Bettor's Delight Dominates Harness Jewel Bettor's Delight progeny take home the major share of the stake money at the Harness Jewels at Ashburton in New Zealand!
Roll With Joe continues to Roll with a Strong Breeding Season - Limited Bookings still available. After a Full Book to high quality mares in his first breeding season, Roll With Joe continues a strong breeding career with extremely strong syndicate support led by cornerstone investors Blue Chip Farms & Winbak Farms. In his first season in the southern hemisphere, Roll With Joe continues his breeding success with a full book. Limited outside bookings for the 2013 season are still available.
American Ideal's "American Jewel" takes O'Brien 3YO Pacing FIlly of the Year honors American Jewel took home her second consecutive O'Brien trophy as Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year. The daughter of American Ideal enjoyed another stellar season, which included a record of 9-4-2 in 16 starts and earnings of more than $1.1 million.
Bettors Delight is 2013 Living Horse of the Year Inductee Bettor's Delight is now a shuttle stallion with total North American foal earnings of over $88 million, 344 in 1:55 and 217 $100,000 winners. Among his eight millionaires are Darlin's Delight p,4,1:49.1 ($2,901,926), two-time Breeders Crown winner Bettor Sweet p,4,1:47.2 ($2,778,753) and Southwind Tempo p,6,1:48.2 ($2,396,362).
Archangel to stand at Blue Chip Farms 2013 Blue Chip Farms in Wallkill, N.Y., welcomes harness racing world champion Archangel to its stallion ranks in 2013. A winner of $906,579, Archangel won the 2012 Yonkers Trot in a world record time of 3,1:54.1h (without trotting hopples), beating the heavily favored Googoo Gaagaa and Market Share.
Chapter Seven arrives at Blue Chip 2012 Trotter of the Year Chapter Seven arrived at Blue Chip Farms on Wednesday (Dec. 19). He and his trainer, Linda Toscano, were greeted by Blue Chip's President, Mike Kimelman.
Sarandon Blue Chip named top NJSS horse in 2012 Sarandon Blue Chip, winner of the two biggest races for 3-year-old pacing fillies in New Jersey-sired competition this year at Meadowlands Racetrack, has been selected as the New Jersey Sire Stakes Premier Division Horse of the Year for 2012.
Heston Blue Chip Nov 'Horse of the Month' The son of American Ideal has been nearly perfect as of late in some big races, and a sweep of the recent Progress Pace, in the prep and final, has resulted in his being selected Horse of the Month for November by the U.S. Trotting Association.
Credit Winner son, Archangel,named upstate Horse of the Year The members of the Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association have announced they have unanimously named 3-year-old trotting star Archangel as their Horse of the Year for 2012.
Heston Blue Chip takes Matron in all-age track record Heston Blue Chip continued at the top of his game, overwhelming an all-star group of 3-year-old male pacers in an all-age track record time of 1:48 to win the $176,663 Matron final on Sunday (Dec. 2) at Dover Downs.
Bettor B Lucky wins the Lady Maud Morrill delivered a perfect drive, rallying New York-bred Bettor B Lucky to win a three-horse blanket finish in the $229,440 Lady Maud Pace for 3-year-old fillies at Yonkers.
Heston Blue Chip wins the Progress Pace Preview A 1:49.3 victory by Heston Blue Chip in the Progress Pace Preview and several longshot wins among seven Matron Stakes Previews marked the Veteran's Day, Sunday, Nov. 11 card at Dover Downs.
Heston Blue Chip delivers in Crown 3-year-old colt pace The team of driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Linda Toscano scored again when Heston Blue Chip wore down Sweet Lou to capture the $555,000 Breeders Crown 3-year-old colt pace on Saturday (Oct. 27) at Woodbine.
To Dream On equals stakes record in Crown final To Dream On, driven by Yannick Gingras, equaled the stakes record with a 1:54.4 score in the $600,000 Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly trot on Saturday night (Oct. 27) at Woodbine.
American Jewel rallies to Breeders Crown triumph Favored American Jewel, with Tim Tetrick at the controls, took over from Economy Terror in early stretch and went on to a 1-1/4 length win over a closing Shelliscape in the $500,000 Breeders Crown 3-year-old filly pace on Saturday (Oct. 27) at Woodbine Racetrack.
Bettor Sweet repeats in Breeders Crown Open Pace The 7-year-old gelding, Bettor Sweet, made it back-to-back Breeders Crown Opens with an awesome 1:49.1 score in the $500,000 contest, closing out the dozen race Crown card on Saturday (Oct. 27).
Hot Shot Blue Chip is a narrow winner in Pride In Progress Thomas Dillon's Hot Shot Blue Chip held off a fast closing Opening Night at the wire to win the $205,500 Pride In Progress Free For All Trot on Saturday night (Sept. 22) at Indiana Downs.
Betterthancheddar scores in world record 1:49.2 in Quillen Steve Calhoun and West Wins Stable's Betterthancheddar ($3.00, George Brennan) equaled the world record for 4-year-old horses on a half-mile racetrack on Monday (Sept. 17) at Harrington Raceway with a 1:49.2 triumph in the $216,500 sixth annual Bobby Quillen Memorial.
Hot Shot Blue Chip in a Credit Winner upset Hot Shot Blue Chip became harness racing's newest millionaire after he won a stretch battle with Chapter Seven to take the $200,000 Credit Winner Trot in 1:51.2 on Friday night (Sept. 7) at Vernon Downs. Owned by Thomas Dillon and trained by Jonas Czernyson, the 6-year-old gelded son of Revenue S-Hustle N Muscle was driven to the victory by Corey Callahan.
Betterthancheddar scores in 1:49.1 in Pacing Derby elim Betterthancheddar, arguably the top older pacer in North America this season, found the winner's circle in the single C$50,000 Canadian Pacing Derby elimination on Saturday (August 25) at Mohawk in 1:49.1. Driven by George Brennan, the 4-year-old son of Bettor's Delight has tasted just one defeat this season from nine starts for trainer Casie Coleman and owners West Wins Stable and Steve Calhoun.
Bettor B Lucky, Heston Blue Chip win Empire Classics Bettor B Lucky who lived up to her name when she upset the heavily favored Takter entry of American Jewel and Romantic Moment to win the filly division of the Empire Breeders Classic. Heston Blue Chip, undefeated in New York Sire Stakes action this year, continued his dominance while breaking his own track record to win the colt final.
