The fantastically successful harness racing mare Lyons Sentinel p, 4, 1:48 ($2,139,086), a daughter of Captainreacherous, has delivered her first foal, a strapping, light bay by colt by world champion and 2022 Dan Patch Horse of the Year Bulldog Hanover p, 4, 1:45.4 ($2,419,000). The baby arrived in the wee hours of Sunday, April 14
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
The beautifully bred and stakes performed, Ambassador Hanover (Chapter Seven), will be saying ‘ciao’ to North America in the not too distant future with a deal reached between connections of the former Ake Svanstedt pupil to assume stallion duties on the shores of Italy for the 2024 breeding season. The 2021 Tomkin Geers winner will
Ola Yoder of Kountry Lane Standardbreds and Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky of Dr. J Standardbred Advisor LLC have announced that Dr. Jablonsky will now act as the exclusive advisor to Mr. Yoder and his Kountry Lane Standardbreds.
Ola Yoder, the founder and owner of the uber-successful Kountry Wood Products in Nappanee, Indiana has put the same amount of effort, forethought and savvy into his harness racing breeding program that he has into his cabinetry business, and it is paying off.