The Jay County Fairgrounds will be the site of a Standardbred equipment sale Saturday, Feb. 6. The sale will be conducted by Loy Real Estate and Auction of Portland, Ind. and will begin at 10 a.m. at the Marion and Irene Bubp Hall, located behind the grandstand. The sale company will accept consignments beginning Friday, […]
Archives for January 2021
Jammin Joshua part of 2021 Indiana Stallion Directory
Jammin Joshua, the standout pacer from the Ernie Gaskin Stable, is part of the 2021 Stallion Directory. However, the pacer’s listing was inadvertently placed in the trotting section of the guide. The Indiana Standardbred Association apologizes for the error. A son of Allamerican Captor, Jammin Joshua scored 25 wins and earnings in excess of $650,000 […]
Custom Cantab retires
Custom Cantab, the million-dollar Indiana sired trotting mare, has retired. She was recently featured in a story in “Hoof Beats” penned by Rose Flood, race marketing and operations administrator at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The story chronicled her stellar career featuring Beaver and caretaker Sheila Napier, who was named 2018 Caretake of the Year following her […]
Ollie’s Z Tam showing off talents in New Jersey
Ollie’s Z Tam, former Indiana Sires Stakes contender, picked up a win at The Meadowlands Saturday, Jan. 23. Trained by Ron Burke, the five-year-old gelding won his first race of 2021 in his second start of the year. Starting from post three, driver Yannick Gingras had Ollie’s Ztam in race mode from the start, going […]
Four Indiana winners at The Big M
Indiana was well represented Friday, Jan. 22 with four winners recorded during the evening card at The Meadowlands. Rockin Panda, Gotwuteverittakes, Smooth Aceleration and Always Mindy represented four different Indiana sires as they won their respective events back to back. Kicking off the night in the third race was Rockin Panda in the $7.600 conditioned […]
Good day for Guccio
It was a good day on the track for Guccios Thursday, Jan. 21 as Celebrate Winning was a winner at The Meadows and Northern Skyway picked up a win at Pompano Park. The trotters each won their first race of 2021. Making her third start of the year, Celebrate Winning was the first to conquer […]
Indiana Standardbred Stallion Directories now arriving
The 2021 Indiana Standardbred Stallion Directories are now arriving in homes. The publication was mailed the first week of January, but due to US Postal Service delays that have affected a lot of mail in the past few months, the directories are arriving a little later this year to homes. Several new stallions are featured […]
American Virgin top Indiana seller at Tattersalls
The 2021 Winter Mixed Tattersalls Sale was held at The Meadowlands Monday, Jan. 18 with several Indiana sired horses in the book. The top Indiana sired seller of the day was American Virgin, who was purchased by Josh Green of Delaware for $45,000. American Virgin, a nine-year-old gelded son of Always a Virgin, walked into […]
ISA Membership Packets coming in late January
The Indiana Standardbred Association is putting the final touches on the 2021 ISA Membership Packets, which will be placed in the mail to all current members at the end of January. The packets will include information on the increase in membership fees. Beginning in 2021, fees will move to $50 per year. Membership dues should […]
GD Western Joe two for two in 2021
GD Western Joe continued his winning ways Saturday, Jan. 16 at Miami Valley Raceway, winning the featured $22,000 Open Handicap Pace. Driven by Chris Page, the Real Desire gelding scored his fourth victory in his last five starts in a time of 1:52.0 to go two for two in 2021. Starting from post nine, GD […]