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
Wire-to-wire was the winning formula for the successful two-year-old trotters in Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots action at Hanover Raceway on Saturday (Sept. 10).
Maybe it mattered that the favourite made a miscue early, maybe it didn't. The cheque that the connections of Floyd The Freak will receive after winning the 2022 Balanced Image Trot on Saturday (Aug. 27) at Hanover Raceway still remains the same amount.
It was a chalk parade Tuesday evening at Woodbine Mohawk Park, and that included the four Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots divisions for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings.