The 27th annual USTA Roadster Classic Finals will be held Thursday evening (Aug. 22) at the World’s Championship Horse Show in Louisville, KY. The purse for the final is $35,000.
The class is for any “green” Standardbred horses, or horses in their first year of showing. The Eliminations were held Monday morning (Aug. 19), and eight of the 10 horses that qualified are off-the-track. The list of entries for the final are:
Horse (Show Name)- Driver
B Hopethree (Mr. B) – Jon Walker
Iron Throne (Deliverance) – Scooter Scheurich
Massive Stroke (All American) – Scott Hagan
Monte’s Glory (Texas Tornado) – Steven Yoder
Mr Crimson– Rodney Hicks
Muscle Rocky – Chad Cole
Pembroke Puff – Danette Musselman
Show Me Banjo – Raymond Shively
Stone Cold Gator – Matt Shiflet
Whole Nine Yards – Don Bridges
For those that would like to tune in, there is a livestream available for purchase at www.wchorseshow.com/livestreaming. The show starts at 6:30 p.m.
For more information about the nominations for next years’ USTA Roadster Classic, as well as the Roadster rules and regulations, visit the American Road Horse & Pony Association website.
Since 1996, the Standardbred Equine Program has worked with owners of off-the-track Standardbreds to educate the general public about the many disciplines Standardbreds excel at once they are retired from racing.
For more information about the SEP at the USTA, visit LifeAfterRacing.ustrotting.com.