Columbus, OH – Victory Is Coming, a three-time Ohio Sire Stakes champion, has been selected to be the latest standardbred to be enshrined into the Ohio Hall of Fame by the members of the Ohio Chapter of the United State Harness Writers Association.
The Victory Sam mare out of Norse Comer (Overcomer) was bred by Success Acres.
She was purchased as a yearling for $13,500 by John “Red” and Betty Shaw of Mount Vernon, Ohio and trained for most of her career by Ammon Hershberger.
As a two-year-old, she won half of her 10 seasonal starts and finished second in the Ohio Sire Stakes Final.
Her sophomore season saw 16 wins in 23 starts, and another runner-up finish in the OSS Final.
Victory Is Coming would win back-to-back-to-back OSS Finals as an aged trotter in 2014-2016.
A tough open trotter who often raced against the boys, Victory Is Coming won seven straight races in 2016 as a nine-year-old.
Victory Is Coming retired from racing in 2017 with 68 wins in 163 starts, earning $711,159.
As a broodmare, she produced six foals, including Johnnyreds Victory ($122,948).
Victory Is Coming will be inducted at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association banquet on Saturday (Jan. 10) at the Renaissance Westerville.