Bringoverthemoney, No Recess, Towner’s Love Dove to MHRI Hall of Fame 

Columbus, MN — Minnesota Harness Racing, Inc. has announced the newest equine inductees to the MHRI Hall of Fame. The human inductees will be announced Tuesday. The induction ceremonies will take place at the MHRI annual meeting and awards banquet at Running Aces on Saturday (Feb. 22).

Entering the living horse hall are both Bringoverthemoney and No Recess, while Towner’s Love Dove will join the immortal horse section.

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲 was foaled in 2015 and is a son of Money Talks out of the Overcomer mare Bringitover. He was bred by Katie Horvat and is owned by Katie and Joshua Horvat and also trained by Katie. 

“Scooby” as he is also affectionately known by all, has become the richest Minnesota-sired trotter of all time, pushing his career earnings to $442,571 last season as a 9-year-old while also winning his fifth straight championship race on Minnesota Night of Champions, also a record breaking accomplishment. He also captured the older male trotter of the year title for the second straight year in 2024. 

As a freshman in 2017 he was a bit green but he was keen to learn what it was all about and even showed some flashes of what was to come. He won two races that year, taking a mark of 2:09 at Cannon Falls. As a sophomore in 2018 he served notice that he was going to be something pretty special, winning 11 of 19 races while never off the board. 

In one of the most dramatic displays of dominance in Minnesota Night of Champions history, he won his championship race in 2023 by a stunning 15-1/2 lengths in 1:54.3. 

He has continued to perfect his craft each and every year since he first faced the starting gate, as team Horvat has done a phenomenal job of keeping him prepared year after year to do what he does best. His career record mile of 1:54.1 came at age six ( in 2021) and he has had many miles close to that clocking since. He currently shows 46 wins and 95 top-three finishes from 151 career starts. 

The impact that Bringoverthemoney has made as a fierce competitor, year after year, is absolutely undeniable. He has clearly stamped his legacy into the sport’s history in Minnesota. 

𝐍𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 is a (now retired) trotter who is a 2009 son of Rich Boy out of the SJ’s Photo mare Riann Photo. He was bred by Jenson Stable and also owned by Jenson Stable until 2015 when acquired by Kyle Spagnola, RBH Ventures and Spagnola Racing. 

He is the fastest Minnesota-sired trotter to date with his 1:53.3 record, taken in 2017 at The Meadowlands. 

At age 3 in 2012, No Recess went a perfect 7-for-7 at Running Aces and won a total of 11 races that year, closing out his sophomore campaign against Hambletonian level horses at The Red Mile in Lexington, Ky.

He had a stellar career spanning ten seasons on the track, including his dominating sophomore season in Minnesota. He closed out his career with 55 wins and 128 top-three finishes from 239 career races, earning $316,302. But there’s more. No Recess also competed under saddle in “RUS” races in 2016, 2018 and 2019, including international competition. He went undefeated in RUS races in 2018. 

No Recess is a unique individual that has displayed tremendous talent with or without a sulky. He is currently enjoying his newest endeavor as a riding horse. 

𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐯𝐞 will be installed into the immortal horse section of the Minnesota Harness Racing Hall of Fame. She was foaled in 2000 and was a daughter of Big Towner out of the Albatross mare Jenny M Hanover. She was bred by Patrick Kelly and was owned by Ron Emerson. 

Though she had only one career start, Towner’s Love Dove had a tremendous impact on Minnesota harness racing as a broodmare. She had six starters from nine foals and her sons and daughters show total earnings of over $1,177,000 and include three standout performers who are among the top earning Minnesota-sired pacers to-date. 

Her son Restless Yankee (Relentless Yankee) had a stellar career from 2009 to 2016, winning 53 races, setting multiple Running Aces track records, and earning $303,809 while taking a career mark of 1:50.3s at age seven. 

Her daughter Cruzin Coco (Voracious Hanover) retired in 2023 after 47 wins with earnings of $366,764 and a career mark of 1:52.3h taken at age five. 

Her daughter Love This Place (Place To Be) was an early Running Aces track record holder before becoming a top open-level competitor across the Midwest. She retired in 2016 with 46 wins and earnings of $406,798 making her the richest and fastest (1:50.2) female Minnesota-sired Standardbred to date.