Standardbred Canada announced the winners of the 2024 O’Brien Awards, honouring Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season, at the Black Tie Gala on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025 in Mississauga, Ont. The event marked the 36th edition of the O’Brien Awards, named in honour of the late Joe O’Brien, an outstanding horseman from Prince Edward Island and member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. In the Older Pacing Mare category, Twin B Joe Fresh has added another trophy to her impressive collection for 2024. The Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze daughter was utterly dominant as a four-year-old, winning 11 of her 13 starts, including nine consecutive wins, eight of which were stakes finals. The Chris Ryder trainee collected $1,231,252 through her campaign, achieving her lifetime best of 1:47.3 at The Meadowlands in the Dorothy Haughton Memorial. She secured victories in both the Rose Are Red and Milton stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with her largest payout coming from winning the $555,556 Breeders Crown.

Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn capped off the Breeders Crown weekend in style at The Meadowlands. Dunn picked up his record-setting sixth driving victory of the weekend when he guided Twin B Joe Fresh to a 1:49 win in the $555,556 Mare Pace on Saturday, Oct. 26, the last of 12 Breeders Crown events hosted by The Big M over the weekend. Twin B Joe Fresh, harness racing’s No. 1-ranked horse, defeated Kobes Gigi and driver David Miller by 1-3/4 lengths, missing the stakes record by one-fifth of a second. Sylvia Hanover was third for Bob McClure. The triumph was the fourth of the night for Dunn and followed his two-victory performance Friday. His six wins set the Breeders Crown record for the most driving wins in a year, breaking the previous record of five set by David Miller in 2015 at Woodbine Racetrack. Dunn, a New Zealand native who moved to the U.S. in 2018, has won 21 Breeders Crowns since his debut in the series in 2019. His total is the eighth most in the 41-year history of the event. “It’s a thrill,” Dunn said. “Not in my wildest dreams did I think that this weekend would happen when I moved over here. I’ve had so much support, so many good horses to drive. It’s just been a great ride.” Dunn won Friday with two-year-old female pacer Miki And Minnie and two-year-old male trotter Maryland, then added Saturday wins with three-year-old female pacer My Girl EJ, three-year-old male pacer Mirage Hanover, four-year-old male trotter Winners Bet, and Twin B Joe Fresh. “I had a lot of great horses to drive this weekend, but it’s Breeders Crown, it’s not easy,” Dunn said. “It’s tough racing. You saw it tonight, there were a lot of tough miles. But the trainers had them ready and they performed.” Twin B Joe Fresh, owned by a group that includes Dunn and trainer Chris Ryder, performed much like she has all season. The four-year-old daughter of Roll With Joe-Fresh Breeze notched her 10th win of the season in 12 starts and upped her seasonal earnings to $1,134,488. She came into the Breeders Crown final off a second-place finish from post 10 in her elimination last week but left no doubt about Saturday’s outcome after taking the lead at the half and opening a 3-1/2 length lead in the stretch. “She felt so good tonight,” Dunn said. “Going to the gate, she was up on her tippy toes and that’s a sign she was ready to rock and roll. Coming around the last turn, she just felt so good. I called on her and she changed gears and sprinted off well.” Twin B Joe Fresh opened this season with a second-place finish against male foes before reeling off nine consecutive victories heading into her Breeders Crown elim. With her triumph in the Breeders Crown, she has won seven of the eight richest races of the season for pacing mares, including the Roses Are Red, Dayton Distaff Derby, and Milton Stakes. “I’ve been trying to take it one race at a time,” Ryder said. “Dexter has been looking after her, we really haven’t bottomed her out. Basically, we wanted to keep her good for this week. We had a hiccup last week, but we got over that. I was pretty sure she was a hundred percent tonight.” In addition to Dunn and Ryder, Twin B Joe Fresh is owned by longtime Ryder assistant Peter Trebotica and Barry Spak. “It means a lot,” said Ryder, who won two Breeders Crowns over the weekend. “It’s been very exciting all year. We started out the year and we were pretty confident with her. Then she started winning and kept winning and it’s just been fantastic. She’s got a lot of support. I just didn’t want to disappoint tonight. It’s a big relief for me.”  Bred by Brittany Farms, Twin B Joe Fresh has won 29 of 39 races and hit the board a total of 37 times. She has banked $2,589,952 lifetime. Sent off as the 1-9 favourite in the Mare Pace, she paid $2.10 to win.

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Twin B Joe Fresh stayed at No. 1 for the 14th consecutive week in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll with little movement in the Week 18 rankings released on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Twin B Joe Fresh held the top spot followed by Jiggy Jog S, whose connections announced the trotting mare's retirement on Monday. Chantilly, who added a divisional Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final title to her undefeated season, remained No. 3 in the rankings but picked up one first-place vote. Captain Albano and Karl rounded out the top five. The only shift occurred with Nijinsky, who also won his divisional Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final, moving up from seventh to sixth in a swap of positions with idle Maryland. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. Horse of the Year. The members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association vote on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year.  Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Hanners picked up his first title of the night in the Gray Championship for freshman colt and gelding pacers, Austin Hanners rallied Twin B High Tide (pictured) down the stretch to win in 1:53.4. Off the gate, Chris Lems hustled Downbythewater to the lead which he held for the first three-quarters with fractions of :28, :57,3, and 1:25.1. Hanners powered Twin B High Tide up the backstretch, pulling to the leader’s wheel around the final turn. As the two hit the top of the stretch, Hanners asked for more from the son of Downbytheseaside and the colt responded, reeling in Downbythewater, drawing away to win by three lengths. The Onyx Dragon finished second with Downbythewater third. “This horse he has a huge motor,” said Hanners. “When I asked him, he gave me everything he had. He’s been awesome. This means everything to us. We finished out the way we wanted to.”  It was the fifth win of the year for Twin B High Tide who is trained by Hanner’s mother Alicia. The colt won the Buckeye Stallion Series final last weekend at Dayton Hollywood Raceway. Twin B High Tide is owned by Hanners Racing and was bred by Twinbrook Limited

