The dual-hemisphere stallion Volstead (Cantab Hall) has emerged as one of the best kept secrets in the Ohio harness racing breeding ranks of 2023. Bred by Arden Homestead Stable and Adelaide J. Skoglund, this earner of $729,716 who was foaled on May 9, 2011, at Gettsyburg, PA, has, from just one crop, produced two of the
Action Uncle, the Ohio Three-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, has been named the 2020 Ohio Horse of the Year.
Action Uncle, the son of Uncle Peter out of Action Broadway, won nine out of 10 races in 2020 earning $351,960 for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. and owners Carl Howard, Joyce McClelland, and Larry Wills.
In 2020, Action Uncle set a world record, winning the Ohio Breeders Championship at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in 1:52.4. The victory completed the Ohio Triple Crown for Action Uncle as he won the Ohio Sires Stakes and the Ohio Fair Stake earlier in the year.
Morgan said Action Uncle is a classy horse. “He just loves to do his work. I knew from an early point as a two-year-old that he had extreme talent. I knew he was something special, but I am a little biased because I trained his mother.”