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
Ohio’s 2022 Horse of the Year, Bythemissal turned in another dominating season, winning the Breeders Crown on his way to being named Ohio’s 2023 Aged Pacer of the Year.
Health issues grounded Soaring Now during his two-year-old season, but the colt is flying high again as he heads to Saturday’s $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial Invitational for three-year-old pacers at MGM Northfield Park.