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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 Late Alan Galloway Snr and then Alan Jnr have been breeding quality Standardbreds for at least the past 50 years. It all started out in the Adelaide hills but for the past 45 years Alabar Bloodstock has been based at Echuca in Northern Victoria. There is a lovely selection of 7 fillies heading south
Blanche and Dean Poole both come from a farming background and, typically for people involved with Standardbreds, have a deep and abiding love of harness racing horses. With a CV that includes working at various times for a number of leading nurseries including Alabar Farms, Karamea Farm and Concorde Park, Blanche and Dean purchased their
Riverina roadworks overseer and hobby breeder Bill Evans has had a strong association with the Village Jasper mare Ima Mystery Girl and her family for more than 30 years. Evans bred her dam, Magic Ways, a winner of 10 races including three at Harold Park and later a very successful broodmare, producing five winners –