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.
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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.
Hoof Beats: Summer Reading
I devoured Katie Bo Lillis’s new book, Death of a Racehorse: An American Story, over the course of two days and two nights in early May, right after it was released. I will confess to being skeptical about it before I cracked it open. The title struck me as sensationalistic, and it seems that many writers who take on integrity and welfare issues in horse racing arrive with agendas that trample objectivity. I expected the same this time.
July Hoof Beats: Celebrating the Class of ’25
The July edition of Hoof Beats celebrates the newest members of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, who will be inducted Sunday (July 6) in Goshen, N.Y.
June Hoof Beats: Pinehurst, Past and Present
The June edition of Hoof Beats takes readers to Pinehurst, N.C., a winter hotbed of Standardbred training for over a century.