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The connections of Jujubee, the 2021 Breeders Crown three-year-old colt trotting champion and Dan Patch Trotter of the Year, have announced that the stallion has been retired and will stand at stud in 2024.

Passed by a rival entering the final turn, Skyline Seashell dug deep, reasserted in the lane and broke her maiden in Friday’s Arden Downs Grand Circuit stakes at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Insider Trading captured the other division in the event for freshman filly trotters known as the Edward M. Ryan.

Allywag Hanover upended Bulldog Hanover's latest world record attempt as he shot past the sport's fastest Standardbred in the stretch to win the highly anticipated $153,000 Allerage Farms Open Pace during The Red Mile's Grand Circuit closing day card on Sunday, Oct. 9. 

After a delayed start to his four-year-old campaign, award-winning trotter Jujubee returned to action during Wednesday morning's (Aug. 3) qualifiers at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

Jujubee, who was the 2021 Dan Patch Award Trotter of the Year as well as being voted the top three-year-old male trotter, has seen his four-year-old debut delayed, but owner Jon Erdner hopes his homebred star will be ready to return to action during the summer.

Back in action after a 2021 award-winning campaign, reigning U.S. Trotter of the Year Jujubee made his seasonal qualifying debut a winning one on Wednesday morning (April 13) at Spring Garden Ranch in Florida.

It’s not unusual for music to be part of an athlete’s daily training routine. Even when the athlete is a horse. In this case, the 2021 U.S. Trotter of the Year, Jujubee.

The Omni Bedford Springs Resort, in the southwestern Pennsylvania city of Bedford, hosted the annual Pennsylvania Fair Awards banquet on Saturday (Jan. 22).

Jon Erdner has been involved in harness racing for some four decades, and bred horses for nearly as long, but never enjoyed a year like he did in 2021 with Dan Patch Award-winning trotter Jujubee.

There were question marks surrounding Jujubee after his win streak was snapped in his Breeders Crown elimination, but the sophomore trotter rewarded the faith of his connections with a determined victory in the $650,000 Breeders Crown Final for three-year-old male trotters on Saturday (Oct. 30) at The Meadowlands.