Adios Butler packed a lot of success into a four-year racing career. The son of Adios out of Debby Hanover became pacing’s first Triple Crown winner in 1959, was a two-time Horse of the Year, and set world records at mile and half-mile tracks en route to being inducted into the Hall of Immortals at the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1990.

Bred by Russ Carpenter of Chester, New York, and foaled in 1956, Adios Butler was owned by trainer Paige West and Angelo Pellillo. George Phalen drove Adios Butler to a 2:04.1 track record for 2-year-olds at Ocean Downs in July 1958, but a virus limited the colt’s success as a freshman. [More...]

April Star recovered from an early injury to have a successful career on the racetrack.

The son of Bert Abbe out of Miss Mc I Win, April Star suffered a fractured hind limb in 1941 when he was just a week old due to being tramped on by his dam. When breeder and owner Roy L. Craig, of Urbana, Ohio, learned of the injury, he had April Star transported to Ohio State University for treatment. [More...]

Elected to the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2021, Aquatic Yankee had a standout career as both a racehorse and broodmare.

Bred by Yankeeland Farms, Aquatic Yankee was foaled on May 29, 1996, in Frederick, Maryland. The daughter of Cambest out of Yankee Attraction was purchased at the Kentucky Standardbred Sale in 1997 by Harold Bauder, of Delaware, Ohio, for $3,000. Aquatic Yankee went on to have a standout racing career during which she hit the board in 75% of her 80 starts, finishing with a record of 26-19-15 and $751,230 in earnings from 1998 to 2001. [More...]

Arnie Almahurst overcame some quirky habits to become a force on the Grand Circuit and later an influential stallion.

Foaled in 1970, the son of Speedy Scot – Ambitious Blaze was purchased for $5,200 at the Tattersalls Yearling Sale by Ohio native Gene Riegle on behalf of the partner of Martha Riegle, Roger Black and Don Bolyard.

When asked later about his bargain purchase, trainer Gene Riegle commented, “He was a big, bony colt and didn’t look that good. Or maybe it was because nobody knew anything about his dam. She never had a piece of harness on her, you know, but I had a full sister to her that was a nice filly. [More...]

Though a virus infection cut his racing career short, B.F. Coaltown’s legacy is one of success both on and off the track.

Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1960 and named in part using the initials of breeder Ben Falter, the son of Galophone and Sis Rodney went on to have a spectacular season as a 2-year-old trotter. He set a track record in winning the first division of the WN Reynolds Memorial in 2:08 in June 1962, and he won the final of the Challenge Stakes at Scioto Downs in July in 2:03.3. [More...]

Belle Mahone, the daughter of Oliver Evans out of Roxie, was bred by W.E. Seaver and was foaled on a small farm near Washington Courthouse, Ohio, in 1925.

While still quite young, she went blind in one eye, and her racing career was cut short. As a 2-year-old, she took a mark of 2:12 1/2.

Belle Mahone was first bred as a 5-year-old and produced 12 foals, eight of which made it to the track. [More...]

Foaled in 1964, Best Of All was a world champion who went on to sire multiple world champions.

During his four-year racing career, the son of Good Time out of Besta Hanover earned $549,074.

In 1967, James Hackett, of London, Ohio, trained and drove Best Of All to victory in the Little Brown Jug for owner Samuel Huttenbauer of Cincinnati. Huttenbauer was elected to the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2000.

As a sire, Best Of All produced 814 foals, 662 of which went on to race. His offspring earned $24,136,699 with 158 taking marks of 2:00 or better. [More...]

The son of Harness Racing Hall of Fame and Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame member Gene Abbe out of Tiny Wave, Big Towner went from “just another horse” to the “Free-For-All King of New York” in his racing career before becoming a respected sire.

Bred by Ohio natives Paul Gardner and Florence Startsman, Big Towner was a foal of May 1974. Nothing seemed remarkable about him at the time, as Startsman described him as “just another horse.” In 1975, he was purchased as a yearling by Maryland owners Patrick Kelly, Gerald Post and Richard Bissette for $5,700 at the Blooded Horse Sale in Delaware, Ohio.

