Several Indiana sired horses were in the spotlight Sunday, May 26 for a special day of racing that included the $100,000 Maxie Lee Invitational for trotters. The field included both Fiftydallarbill and Homicide Hunter, but it was another Indiana sired horse that made it to the winner’s circle. Miss You Big Mike, who was a […]
Homicide Hunter secures win in Great Northeast Open Series
Homicide Hunter, the Indiana sired son of Mr. Cantab that rocked the Standardbred world last October by becoming the fastest ever trotter with a 1:48.4 mile, made his first 2019 trip to the winner’s circle Sunday, May 19. The Mr. Cantab gelding, now seven, won the $30,000 Great Northeast Open Series at Harrah’s Philadelphia by […]
Homicide Hunter nears return to racing
Homicide Hunter, the Indiana sired gelding who made history last fall with the sport’s quickest trotting mile ever, is nearing a return to the track this season. The now seven-year-old son of Mr. Cantab is in to qualify Saturday, May 4 at The Meadowlands. Owned by Crawford Farms Racing, Homicide Hunter qualified April 24 at […]
Indiana represented at Dan Patch Awards
As most of the world was tuned in to honoring the best in the motion picture business at the Oscars, the world of Standardbred racing was tuned in to the 2018 Dan Patch Awards at the annual United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) banquet held in Orlando, Fla. Sunday, Feb. 24. The event was broadcast […]
2019 Indiana Stallion Directory now available
The 2019 Stallion Directory, produced by the Indiana Standardbred Association, is arriving in homes this week. The publication, which showcases all the stallions in the Standardbred industry in the state of Indiana, was mailed Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 and has already started hitting homes. The cover of the Stallion Directory highlights an Indiana sire and […]
Five represent Indiana in Breeders Crown
Five Indiana sired horses will be featured in the prestigious Breeders Crown finals Saturday, Oct. 27 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun. Racing gets underway with an early post time of 5:30 p.m. with the 35th edition of the Breeders Crown beginning with race three. The 12-race series features purses in excess of $5.8 million. […]
Indiana sired Homicide Hunter sets world record
Indiana bred horses are at it again! This time, it was Homicide Hunter who stunned the racing world with the first ever sub 1:49.0 race, winning the $145,000 Allerage Farms Open Trot in 1:48.4. The mark for the Mr Cantab gelding is a new world record, the first trotting mile to ever dip below the […]