Action Uncle News Today

The Ohio Selected Jug Yearling Sale takes place today (Friday, Sept. 15) at the Pickaway Ag Center, Circleville, Ohio as the focus of many of the Buckeye state’s Standardbred owners and trainers has turned to a search for the next champion harness horse.

Two-time Ohio Sires Stakes champion and former world record holder Action Uncle will stand stud in 2023.

The action was hot early on Little Brown Jug day at Delaware County Fair as S I P set a new world record for three-year-old trotters.

The 30th edition of the 35-card Harness Heroes trading card set produced by the Harness Horse Youth Foundation is now available! Full-colour fronts and backs filled with statistics and information make these cards great educational tools as well as fun to collect! New this year is the inclusion of ‘regional’ cards in the mix of 2020 national horse and human award winners in the United States and Canada. The three selected regional cards hail from the Buckeye state and include Action Uncle ...

Action Uncle, the Ohio Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, has been named the 2020 Ohio Horse of the Year. Action Uncle, the son of Uncle Peter out of Action Broadway, won nine out of 10 races in 2020 earning $351,960 for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owners Carl Howard, Joyce McClelland, and Larry Wills. In 2020, Action Uncle set a world record, winning the Ohio Breeders Championship at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in 1:52.4. The victory completed the Ohio Triple Crown for Action Uncl...

Action Uncle picked up in 2020 where he left off in 2019, winning nine races on the way to being named the Ohio Harness Horsemens Associations Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year. Action Uncle, the son of Uncle Peter out of Action Broadway, started 10 times in 2020, winning nine and finishing second once. He earned $351,960 for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owners Carl Howard, Joyce McClelland and Larry Wills. In 16 career starts, Action Uncle has 12 wins, three second-place finishes and o...