Malabar Man 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

Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. took both Opens on Friday, May 31 at Eldorado Scioto Downs. In a five-horse mad dash for the finish, Refined came out victorious in the $36,986 Open Trot in 1:53.2, while Strong Poison took the $35,616 Fillies & Mares Open Pace in 1:49.4.

The best trotting genetics from across the harness racing globe will greet buyers at the 2024 National Yearling Sale in Auckland and Christchurch, with NZB Standardbred offering another quality catalogue filled with the progeny of square gaiting stars from both hemispheres. 16 trotting yearlings will be offered at the Karaka Sale Centre on Sunday 18

For this week's Rewind column Robert Smith has chosen a few short pieces covering the people, the racing action and other items of interest relating to the decade of the 1990's in the monthly feature 'Years Ago.'

Scott Zeron earned the sixth Breeders Crown trophy of his career this past weekend when he guided Treacherous Dragon to victory for trainer Nancy Takter in the final for three-year-old female pacers at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with the emphasis on “earned.”

Anoka Hanover might not have been the hardest working horse in harness racing last season, but as far as Dan Patch Award-winning two-year-old trotters over a span of almost 25 years, she was nearly at the top. The Noel Daley-trained Anoka Hanover won 10 of 14 starts in 2020 and captured the Dan Patch Award for best two-year-old trotting filly. Going back to 1997 only one two-year-old Dan Patch Award winning trotter—female or male—exceeded 13 races: the filly Check Me Out, who won 14 of 16 i...