As a 2-year-old in 1976, Big Towner hit the board in all six starts with five wins and one second, all at Rosecroft Raceway in Maryland. His earnings were a modest $3,972. [More...]

In 1988, BJ Scoot made history as the first Ohio-bred horse to win the Little Brown Jug to highlight what would become a highly successful racing career. An Ohio Sires Stakes champion, he posted 22 wins along with 16 seconds and eight thirds to go with $891,010 in earnings in 72 lifetime starts.

Bred and owned by Jack Howell of Lancaster, Ohio, BJ Scoot was foaled on May 10, 1985, in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The son of fellow 1998 Hall of Fame inductee Falcon Almahurst won 10 of 13 starts during his 2-year-old season in 1987, earning $135,611. [More...]

Elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2004, Bret Hanover won 91% of his starts and later became one of the sport’s leading studs of all time.

Bret Hanover was foaled in Hanover, Pennsylvania, in May 1962. The son of Adios out of Brenna Hanover, he was the high-priced yearling of 1963, selling for a then-record $50,000 to Richard Downing. He went on to put together three outstanding seasons on the track, capturing the Pacing Triple Crown and earning Horse of the Year honors each year from 1964 to 1966 and becoming a fan favorite.

As a 2-year-old, Bret Hanover went unbeaten in 24 starts en route to becoming the first juvenile to be named Horse of the Year. [More...]

Buck I St Pat delivered remarkable consistency throughout her career, hitting the board in 79 of 105 starts with 51 victories and earnings of $2,320,637. She was a two-time winner of the Breeders Crown, Maxie Lee, Perretti Farms Matchmaker, and Allerage Farms Mare Trot and scored victories in the Armbro Flight, Conway Hall, American-National, Miss Versatility final, Earl Rowe, and Classic Series final.

Bred by Ron Fuller, of Newark, Ohio, Buck I St Pat was foaled in 2003. The daughter of Jailhouse Jesse out of Name It Something hit the board in seven of eight starts as a freshman in 2005 with six wins and over $77,000 in earnings. [More...]

Owned by Christy Hayes of Columbus, Ohio, Countess Vivian was foaled in 1950.

The daughter of King's Counsel out of Filly Direct raced only two years, recording her lifetime mark of 1:59 as a 3-year-old. She finished with $43,262 in earnings.

Countess Vivian produced 12 foals who went on to race, including world champions Meadow Skipper, Countess Adios, and Tarport Count. Meadow Skipper, a winner of over $400,000 in his career, became one of the sport's all-time great sires and was inducted into the U.S. [More...]

As a top performer on the track, Courageous Lady hit the board in almost 60% of her starts throughout her five-year career and holds the distinction as the first Ohio Sires Stakes champion to defend her title.

Foaled in March 1975 in Carthage, Indiana, Courageous Lady raced from 1977 to 1981. Purchased by Ruth Cohen of Mayfield Heights, Ohio, she hit the board in 11 of 12 starts, including eight wins, and earned just over $66,000 as a freshman. During that season, she set an age-sex track record of 1:59.3 and won the $71,000 Ohio Sires Stakes championship for 2-year-old pacing fillies. [More...]

Dubbed Toledo, Ohio’s first international glamor celebrity, Cresceus overcame a severe illness as a yearling to become a star racehorse who held multiple world records.

The son of Robert McGregor out of Mabel, Cresceus was foaled in 1894 at Ketcham Farm in Toledo. He was so sick as a yearling that breeder George Ketcham ordered him to be killed, but his handler hid him away until he recuperated.

Broken to harness by Tim Murnen, the superintendent of Ketcham Farm, Cresceus didn’t display signs of early talent and progressed slowly. He made two starts as a 2-year-old, finishing second at Circleville, Ohio, and then winning a race of half-mile heats at Vienna, Michigan.

As a 3-year-old, he won his 1897 seasonal debut on the half-mile track at Toledo in early June. [More...]

A two-time Ohio Horse of the Year, Crisp Sahbra shined as a freshman and sophomore as part of a successful 13-year racing career.

