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Breeder Jerry Welch, who raises and races harness horses from his 102-acre farm in Waterford, Ohio, was just a bit worried about his broodmare Call Them Over (Call Toll Free) t, 4, 2:04h ($23,520). It was late January, and the husky broodmare, who was in foal to Long Tom, was due to foal, and was […]
Idao De Tillard (Severino), the 2-1 favorite, with driver Clement Duvaldestin in the sulky, captured Europe’s biggest harness racing event, trotting a mile rate of 1:55.1 to win the $1 million Prix d’Amerique on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2024. Racing with shoes on the front end, and none on the back, the 6-year-old, […]
Last weekend, the Breeders Crown Championships were contested at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with 12 races offering a total of more than $7 million in prize money. Ten harness racing horses were entered per event, and from those 120 named, there was only one scratch, meaning that 119 horses went post ward at the Anderson, Indiana […]
Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) captured the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace in 1:48 over a sloppy, rain-soaked harness racing track with Yannick Gingras at the lines for trainer Ron Burke. Bred by Stephen P. Dey, III, Bythemissal is owned by Burke Racing Stable, Richard Lombardo, and Weaver Bruscemi. The 4-year-old bay gelding picked up his tenth seasonal […]
Southwind Tyrion (Muscle Hill) prevailed in the slop to win the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Trot in rein to harness racing trainer-driver and co-owner Ake Svanstedt, who piloted the 5-year-old for co-owners SRF Stable, Knutsson Trotting and Brittany Farms and Riverview. The bay horse was clocked in 1:52.2 after a torrential downpour caused the track […]
