Every spring, harness racing trainers converse, hope, and dream about their prospective 2-year-olds in training much in the same way breeders ponder about their stallion’s first crop of youngsters. What follows is an examination of the stallions who are first crop sires with statistics garnered from the US Trotting Association and some of the mares they were bred
With the 2023 harness racing season complete, Trot Insider takes a look at some of the top ranked Standardbreds in Canada for wins, earnings and records.
Trainer/driver Clint Warrington's Vertical Squirt scored his first win of the season with a career-best performance in Friday's featured $10,000 Preferred Pace at Fraser Downs.
The sophomore Vertical Horizon colt Virtual Horizon stayed unbeaten from seven starts through 2023 with a 1:53.2 victory in the $90,000 Moore’s Mile Breeders’ Stake at Century Downs on Saturday (June 24).