The October issue of Hoof Beats features Brett Beckwith, who, on the heels of his first Meadowlands driving premiership, will represent the United States at the 2025 World Driving Championship, held next month in New Zealand.
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Hoof Beats: All in the Joints
Multiple studies indicate that joint injuries are prevalent not only among Standardbred racehorses, but also across the board in many other equine disciplines. Jennifer Selvig, DVM, equine medical director at Cleary Lake Veterinary Hospital, in Prior Lake, Minn., provides an informed perspective into the care, prevention and treatment of equine joint injuries.
Hoof Beats: Refund Culture
For an industry that prides itself on tradition, have we gotten too soft? Are we protecting the intended?
Hoof Beats: A Day of Firsts
When he captured the 1988 edition of the Little Brown Jug, B J Scoot became the first Ohio-bred horse to win the second jewel of pacing’s Triple Crown. It was also the first Jug victory for Hall of Fame driver Mike Lachance.
September Hoof Beats: Hambletonian Hat Trick
The September issue of Hoof Beats features a closer look inside Nordic Catcher S’ record-breaking win in the 100th edition of the Grade 1 Hambletonian Stakes, held last month at the Meadowlands.
Hoof Beats: Insidious Enemy
The primary concern of horsepeople is, and should be, to get their steed to the winner’s circle in the next race. Still, many horsepeople seem too naïve to discern the decoupling game plan that is slowly being implemented.
August Hoof Beats: 100 Years of Hambletonian History
The August issue of Hoof Beats is dedicated to the rich legacy of America’s Trotting Classic, the Hambletonian Stakes.
Hoof Beats: Front-Row Seat
I have always been an avid reader. When I first became enamored with harness racing, I eagerly awaited the Harness Horse, Horseman and Fair World and Hoof Beats, and I read them cover to cover.
Hoof Beats: Crowning Glory
Nine years ago, on Aug. 6, 2016, Marion Marauder’s straight-heat win in the 91st edition of the Hambletonian Stakes kicked off his sweep of the Trotting Triple Crown, making him only the ninth horse in harness racing history to win the Hambletonian, the Yonkers Trot and the Kentucky Futurity. And through his six-season career on the track, he amassed $3,392,609 in North American purses—the seventh best of all time among trotters— and became a fan favorite worthy of honor in harness racing’s Living Horse Hall of Fame, a distinction he received July 6 in Goshen, N.Y.
Hoof Beats: Student Driver
Malvern Burroughs’ life in harness racing was unique, in the most literal sense of the word. He was one of one.