE CHIP - Owner: Martin Scharf, Lawrence, N.Y.
GOLIATH BAYAMA - Owner: Ecuries NDG, Westmount, PQ
TROTTERS
Two-Year-Old Filly
ALLY HALL - Owner: River Ridge Farm, Dunrobin, Ont.
ODESSA DRUMMOND - Owner: Richard Berthiaume Inc., Montreal, PQ.
Two-Year-Old Colt/ Gelding
ANDOVER HALL - Owner: Erkki Laakkonen, Georgetown, Ont.
DUKE OF YORK - Owners: Al Libfeld, Pickering, Marvin Katz & Sam Goldband, Toronto, Ont.
Three-Year-Old Filly
DONVEN PROMISE - Owner: Maplegrove Building Spec Ltd., North Bay, Ont.
YANKEE FRIBBLE - Owner: Irving Liverman, Hampstead, PQ.
Three-Year-Old Colt / Gelding
LIBERTY BALANCE - Owners: Elizabeth & Tom Rankin, St. Catharines, Ont.
MC COOEYE - Owner: John Smith, Woodlawn, Ont.
Older Mare
CASUAL BREEZE - Owners: Ron Durand, Paris, Jonathan Durand, Burlington & Tom Durand, Puslinch, Ont.
EARL OF MY DREAMS - Owners: Banjo Farms, Toronto, Charalambos Christoforou, Freelton, Ont. & William Jones, Lexington, Ky.
Older Horse / Gelding
CORN COB CONCH - Owners: Mike Wade, Little Britain, Lori Wade, Woodville, Richard Gibbard, Toronto & David MacKay, Lindsay, Ont.
MAGICIAN - Owner: William Augenstein, Plainview, N.Y.
OVERALL HORSE OF THE YEAR:
Each of the above named nominees is a finalist for Canadian Horse of the Year
Broodmare of the Year :
ARMBRO MONARCH - Owner: Al Libfeld, Pickering, Ont.
LAKE NONA - Owner: Peter Heffering, Port Perry, Ont.
Trainer of the Year:
JOHN BAX, Peterborough, Ont.
ROBERT MCINTOSH, Windsor, Ont.
Driver of the Year:
CHRIS CHRISTOFOROU, Milton, Ont.
RANDALL WAPLES, Milton, Ont.
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