Majestic Son wins O'Brien

At a sold-out O’Brien Awards gala held at the Delta Meadowvale Hotel in Mississauga, Ont., millionaire Majestic Son, Canada's richest horse for 2006, was voted Canada's Three-Year- Old Trotting Colt of the Year and Horse of the Year for 2006. Mark MacDonald picked up his second consecutive O'Brien trophy as Canada's Driver of the Year while Casie Coleman successfully defended her title as Canada's Trainer of the Year.

Below is the complete list of 2006 O'Brien Award winners, with all currency in Canadian dollars:

Two-Year-Old Pacing Filly
Luck Of Michelle
Owner: Karen E. Carroll, Shedden, ON & Natalie R. Pentland, Dorchester, ON

Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly
Pampered Princess
Owner: Bob Anderson, St. Thomas, ON & David Anderson, Hillsburgh, ON

Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt
Domitian Hanover
Owner: Clay Harland Horner & Scott Horner, Toronto, ON

Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt
Laddie
Owner: Wellwood Stables Inc., Cambridge, ON

Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly
Darlins Delight
Owner: White Birch Farm, Allentown, NJ

Three-Year-Old Trotting Filly
Pure Ivory
Owner: Jerry VanBoekel, Bright, ON, Harry Rutherford, Mt Pleasant, ON, Steve Condren, Milton, ON & Bradley Maxwell, Cambridge, ON

Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt
Doonbeg
Owner: Clay Harland Horner, Toronto, ON, Torlando Farms Inc., Orlando, FL & Scott Horner, Toronto, ON

Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt
Majestic Son
Owner: Majestic Son Stable, Lansdowne, ON

Older Pacing Mare
Glowing Report
Owner: Marvin Rounick, Narberth, PA

Older Trotting Mare
Peaceful Way
Owner: Goin My Way Stable, Holland, PA, Marvin Katz, Al Libfeld, Sam Goldband, Toronto, ON, David Tingley, Guelph, ON & Angie Stiller, Arva, ON

Older Pacing Horse
Lis Mara
Owner: MJG Racing Stables Inc., Annandale, NJ & Louis A. Willinger, Louisville, KY

Older Trotting Horse
Stiletto
Owner: Anthony Montini, Acton, ON, Basil Michele, Mississauga, ON & War Dare Ltd., Burlington, ON

Armstrong Bros. Farm Breeder of the Year
Seelster Farms of Lucan, ON

Cam Fella Award
Ralph Klein, former Premier of Alberta

O'Brien Award of Horsemanship
Carl Jamieson of Princeton, ON

Driver of the Year
Mark MacDonald of Cambridge, ON

Trainer of the Year
Casie Coleman of Cambridge, ON

Horse of the Year
Majestic Son
Owner: Majestic Son Stable of Lansdowne, ON

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