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
Shaffer Standardbreds is a family affair. The Pennsylvania-based breeding facility located in the hamlet of McClellandtown, just 40 miles from The Meadows harness racing venue is overseen by 21-year-old Jacob Shaffer and his brother Kolt, 27. Jacob says his entire life has been “horses, horses, horses.” “I went to Albert Gallatin High School,” Jacob said. “And I
This is a nice big strong, sound mare. She was never fully broke. She was led behind gate at 2 years old. She has had the harness on a couple of times but never hooked to the jogger. I lunged her in a circle and she does cross ties. She is a very fast horse with a great gait. She is very fiery and is a chancy prospect and would make a great broodmare when she's done racing. She is probably the only Lucky Chucky filly in Ontario which are a hot commodity. Call my cell for questions.
Iron Sharpens Iron posted another dominating performance at Running Aces on Sunday night (Sept. 10) to register his seventh win of the season in the $22,000 Minnesota-sired sophomore trot.
The Sunday night (Aug. 13) harness racing program at Running Aces was highlighted by the 2023 Steve Wiseman Memorial Trot, which had a talented and accomplished field of nine square-gaiters line up to battle for $35,000 in purse money.