#Breeders' Crown

MILTON, ON - January 10, 2023 - Woodbine Entertainment today announced the 2022 Standardbred harness racing season at Woodbine Mohawk Park generated a record all-sources handle of $444171816.92. The 2022 all-sources handle smashes the previous record of $364 million in 2019 and is part of over $1 billion wagered on Woodbine Thoroughbred and…

Breeding authority Peter Wharton presents all the harness racing news on breeding from Australia, New Zealand and North America every week brought to you by Garrard's Horse & Hound. The Captaintreacherous colt The Lost Storm firmly established himself as the top Victorian two-year-old pacer of the season when he won the $130000 Vicbred Super Series…

One of the most uncommon ways to lose (or luck into winning) a race occurred at The Meadows last Thursday (Dec. 22). Though rare, I suppose it's not totally unheard of for the top-two finishers in a race to be disqualified to last and second-to-last. However, the way this instance occurred isn't anything at least I've seen before. In the opener on…

Hightstown, NJ - Health issues grounded Soaring Now (JK Endofanera) during his 2-year-old harness racing season, but the colt is flying high again as he heads to Saturday's $300000 Carl Milstein Memorial Invitational for 3-year-old pacers at MGM Northfield Park. Soaring Now heads to the Milstein off back-to-back victories in the Indiana Sire…

Appearing for the final time in his history-making career, "The Bulldog" was best in show once more. Bulldog Hanover, who electrified the sport this season with his speed and personality, romped to victory in Saturday's (Nov. 26) $345000 TVG Series Open Pace championship by 2-1/4 lengths over Tattoo Artist in a stakes record 1:47.3 at the…

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Volume Eight (Chapter Seven) and driver Andy McCarthy didn't have their A-game heading into Saturday's (Nov. 26) $416200 Valley Victory Trot final at the Meadowlands, but the 2-year-old was more than good enough to win the harness racing event for colts and geldings decisively with a stakes-record 1:52.2 mile. "He didn't…

The final huge weekend of racing during 2022 at The Meadowlands will kick off the day after Thanksgiving, Friday (Nov. 25), as 20-cent Pick-6 players will pump plenty of green into the pot that features a double carryover with a total pool guarantee of $100000, which is offered in conjunction with the United States Trotting Association. As if that…

Allywag Hanover (Captaintreacherous- Anderosa Hanover) added to his list of record-setting accomplishments when he became only the fourth harness racing pacer in history to win a race in 1:46 or faster as he upset Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play -BJ's Squall) earlier this month in the Allerage Farms Open at Lexington's Red Mile. And trainer Brett…

The fields are set for the two-year-old divisions of the Breeders Crown following Friday night's (Oct. 21) elimination round at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The $2.4 million freshman championships will be contested next Friday, Oct. 28. Recaps and replays of the eliminations are available below, along with the post draws for the finals. Two-Year-Old…

Kiwi pacer Major Perry's (Art Major) hopes of upsetting the Emma Stewart and Clayton Tonkin juggernaut for a second successive week have been cruelled by an awful draw in the $200000 Breeders Crown 3YO colts and geldings harness racing final at Melton on Saturday night. Major Perry's semi-final win last Saturday night was the only win by a pacer…

When it comes to appearance, Double Deceiver (Cantab Hall -Sarcy) is, well, deceiving. Small in stature, the 3-year-old male harness racing trotter is big in heart. Purchased for $17000 at the 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, the Carter Pinske trainee has hit the board in 19 of 24 career races, winning 10, and earned nearly $700000. On…

East Rutherford, NJ - Live harness racing is back at the Meadowlands Racetrack this Friday and Saturday with a 6:20 pm post. On Friday, the GSY Racing Club will pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth and her love of horses. There will be a video tribute and bagpiper during the pre-game show hosted by Dave Little and Jessica Otten, paying tribute to the…

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 3-year-old female pacers at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with the emphasis on "earned." Zeron was sidelined for 10 weeks following an accident on July 26 that left the 33-year-old driver…

The future of Aussie harness looks bright after the young stars shone brightly at the huge Victoria Cup meeting on Saturday (Oct. 8) at Melton. Victoria Cup has become Australia's best race card with four Group 1 races and a stack of other highlights, and it certainly delivered last Saturday night. Rock N Roll Doo's dominant, even arrogant, win in…

John O'Shea could win two of the biggest prizes in Australian racing within an hour of each other on Saturday as Lost And Running looks for Everest glory before Maximal and Benaud chase the Caulfield Cup. There is a calmness around O'Shea leading into a week when he will have to split his time between Sydney and Melbourne. It comes from a…

LEXINGTON, KY - Handlelikeaporsche (Lazarus N) waited on nobody as the 1-9 favorite and paced down the road to a 1:50.1 victory in the first division of the $299100 Tall Dark Stranger International Stallion Stakes, for freshman harness racing pacing colts and geldings, on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 8) at The Red Mile. Driver Dexter Dunn pushed the…

CHARLOTTETOWN, PE - Anyone looking for victory in the Saturday afternoon (Oct. 8) Atlantic Breeders Crown Three-year-old harness racing pacing colt consolation will have to go through Fern Hill General (Malicious) during the Weekend Of Champions at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park. The city track races at 12:30 P.M.…

Catch up on the week's harness racing action in our weekly review, thanks to Darren Clayton. Trainer Chantal Turpin's dominance of the two-year-old trotting ranks in Queensland continued last Tuesday when Razzleme Dazzleme (Sebastian K) claimed the Springboard Series Final. Driven by husband Pete McMullen, Razzleme Dazzleme was slowly into stride…

WASHINGTON, PA, Sept. 28, 2022 - Commander Frank (Southwind Frank -Lady Athens) finally began to live up to his connections' lofty expectations, brushing wide through the lane to score in Wednesday's (Sept) Keystone Classic at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Big Baller Beane (Father Patrick -Global Desire) took the other split in the $75300 stake…

The world record holder proves why racing stars past the age of 3 is critical to harness racing's survival. by Michael Antoniades I walked into the OTB the other day and the comparisons to thoroughbred Flightline continue. Bulldog Hanover is the talk of the thoroughbred crowd, too. Bulldog's trainer, Jack Darling, stated the TVG is on his schedule…

There is more than a touch of Mark Waugh about emerging pacer Yambukian. No matter what the four-year-old does, he will forever play second fiddle to his brother. Yambukian's equivalent of Steve Waugh is Victoria's champion three-year-old Catch A Wave, who boasts nine wins from just 10 starts and is one of the most exciting pacers in this part of…