Crisp Sahbra was bred by Marvin Gross, of Streetsboro, Ohio. The son of Towner’s Big Guy out of Cool Sahbra was foaled on Feb. 19, 1993, and was purchased by Jack Shearer, of Massillon, Ohio, and Ronald Postiy, of North Canton, Ohio, for $13,200 in 1994.

Crisp Sahbra put together a perfect freshman season in 1995, winning all 11 starts and banking $107,643. [More...]

The son of Crysta’s Crown out of Super Laure, Crysta’s Best was foaled in 1988 in Wilmington, Ohio, and went on to earn over $500,000 during a three-year racing career before retiring to breed.

Crysta’s Best won 10 of 19 starts and earned $319,520 as a freshman and achieved national prominence when he overcame a break at the start to win the 1990 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old trotters at Pompano Park with trainer-driver Dick Richardson Jr. He was named the Dan Patch 2-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year and Ohio Horse of the Year that season, which also saw him win the Ohio Sires Stakes Final, the Horseman Stake in straight heats at Indianapolis, and a division of the Tompkins-Geers at Scioto.

As a 3-year-old in 1991, he hit the board in 12 of 22 starts with five wins, one second, and six thirds and earned $217,087. He competed in the Hambletonian and posted his lifetime-best mark of 1:55.2 at Indianapolis.

He made just five starts in 1992 in what would prove to be his final season and closed his career with 15 wins, one second, and seven thirds to go with earnings of $537,007 in 46 starts.

Early in his 4-year-old season, Crysta’s Best was purchased by Olympic equestrian gold medalist Alvin Schockemoehle of Germany and retired to stud in Europe.

He was inducted into the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2009.

With 80 career wins and over $2 million in earnings, Dancin Yankee was a two-time world champion and fan favorite who made a lasting mark in harness racing.

Bred by Elizabeth Yontz, Dancin Yankee was foaled on April 9, 2008, in Georgetown, Kentucky. Gary Green bought the son of Hall of Famer Yankee Cruiser out of Dancewiththebest for $17,000 at the 2009 Ohio Selected Jug Sale, and Dancin Yankee turned out to be one of the best Ohio-sired horses of all time.

Dancin Yankee had a modestly successful freshman season in 2010, hitting the board in six of nine starts with $60,406 in earnings. His career took off the next year, which began a streak of nine straight seasons with over $100,000 in earnings. [More...]

Demon Hanover was developed and trained by Harrison Hoyt and treated like a family pet. But he was also an accomplished racehorse and stallion.

A son of Dean Hanover out of Sorceress, Demon Hanover was foaled in 1945 and was purchased as a yearling by Hoyt, an amateur trainer-driver, for $2,600. Bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, he was intelligent and well-mannered as he learned to race in Saratoga’s 2-year-old amateur trots. [More...]

Despite not being entered into some of harness racing’s biggest stakes races, Dream Of Glory made a name for himself on the track and went on to leave a prolific legacy as a sire.

The son of Speedy Count out of Dixie Valley, Dream Of Glory was foaled in 1971. Breeder and owner Leo Soehnlen, of Canton, Ohio, reportedly devoted so much time and attention to his dairy business that he never pursued staking Dream Of Glory to the major races, including the Hambletonian and Kentucky Futurity, where he would’ve had the opportunity to prove his true racing ability. However, that didn’t stop him from garnering lots of acclaim.

As a freshman, Dream Of Glory won 15 of 19 starts, including the Ohio Standardbred Futurity, Arden Downs, and five Ohio State Stakes. [More...]

The son of Hall of Famer Striking Sahbra out of Rosemary T, Dunkster finished his career with victories at 21 different tracks in nine U.S. states and Ontario, Canada.

Bred by Jack Tramonte and Paul Bailey, Dunskter was foaled on March 10, 1999, in Baltic, Ohio. Later that year, Dean Davis, of Wooster, Ohio, purchased him and his mother for $5,000 at an Ohio sale. [More...]

A multi-time Breeders Crown winner and Horse of the Year honoree, Eternal Camnation was an international star in harness racing.

