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Winbak Farm has reported the passing of trotting stallion Crown Prince Gar, 2, 2:01.4h; 3, 1:57.4; 1:57.1f ($231,862). He was 24 years old.

As the Mane Attraction continues with efforts for eligible voters to select the leaders in their various harness racing divisions, we continue with the two-year-old pacing colts and geldings. There looked to be about a dozen juveniles deserving a look in here and this expose’, hopefully, will give the voters an unprejudiced look at their

Gaitway Guy ($2.10) maintained the top spot among Delaware-sired three-year-old male pacers with a 1:55 win in his $20,000 first-round division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series on Thursday (Nov. 30) at Bally’s Dover. Marshal Dillon ($11.00) captured the other split in 1:56.

For close to a half century, I have been honored to participate in the voting for divisional winners leading up to even higher honors of “Trotter of the Year”, “Pacer of the Year” and “Horse of the Year.” I take this honor very seriously as the horses I choose may, someday, be in a sales

Why Not Now (Always A Virgin) produced a strong first-over harness racing effort to defeat seven rivals in the $260,000 Progress Pace Final for sophomore pacing colts and geldings at Dover Downs on Wednesday evening (Nov. 22nd). Driver Andrew McCarthy was content to sit fourth early as El Rey (Dexter Dunn) fired to the front

It wasn’t the North America Cup, Hambletonian or Kentucky Futurity, but Scott Zeron proved on Friday night at The Meadowlands that it doesn’t necessarily take a major stakes event to find him in the winner’s circle, as the 34-year-old, known as “The Money Man,” guided five winners on the card.

Sophomore male pacers were on display on Thursday, Nov. 16 at Dover Downs with O'Brien Award winner Stockade Seelster headlining the action in the first Progress Pace elimination, worth $35,000.

Deborah Warnick's homebred Royal Beep Beep ($2.20) solidified himself as a likely favourite in next week's Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) series final for two-year-old male trotters with a decisive 1:59.3 score in the first of two $20,000 second-round preliminary events on Tuesday (Nov. 14) at Bally's Dover.

Had it not been for the terrorizing speed of Self Possessed in 1999, CR Renegade would likely have dominated that year’s sophomore trotting ranks. The brown horse, who was foaled on Jan. 15, 1996, at the Allen family’s Golden Cross Farm in Ocala, Florida, was a son of Royal Troubador 2, 1:57.1 ($899,501) bred by

Had it not been for the terrorizing speed of Self Possessed in 1999, CR Renegade (Royal Troubador,2, 1:57.1 ($899,501)) would likely have dominated that year’s sophomore trotting ranks. The brown harness racing horse, who was foaled on Jan. 15, 1996, at the Allen family’s Golden Cross Farm in Ocala, Florida, was bred by Carl and