Twin B Joe Fresh extended her streak to 13 weeks at No. 1 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll while some of the changes include Chantilly moving into the top three and Sig Sauer and Fallout joining the Top 10 in the Week 17 edition of the rankings released on Tuesday, Oct. 8. No. 1 Twin B Joe Fresh and No. 2 Jiggy Jog S were idle. Chantilly, undefeated in eight lifetime starts, won the fifth Gold Series leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes for two-year-old female pacers to move from fifth to third in the rankings. It is the first time female horses have occupied the top three positions since Week 22 in 2021, when Lyons Sentinel, Venerable and Test Of Faith led the way. Captain Albano, also idle, remained fourth in this week’s rankings while Karl, who finished fifth in the Kentucky Futurity, dropped from third to fifth. Kentucky Futurity winner Sig Sauer joined the Top 10 for the first time, at No. 8. Fallout, who won a division of the International Stallion Stakes, debuted at No. 10. Legendary Hanover fell from seventh to ninth following a fifth-place finish in a division of the Tattersalls Pace. Maryland and Nijinsky, the remaining horses in the Top 10, were idle. Highland Kismet, who was eighth in the Kentucky Futurity, and idle Its A Love Thing dropped from the Top 10. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. Horse of the Year. The members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association vote on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year.  Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

“The Buckeye Stallion Series Championship 2 year old pacing colt division went to Twin B High Tide in a new lifetime mark of 1:52.1. Guided by Hanners, the son of Downbytheseaside settled in fourth and stayed patient as the opening fraction was posted in :26.4. Heading to the :55.4 half-mile marker, 1-5 Twin B High Tide followed cover. The colt kicked it into gear and flew three-wide on the backside. There was no catching Twin B High Tide as the three-quarters came in 1:23.1. Twin B High Tide won with three lengths to spare. The Onyx Dragon (Justin Irvine) finished second and Go Jim Dandy (Myers) was third. Twin B High Tide has won four of eight lifetime starts to earn $84,595USD. Alicia Hanners trains for Hanners Racing. He was bred by Twinbrook Limited. “ -Conrad Photo. Sending out a huge congratulations to Team Hanners & all his connections!!

Twin B Joe Fresh , who captured the Dayton Distaff Derby last week to extend her win streak to nine, pushed her consecutive weeks in the No. 1 spot in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll to 12 when the Week 16 rankings were released on Tuesday, Oct. 1. The four-year-old pacing mare received 27 of 35 first-place votes. Jiggy Jog S, who won the Dayton Oaks last week, remained No. 2 in the poll and garnered seven first-place votes. The remainder of the rankings in the Top 10 were unchanged with the exception of Highland Kismet and Its A Love Thing swapping positions in the nine and 10 slots. Highland Kismet won a Bluegrass Stakes division last week while Its A Love Thing finished second in a leg of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series. The Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, which will be released every Tuesday through the remainder of the Grand Circuit season, does not determine U.S. Horse of the Year. The members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association vote on all Dan Patch Award division winners plus Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year. Rankings based on the votes of harness racing media representatives on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis.

Dayton, OH — Twin B Joe Fresh headed to Saturday’s stakes action at Hollywood Dayton Raceway with top billing, and the sport’s highest-ranked star did not disappoint. Twin B Joe Fresh won the $250,000 Dayton Distaff Derby for older female pacers by 4-1/2 lengths in a track-record 1:48.3 over a surface labeled “good” one race after Jiggy Jog S captured the $250,000 Dayton Oaks for older female trotters by 3-1/4 lengths in 1:52.1. Both mares were driven by Dexter Dunn, who swept the night’s four major stakes, adding the $250,000 Dayton Trotting Derby with Logan Park and the $250,000 Dayton Pacing Derby with Abuckabett Hanover. Dunn won six races total on the card. Twin B Joe Fresh, ranked No. 1 in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, went to the lead at the start of the Dayton Distaff and posted fractions of :26.3, :54.2, and 1:21 on her way to her ninth consecutive win of the season. Sylvia Hanover finished second and Always B Naughty was third. Trained by Chris Ryder, the 4-year-old Twin B Joe Fresh has nine victories and a second in 10 starts this season. For her career, the daughter of Roll With Joe -Fresh Breeze has won 28 of 37 races and earned $2.06 million. Twin B Joe Fresh is owned by Ryder, Dunn, Peter Trebotica, and Barry Spak. She was bred by Brittany Farms.