The daughter of Hall of Famer Cam Fella out of Cool World, Eternal Camnation was foaled on April 3, 1997, in Belle Meade, New Jersey. She was bred by Lew Arno and Fred Hertrich III of All American Harnessbreds from the last crop of Cam Fella.

In 1998, under her original name of Allamerican Coin, she was purchased as a yearling at Harrisburg for $35,000 by Jim Hardesty, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. She was owned by Eternal Camnation Stable and Jeff Miller Stable in Haviland, Ohio, during the bulk of her racing career.

Trained by Jeff Miller and most often driven by Eric Ledford, Eternal Camnation raced from 1999 to 2004 and finished with a record of 47-18-5 in 101 starts with earnings of $3,748,574 and a lifetime mark of 1:49.2 set at The Meadowlands as a 5-year-old in 2002. [More...]

Among his many accomplishments, Falcon Almahurst retired at the end of 1978 as the fastest 3-year-old pacer in harness racing history on both a mile and half-mile tracks and later became a dominant pacing stallion in Ohio.

Purchased as a yearling by Scioto Downs and Hill Farms operator Charlie Hill in 1976, Falcon Almahurst was the son of Meadow Skipper and Ingenue. As a 2-year-old, he posted three wins and two seconds in six starts, including a 13-length victory at the Meadowlands in 1:59. Then came the world records in 1978 during his 3-year-old season.

Falcon Almahurst became the first 3-year-old pacer to post a sub-1:53 time when he ran a world-record 1:52.2 mile time trial at Lexington, and his 1:55.2 in a Little Brown Jug heat win was the fastest any harness horse had run on a half-mile track. [More...]

Feelin Friskie earned over $780,000 in his racing career and went on to leave his mark on Ohio in the breeding shed.

Bred by William Perretti, the son of Artiscape out of Nadia’s Sister was foaled on May 14, 2003, in Cream Ridge, New Jersey. As a freshman, he hit the board in nine of 14 starts with seven wins and $78,698 in earnings. His sophomore campaign in 2006 was much more lucrative, as he hit the board in eight of nine starts with three wins and earnings of $696,862. [More...]

Bred, owned, and trained by Duane Lowe, of Malta, Ohio, First Breath was a star both on and off the track.

The daughter of Hold Your Breath out of Ellen's Jilley, First Breath was foaled on March 15, 1991, and went on to hit the board in 13 of 16 starts with seven wins and just under $10,000 in earnings as a freshman in 1993. A standout sophomore campaign saw her rack up 21 victories in 32 starts with over $90,000 in earnings while recording a lifetime mark of 1:58.4 en route to being named 3-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year. In her four-year racing career from 1993 to 1996, First Breath posted a record of 28-6-5 in 58 starts with earnings of $102,093.

First Breath was also successful as a broodmare. [More...]

Inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1978 and the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1998, Gene Abbe amassed 49 wins and 46 runner-up finishes in 151 lifetime starts before going on to rewrite the record books as a sire.

Bred by Ottawa, Ohio, native Clinton Lighthill, Gene Abbe was the son of Bert Abbe and Rose Marie in 1944. Pacing free-legged, he won 14 of his 16 2-year-old starts and ended up racing until he was 6 years old, achieving over $51,000 in lifetime earnings.

In 1952, he went to stud at Eventime Farm in Washington Court House, Ohio, which was owned by Toledo’s Dr. Roy Knisley. [More...]

Bred by Phillip Drake and Russel Means Jr., Golly Too earned nearly $700,000 in his four-year racing career.

The son of Final Score out of Molly Also was foaled on May 6, 1991, in Bloomingburg, Ohio. He was a perfect 3-for-3 as a freshman and hit the board in 15 of 16 starts as a sophomore in 1994 with eight wins and $307,845 in earnings. He won the American-National at Sportsman's Park and was third in the Breeders Crown final in 1994 en route to being named Ohio Horse of the Year.

Golly Too added another eight victories and over $189,000 in earnings in 1995 and 10 wins and $127,000 in his final season in 1996 during which he also recorded his lifetime mark of 1:53.3.

