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An ownership change on David McDuffee's champion homebred Bella Bellini has been announced following the recent news of the five-year-old trotting mare's retirement from racing.

A week of Indiana Sire Stakes action came to a conclusion on Saturday (July 22) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Two $48,500 divisions of six three-year-old pacing fillies competing in leg four of eight of Indiana Sire Stakes highlighted the 12-race card, where Rollin Rosie and Queens Reign each captured their third victories of the 2023 season.

Bella Bellini (Bar Hopping), the 2022 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and double Breeders Crown champion, has retired from harness racing. The announcement was made jointly by owner David McDuffee and trainer Nifty Norman to Harness Racing Update, which published it in the Jul. 12 issue. According to the article, Norman found wear-and-tear on

A big-time Meadowlands Pace player has emerged.

Hannelore Hanover, world champion and 2017 Horse of the Year, delivered her first foal, a colt from the first crop of 2019 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year Greenshoe, at midnight on Thursday (May 6). Both Hannelore Hanover and her son are doing extremely well, according to a release from Hanover Shoe Farms. Hannelore Hanover was owned throughout her illustrious racing career by the partnership of Burke Racing Stable, Frank Baldachino, Weaver Bruscemi and J&T Silva Stables. She was trained by Ron Burke and driven by Yannick Gingras. She was purchased privately at the conclusion of her racing care...