Columbus, OH — The Standardbred Roadster 100 will be contested Wednesday (Nov. 9) at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Mo. The Roadster 100 is fashioned somewhat after the Mohawk Million/Next Generation, in that slots were auctioned off to create a class with a $100,000 purse.

In addition to the $100,000 purse, there is $15,000 in trainer incentives, with the winning trainer receiving $10,000 and the reserve trainer receiving $5,000. The slots for the Roadster 100 were sold between January and June 2022. Winning purchasers were not required to designate a horse until the show deadline. The horses entered are:

Divide N Conquer (Deweycheatumnhowe – Shavings – Pine Chip)
Enough Already (Four Starz Robro – Loose Deuce – Muscles Yankee)
Frontier Beth (Big Stick Lindy – B Cor Tommylynn – Mr Lavec)
Happy Trails Sonny (Son Of Grace – G G Dandy – Orbel G.G.)
Hercules (registered name Sir Lord Hall) (Deweycheatumnhowe – On With The Show – Conway Hall)
Majestic Hero (Majestic Son – Stonebridge Lure – Yankee Paco)
Manga (Andover Hall – Kiss Off – Muscles Yankee)
Themanofmydreams (Muscle Mass – Uneeda Dream – Angus Hall)
Uncle Beav (Mr Cantab – Onehallofawoman – Angus Hall)

The Standardbred Journal has profiled each entrant on their Facebook page.

The week-long UPHA National Championship Horse Show is held Nov. 7-12 with classes for Saddlebreds, Hackney Ponies and Road Horses. The live webcast of any day of the show can be purchased through Richfield Video. The Standardbred Roadster 100 is for Roadster show horses that are registered Standardbreds and must have been shown at least four times in at least two prior shows to be eligible to the event. The class is sponsored by The Standardbred Journal, with trophies sponsored by the USTA. The Standardbred Journal is a quarterly publication published to promote the Standardbred as a Roadster show and breeding horse. Profits for the Journal are reinvested in the industry due to their mission statement “To promote and enhance the Standardbred Roadster Industry across North America.”

For more information about Roadsters and The Standardbred Roadster 100, visit the American Road Horse & Pony Association website at https://roadster.show/.