A four-time Ohio Sires Stakes champion, Golly Too closed his career with a 29-7-6 record and $694,310 in earnings in 49 starts.

Foaled in 1924 by Guy Axworthy out of Iosola The Great, Iosoloa's Worthy was acclaimed as the greatest money-winner since the days of the high-wheeled sulky.

Iosola's Worthy won the 1927 Hambletonian, 1927 Kentucky Futurity, the Horse Review Futurity, and the Horseman Futurity. Driven by Marvin Childs and Thomas Berry, Iosola's Worthy earned $56,538 in her career.

Once retired from racing, she distinguished herself as a broodmare, producing such offspring as Algiers, Long Key, and Scotland's Comet. One of her daughters, Miss Kate B, produced Kaola, who won the first $50,000 Golden West Trot in the world-record time of 2:32 for 1.25 miles.

Iosola's Worthy died in late July 1951 at Walnut Hall Stud Farm at the age of 27.

She was elected to the U.S. [More...]

K F Pro Sam, a three-time Ohio Sires Stakes champion, was elected to the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2024.

The gelding by Nobleland Sam out of the Falcon Almahurst mare Pro Choice was bred by Henry Kaufman, of Baltimore, Ohio. He was foaled on April 20, 1997, in Findlay, Ohio.

As a 2-year-old in 1999, he went into training with co-owner Scott Mogan en route to earning freshman divisional honors after winning the Ohio Triple Crown – the Ohio State Fair, Ohio Sires Stakes Final and Ohio Breeders Championship. Those were three of his five victories that year as he hit the board in eight of 11 starts while banking $109,091.

In 2000, K F Pro Sam repeated as OSS champion and was named the Ohio 3-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year. [More...]

In a truly rags-to-riches story, a plow horse named Little Brown Jug went on to become a racing champion with one of the sport’s premier events named in his honor.

The son of Tom Hal Jr. out of Lizzie, Little Brown Jug was foaled in April 1875 in the hills of Tennessee. His breeder, R.H. [More...]

Bred and owned by 2008 Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductee Jerome T. Osborne, of Mentor, gelded pacer Majestic Osborne was one of the top racing horses in Ohio during the 1990s.

The son of Nobleand Sam out of Most Happy Missy, he was foaled on May 3, 1989, and went on to have a seven-year racing career from 1991 to 1997. Trained and driven by Joe Adamsky for much of his career, he hit the board in 75 of 98 starts with 47 wins, 14 seconds, and 14 thirds and earned $554,782. [More...]

It didn’t take long for Hall of Famer Earle Avery to recognize a promising future for Meadow Skipper.

“After I had him for a month, I knew he had the potential to be one of the greatest that ever lived,” Avery is quoted as saying.

Avery proved prescient, as Meadow Skipper developed into a top racehorse who later became a highly regarded stallion at Stoner Creek Stud in Paris, Kentucky, for 16 years.

The son of Dale Frost out of Countess Vivian, Meadow Skipper was foaled in Meadow Lands, Pennsylvania, in 1960.

He won 15 of his 27 starts and earned just over $24,000 as a freshman for owner Hugh Grant, of Bedford, Pennsylvania. Trained and driven by Avery, who was 69 years old at the time, Meadow Skipper won the Cane Pace at Yonkers and finished second in the Little Brown Jug as a 3-year-old in 1963. Also that year, he ran a world-record 1:55.1 at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky. [More...]

Despite some life experiences befitting his melancholy name, Melvin’s Woe nonetheless found success on the racetrack highlighted by a Little Brown Jug victory.

The son of 2004 Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductee Bret Hanover out of Friendly Hal, Melvin’s Woe was born in 1970 and owned by Cleveland, Ohio, millionaire Thurman Downing. Downing named the horse after Norman’s Woe, a small island off the coast of Massachusetts that he and his wife had owned part of, as well as a friend in Kentucky named Melvin.

Plagued by chronic leg ailments throughout his two-year racing career in 1972 and 1973, Melvin’s Woe posted 17 wins, five seconds and two thirds with $157,902 in earnings in 27 starts. Much of his success came in his sophomore season, as he recorded 16 wins and three seconds in 22 starts with earnings of $152,480.

