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The first ‘down under’ crop of the world champion and 2023 USA Horse of the Year Confederate is expected to attract significant interest in the weanling section of the Australian Pacing Gold Autumn online mixed sale to be held on May 24 and 25. There are two weanling colts by the Breeders Crown and Meadowlands Pace winner entered […]
As the dust begins to settle on another busy breeding season, the harness racing world quickly turns its focus toward the yearling sales, weaning foals and watching the early two-year-olds step out for the first time. At Cobbitty Equine Farm, the 2025/26 season was one of our best yet, with strong support across our stallion line-up. Breeders […]
The harness racing relationship between Southern Bred Southern Reared and North American Stud Farm Diamond Creek Farm continues to grow. Key personel from the farm are becoming regular visitors to New Zealand, the latest being Emily Pursell who’s General Manager of Equine Operations and was in the south earlier this month. Hosted by John and […]
Aaron Bain Racing and Summit Bloodstock have amplified their promotion of the $2.1mil TAB Eureka by offering a free service to boom North American harness racing stallion Confederate. Bain and Summit had their biggest thrill in harness racing when they used their slot to partner with Emma Stewart’s four-year-old Encipher, winner of last year’s inaugural […]
After winning 13 of his 15 starts, $1.633 million in purses and a harness racing world record mile of 1:46.1, Confederate (Sweet Lou – Geothermal – A Rocknroll Dance) was named the 2023 Harness Horse of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association Sunday evening at the annual Dan Patch Awards banquet held […]
There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Confederate will be the three-year-old harness racing pacer of the year and, possibly, Pacer of the Year and, quite possibly, Horse of the Year. With hardly a blemish on his 2023 resume—just It’s My Show in the North American Cup at Woodbine and his attempt to conquer […]
Hightstown, NJ — Bythemissal, who won the $250,000 Aria Invitational Pace at Yonkers Raceway in a track-record 2:21.2 for 1-1/4 miles, shifted the Week 14 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll harness racing rankings released Tuesday by moving up to third while one newcomer joined the Top 10. Confederate, who was idle, and Sylvia Hanover, who won […]
Hightstown, NJ — Confederate (Sweet Lou), who on Monday became the fastest 3-year-old pacer in history with his 1:46.1 Kentucky Sire Stakes Championship Series harness racing win at Lexington’s Red Mile, became the first unanimous No. 1 in this season’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll when the Week 13 rankings were released Tuesday. In addition, four […]
If Bryan Adam’s was ever to do a follow-up of his 1984 smash hit, Summer Of 69, with a harness racing twist, Adam Bowden and Diamond Creek Farms’ summer of ’23 would be one worth singing about. The 41-year-old Bowden has made a significant investment in the sport of harness racing since diving in boots […]
