Dan Patch Horse News Today

Every spring, harness racing trainers converse, hope, and dream about their prospective 2-year-olds in training—much in the same way breeders ponder about their stallion’s first crop of youngsters. What follows is an examination of the stallions who are first crop sires—with statistics garnered from the US Trotting Association—and some of the mares they were bred

"I just think back to when I first got in the business. I was like 20 years old when I claimed my first horse for about $2,000… I just think about how exciting it was. It was just as exciting back then, when you started racing a $2,000 claimer, as it is racing a horse like Bulldog Hanover, really."

On Friday (Jan. 20) the Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announced the results of recent balloting to determine the 2023 inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.

Fresh from his world-record equaling mile in the Roll With Joe Stakes, Bulldog Hanover put in another powerhouse performance to post a 1:46.1 mile in taking the $250,000 Graduate Pace Final on Saturday (July 9) at The Meadowlands.

The Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has announced the results of recent balloting to determine the 2022 inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.