Melvin’s Woe was named the nation’s top 3-year-old pacer in 1973 after his highly improbable Little Brown Jug win. [More...]

Though her life was short, Merrie Annabelle was a highly accomplished horse.

Owned by Byron D. Kuth of Chesterfield, Ohio, Merrie Annabelle was foaled in 1956 at Castleton Farm.

The daughter of Rodney out of Annabella made history on Sept. 26, 1958, in Lexington, Kentucky, when trainer Johnny Patterson drove her to four world records in one race as she became the first 2-year-old filly to race in 2:00. [More...]

Missouri Time could have been called Canfield's horse. The world champion mare by Race Time out of Missouri Freight was bred and foaled in Florida but was owned her entire life by residents of Canfield, Ohio.

Bred by Billy Colson of Bell, Florida, Missouri Time was foaled in April of 1971. She did not race as a 2- or 3-year-old for owners John and Florence Vitullo. [More...]

A 2000 inductee into the Ohio Equine Hall of Fame, Nobleand Sam became known as one of the top sires in Ohio breeding history following a two-year racing career.

Nobleand Sam was the son of Sonsam and Ima Happy Noble and was bred, owned, and trained by Sam A. Noble Jr. He started just nine races as a 2-year-old in 1985 but hit the board in all of them, winning seven.

He traveled throughout North America as a 3-year-old, scoring victories at such tracks as Louisville Downs, The Meadows, Hazel Park, The Red Mile, Brandywine, and Scioto Downs to highlight a 16-win season amidst 26 starts. [More...]

Bred by Charles Weaver, Overcomer was foaled on May 6, 1983, in Paulding, Ohio.

The son of Speed In Action out of B.F. Coaltown mare Darby Hill, Overcomer was purchased in the fall of 1984 by Michael Lewis, of Fostoria, Ohio, and Max Graber, of Pemberton, Ohio.

Trained by Max Graber and driven by Mark Graber, Overcomer went on to win three Ohio Sires Stakes championships at the ages of 3, 4, and 5 in 1986, 1987, and 1988. Racing from 1985 to 1988, he finished with a career record of 26-14-5 in 53 starts and banked $405,822. [More...]

Also a member of the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1997), Indiana Standardbred Hall of Fame (2003), and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2020), Rambling Willie is one of the most storied horses of all time.

By Rambling Fury out of Meadow Belle, Rambling Willie was foaled in 1970 in Monroeville, Indiana. Trainer/driver Bob Farrington purchased him for $15,000 in 1972 and subsequently gave half ownership to his wife, Vivian, as a birthday present while selling the other half to Paul Seibert of Cincinnati, Ohio. Rambling Willie would go on to post 128 victories in 305 starts and earn over $2 million.

Rambling Willie began his career at Ohio county fairs as a 2-year-old in 1972 and went on to race for 12 seasons before retiring as a 13-year-old in 1983. [More...]

Inducted into the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2010, Saccharum had a standout five-year racing career highlighted by a stellar sophomore season.

Foaled in Delaware, Ohio, in April 1982, Saccharum was a homebred for Jan Wulf and Bill Walters. The daughter of Sugar Tree out of She’s A Sweets went on to be a two-time Ohio Sires Stakes champion.

In her freshman season in 1984, Saccharum hit the board in 16 of 18 starts with nine wins and earned over $92,000. She followed that up with a sophomore campaign that saw her score 13 victories in 19 starts with more than $181,000 in earnings. [More...]

A World Champion with over $1.8 million in career earnings, Shady Daisy was a highly accomplished horse in six seasons of racing.

The daughter of Falcon Seelster out of Tika Belle, she was bred by Ronald Jackson, of Hilliard, Ohio. She was foaled in April 1988 and began racing as a 2-year-old in 1990.

Trained her entire career by Louis Bauslaugh, Shady Daisy had early success, hitting the board in 10 of 14 starts as a freshman with six wins and $105,377 in earnings. She really took off as a sophomore in 1991, hitting the board in 24 of 27 starts, including 15 victories, and earning $452,741 while posting what would be her lifetime best of 1:51 at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky.

