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Alexandra Goldin's pacer Marco Beach not only wired the field in Sunday's featured $10,959 Winners Over Pace at Shenandoah Downs, but he shattered the previous track record by two-fifths of a second when he crossed the finish line three lengths the best in 1:51.4.
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
Harness racing’s Hall of Fame owner-breeder Bill Weaver and I were very great friends. We shared an office in Freehold, New Jersey and had countless conversations about the sport and its future. Weaver, of course, became one of the most influential breeders in harness racing and became very well-known and respected, especially after his two-year-old
A case of sibling rivalry was settled at Flamboro Downs over the weekend as a pair of Alberta-bred pacing mares got the chance to compete against each other in a race for the first time in a combined 149 career starts.
Pacing stallion Voracious Hanover, his richest son Stuckey Dote and horseman Greg Budach are set to be inducted into the Minnesota Harness Racing Hall of Fame at the Minnesota Harness Racing Inc. annual meeting and awards banquet on Saturday, Feb. 17 at Running Aces Casino, Hotel and Racetrack.