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MILTON, ON (OCT. 3, 2026) – Totally Tyler (Bulldog Hanover) broke his maiden in epic style, blasting to a 1:49 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record mile while winning the first of two $100,000 Gold Leg 5 harness racing divisions for 2-year-old pacing colts on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. No More Exs won the other […]
World champion mare Shartin N has produced her latest foal, a filly by champion Bulldog Hanover and the genes say speed to burn. Shartin N (Tintin In America) has a CV packed full of wonderful highlights and when she paced 1-46.4 on Hambletonian Day in the States, she broke a world record, which still stands. […]
Genevieve Crawford who works for her father Jimmy on the family farm at Lawrence, is preparing eight yearlings for the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales in Christchurch. Among them are two Bulldog Hanover colts. “They’ve been ‘interesting’ horses,” Crawford said. Bulldog Hanover became a worldwide sensation in harness racing. He won twenty eight of his thirty […]
Lexington, Ky – Dec 11, 2025 – Christmas came early for New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program when Seelster Farms donated a breeding to their premier stallion, Bulldog Hanover, whose 2026 book is full and closed. This coveted opportunity will be offered in the charity’s 28th Annual Stallion Auction to be held Feb 3-5 via OnGait.com […]
ELORA, ON (August 4, 2025) – Records came down and cheers went up from the crowd as Grand River Raceway hosted its annual harness racing Industry Day on Monday, August 4. An all-age record for the Elora, ON five-eighth-mile track was set in one of two blazing Ontario Sires Stakes Gold leg #3 divisions for […]
With a new, exciting bunch of babies’ set to launch their harness racing careers in North America in the next fortnight and the opening leg of the Grand Circuit less than a month away, the focus will be well and truly on the stallions being represented by their first crops. This season there are eight […]
In winning the Trillian Trust Auckland Cup, Republican Party (Bettor’s Delight) has become the second harness racing horse to win the Invercargill – Auckland Cup double. The other was Burlington Bertie. Bred by John and Katrina Price, Republican Party adds to the long list of success Southland bred pacers have had in the race. Amazing […]
The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (CHRHF) Induction Gala took place this evening (Wednesday, Aug. 9) at the Mississauga Convention Centre, honouring the Classes of 2022 and 2023, including some of the biggest names in Canadian Standardbred racing. The CHRHF Class of 2022 includes Jack Darling (Standardbred Trainer), Gilles Gendron (Standardbred Veteran), Frank Salive (Standardbred […]
Orlando, FL — After celebrating a harness racing season of unprecedented performances, Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play-BJ’s Squall) was at the center of one final historic moment Sunday night (Feb. 19) as the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Dan Patch Awards banquet came to an end. Bulldog Hanover became the first unanimous selection to receive the Horse of […]
As a member of the United States Harness Writers Association for close to 50 years, it’s been my honor to have served that harness racing organization as president and on a number of committees. I am also honored to have voting rights for selection of the Horse of the Year and various divisional awards…and this […]
Hightstown, NJ — Four-year-old harness racing male pacer Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play) ended the Grand Circuit season as the No. 1-ranked horse in the final 2022 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday. Bulldog Hanover took over the top spot in Week 6 and remained there the rest of the way. He was one of four horses […]
MILTON, November 28, 2022 – Woodbine Entertainment and Ontario Racing today announced a retirement ceremony for Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play), the World’s Fastest harness racing horse, will be held this Saturday (December 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. As part of Saturday’s festivities, racing fans will have the great opportunity to take a photo with Bulldog […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Appearing for the final time in his history-making harness racing career, “The Bulldog” was best in show once more. Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play), who electrified the sport this season with his speed and personality, romped to victory in Saturday’s (Nov. 26) $345,000 TVG Series Open Pace championship by 2-1/4 lengths over […]
On the eve of his final lifetime harness racing start, Seelster Farms along with Jack Darling, Brad Grant, and Diamond Creek Farm welcome applications for the 2023 breeding season of Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play) as he continues his stallion career in Ontario. After breeding and racing in 2022, the world’s fastest Standardbred ever now has […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The prelude to the final major race card on the 2022 harness racing calendar takes place this Saturday (Nov. 19) night at The Meadowlands, when eliminations take place for the “Fall Final Four” for 2-year-olds, with finals that will go for purses totaling $1.75 million on Nov. 26. Three of the […]
The Daily Racing Form today reports that Bulldog Hanover, the presumptive harness racing favorite for Dan Patch Horse of the Year honors in Harness Racing, will make his next pari-mutuel start in the November 26 TVG Open Pace final at The Meadowlands. It was originally announced following his Breeders Crown Open Pace win at Woodbine […]
Hightstown, NJ — Top-ranked Bulldog Hanover upped his lead over his nearest rival in the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll to 108 points, his largest advantage of the harness racing season, in the Week 22 ratings released Tuesday. Bulldog Hanover won the Breeders Crown Open Pace in 1:46.4 this past Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park, equaling […]
MILTON, ON – October 25, 2022 – Harness racing participants and dignitaries gathered Tuesday evening (Oct. 25) at Country Heritage Park in Milton, Ontario for a special post-position draw and dinner celebrating this weekend’s Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The post draws for the Open Pace, Open Trot and 3-Year-Old Colt Pace were conducted […]
CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY, October 18, 2022– Eliminations are unnecessary in four Breeders Crown divisions – the Open Trot, Mare Trot, Open Pace and 3-Year-Old Filly Pace – with those harness racing fields advancing directly to their finals on Saturday, Oct. 29, at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Eliminations for 2-year-olds will be contested Friday, Oct. 21, and […]
On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the […]
We are witnessing the greatest speed explosion in our harness racing history. There is no doubt about the horse that is “King of the Road”—Bulldog Hanover. Bulldog Hanover has accomplished things that, heretofore, have been conceived inconceivable. Yes, Bulldog Hanover deserves every single accolade bestowed upon him and more. That is the greatness of Bulldog […]
Parked outside every step of the one mile race, Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play) posted his 11th straight harness racing victory by pulling away from the field at the top of the straight and winning the $250,000 Dayton Pacing Derby in a romp at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday (Oct. 1). American Courage (Matt Kakaley) went […]
To the Editor: I walked into the OTB last night. Bulldog Hanover is the talk of the thoroughbred crowd too. Jack Darling stated the TVG is on his schedule after the BC in late October. The public frenzy begins for the world record attempt at Lexington on October 9. He has reached the pantheon of […]
ANDERSON, Ind.—September 23, 2022— The crowd gathered at Harrah’s Hoosier Park to witness the historic return of the World’s Fastest Standardbred, Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play), become the fastest in Hoosier Park harness racing history. Headlining a field of all-star open pacers, Bulldog Hanover didn’t disappoint, scoring in absolutely dominating fashion in the Harrah’s Hoosier Park […]