After winning nine races in 21 starts and matching her best time of 1:51 as a 4-year-old, Shady Daisy added another double-digit win season in 1993. [More...]

Speed In Action had a successful career both on the track and as a stallion. A trotting World Champion, he recorded his lifetime-best of 1:57 as a 4-year-old in Du Quoin, Illinois, in August 1978.

The son of Speedy Scot out of Dolly Mir, Speed In Action raced from 1976 to 1978, earning a total of $334,519. He hit the board in 23 of 25 starts as a 2-year-old in 1976, winning 12, and added seven victories in 17 starts as a 3-year-old. [More...]

A champion on the track and in the breeding shed, Speedy Crown was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1996 and the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2011. A high achiever during his racing career, he went on to become the leading money-winning trotting sire for a period of 13 years.

Bred by Ann Beissinger and trained and driven by husband Howard Beissinger, of Hamilton, Ohio, Speedy Crown was born in January 1968. The son of Speedy Scot out of Missile Toe, Speedy Crown was purchased by Thomas and Frank Antonacci’s Crown Stable in the spring of his 2-year-old season while Beissinger continued serving as trainer and driver. [More...]

The daughter of 1998 Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductee Falcon Almahurst out of Margaux, Stienam packed many accomplishments into just two years of racing before going on to serve as a productive broodmare.

Bred by ACA Stables in Wilmington, Ohio, and foaled in Hilliard, Ohio, in April 1982, Stienam began her racing career as a 2-year-old in 1984. That season, she hit the board in 17 of 19 starts, posting nine wins and eight seconds, and earning $662,155.

As a sophomore, in what would prove to be her final season in 1985, Stienam hit the board in 18 of 21 starts with eight wins, nine seconds, and one third to go with $693,319 in earnings. She recorded her lifetime best of 1:53.4 at The Meadowlands that year and won the Breeders Crown final for sophomore pacing fillies in a track record 1:55.4 at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Canada, with Buddy Gilmour driving. [More...]

Entering the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2008, Striking Sahbra became one of the sport’s leading trotting sires after a successful two-year career on the track.

Striking Sahbra was foaled in April 1990 on Marvin Gross’ farm in Streetsboro, Ohio. The son of Supergill out of Supreme Sahbra, he had a promising start to his racing career. As a 2-year-old, he hit the board in all 11 starts, winning 10 of them, and earned $102,533. [More...]

Victory Is Coming, a three-time Ohio Sire Stakes champion, was elected to the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2025.

The Victory Sam mare out of Norse Comer was bred by Success Acres and was foaled on April 9, 2007, in Sunbury, Ohio. She was purchased as a yearling for $13,500 by John “Red” and Betty Shaw, of Mount Vernon, Ohio, and trained for most of her career by Ammon Hersberger, who purchased her in 2020.

During her nine-year racing career from 2009 to 2017, Victory Is Coming posted a 68-27-14 record with earnings of $711,159. She had three seasons with double-digit wins and over $100,000 in earnings.

As a 2-year-old in 2009, she won five of 10 starts and finished second in the Ohio Sires Stakes Final.

She hit the board in 21 of 23 starts as a sophomore, recording 16 victories and $134,417 in earnings in addition to another runner-up finish in the OSS Final.

In between a 13-win 2013 season and 10-win 2015 campaign, Victory Is Coming banked $130,540 with nine wins as a 7-year-old in 2014. [More...]

The son of Artiscape and A Yankee Classic, Yankee Cruiser was bred by Yankeeland Farm.

Foaled on May 16, 2000, in Frederick, Maryland, he was purchased as a yearling by the Pinske Stable for $23,000 at the Kentucky Standardbred Sale.

During his two-year racing career, Yankee Cruiser compiled a 14-7-5 record with $1,150,123 in earnings over 35 starts. As a freshman in 2002, he hit the board in 12 of 13 starts with nine victories and earnings of $342,994. He had a 5-5-4 record in 22 starts as a sophomore in 2003, banking $807,129. [More...]