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As harness racing gets underway today (August 16) at the Illinois State Fair, it brings to memory a champion trotting sire who influenced performers at that one-mile surface over the decades: Valley Victory (Baltic Speed) 3, 1:55.3 ($485,307). While he stood in New Jersey and Kentucky, Valley Victory’s influence over the Prairie State trotting scene
Saturday, June 5 signaled the start of the 2021 Breakfast With The Babies two-year-old qualifying sessions, sponsored by Fashion Farms, on a perfect morning at The Meadowlands with the temperature in the low 70’s °F / low 20's °C and virtually no wind. The races began at 9:00 a.m. The first crop of Walner has been well received as winter training reports have been optimistic and today’s performances did nothing to dissuade that opinion. His sons and daughters won five of the seven trotting races on the day. The results suggest a quote by the late, great Ron Gurfein who observed early i...