Category: Announcements

Longtime harness racing owner Dan Boddie, 70, died Jan. 15, 2024, from cardiac arrest.

Philip “Phil” R. Cunningham, 70, of Marysville, Ohio, a lifelong resident of the Watkins community, died Jan. 11, 2024, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center following a brief illness.

New Vocations’ 26th annual stallion auction will be held via ongait.com Feb. 6-8. This important fundraiser is crucial to the charity’s ability to rehabilitate, train and rehome nearly 100 retired Standardbred racehorses and broodmares each year.

The King Of The North Syndicate and Tara Hills Stud are pleased to announce the 2024 book for King Of The North is now full and closed. King Of The North is the richest and fastest son of siring sensation Walner.

The owners of Powerplay Racing, Thomas and Cheryl (Matney) Houck, along with CT Stables, owned by Charles and Vanessa Taylor, are excited by the opportunity to deliver a world champion sire Dali p,3,1:48.2f ($1,419,464) to Virginia.

Sunfire Blue Chip p,2,1:52.4f; 3,1:48.3f ($1,626,773), the multiple stakes winning millionaire son of American Ideal, is standing his first season in Ohio in 2024. Sunfire Blue Chip will join the stallion roster of Bear Creek Stables.

The Cattlewash Syndicate and Tara Hills Stud are pleased to announce the 2024 book for the world champion Cattlewash is now full and closed.

Midland Acres would like to announce that the books for each of the stallions, Ready For Moni, Monte Miki and Long Tom are all full and closed.

The Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of New Jersey (SPHO-NJ) will celebrate all those individuals and Standardbred horses that competed in various equestrian disciplines throughout 2023.

The Harness Horse Breeders of New York State, working in conjunction with some of the state’s commercial breeding farms, has developed a new opportunity for breeders to obtain a winning season to some of NY’s top stallions, including American Ideal, Crazy Wow, Courtly Choice, Six Pack and So Surreal.