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Trotting stallion Bar Hopping, the sire of 2021 Dan Patch Award-winner and Hambletonian Oaks champion Bella Bellini among others, passed away unexpectedly Monday at Hanover Shoe Farms, where he stood since retiring from racing in 2016. He was nine.
The 2021 Yonkers Trot winner, Johan Palema, will have new connections after selling for six figures this week online.
Hanover Shoe Farms announces that the 2022 book for trotting stallion Bar Hopping is now full and closed.
By John Furgele The Little Brown Jug. A thrilling duel to the finish with Lou’s Pearlman nosing out Perfect Sting in the final leg of the pacing Triple Crown on…
Johan Palema and driver Yannick Gingras captured the $500,000 MGM Yonkers Trot, the first jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown for three-year-old colt and gelding trotters, on Friday night with a virtuoso wire-to-wire performance, winning in 1:55 over a rain-soaked surface at Yonkers Raceway. Johan Palema, one of three finalists from the Ake Svanstedt stable, worked his way to the top from stablemate Ambassador Hanover off the first turn, as second choice Ahundreddollarbill settled in third, with Mon Amour and In Range following the top three to the :28.2 opening quarter. Gingras rated the pace...