Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot

Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot
LocationNorth America
Inaugurated1986
Race typeHarness race for Standardbred trotters
Website[1]
Race information
Distance1 mile
(1,609 metres or 8 furlongs)
SurfaceDirt
Qualification3-year-olds-and-up
Purse$400,000 (2023)

The Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot is a harness racing event for three-year-old and older Standardbred mare trotters. It is one part of the Breeders Crown annual series of twelve races for both Standardbred trotters and pacers. First run in 1986, it is contested over a distance of one mile. Race organizers have awarded the event to various racetracks across North America.[1]

Historical race events

In 1989, Grades Singing won a record third Open Mare Trot. An international trotting star in top level races, in 1987 she won Sweden's Olympiatravet, Finland's Finlandia-Ajo, and Italy's Gran Premio Lotteria. The following year she returned to Europe where she claimed victory for a second time in Italy's 1988 Gran Premio Lotteria plus that country's Gran Premio delle Nazioni.[2]

In 1990, Peace Corps won her first of two Open Mare Trots, doing it in World Record time. Her 1992 win in the Open Mare Trot made her the only horse in history to win four Breeders Crown races.[3]

From 1996 through 2003 the Open Mare Trot was not run and female horses were left to compete against their male counterparts in the Breeders Crown Open Trot.

Five horses have won the race twice: Peace Corps (1990, 1992), Mystical Sunshine (2006, 2007), Buck I St. Pat (2009, 2010), Emoticon Hanover (2017, 2018), and Manchego (2019, 2020).

North American locations

Records

Most wins by a horse
  • 3 – Grades Singing (1986, 1987, 1989)
Most wins by a driver
  • 4 – Dexter Dunn (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
Most wins by a trainer
  • 3 – Ron Burke (2009, 2010, 2016)
Stakes record
  • 1:51 0/0 – Manchego (2019)

Winners of the Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Driver
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
Purse
 Track
2023 Jiggy Jog S 4 Dexter Dunn Ake Svanstedt Jorgen Sparredal Inc. 1:51 1/5 $400,000 HoP
2022 Bella Bellini 4 Dexter Dunn Richard "Nifty" Norman David McDuffee 1:51 1/5 $350,000 Moh
2021 Felicityshagwell S 6 Ake Svanstedt Ake Svanstedt Knutsson Trotting Inc. 1:52 2/5 $300,000 Mxx
2020 Manchego 5 Dexter Dunn Nancy Takter Brittany Farms 1:52 0/0 $300,000 HoP
2019 Manchego 4 Dexter Dunn Nancy Takter Brittany Farms 1:51 0/0 $300,000 Moh
2018 Emoticon Hanover 5 Daniel Dube Luc Blais Determination 1:54 1/5 $300,000 Pcd
2017 Emoticon Hanover 4 Daniel Dube Luc Blais Determination 1:53 4/5 $250,000 HoP
2016 Hannelore Hanover 4 Yannick Gingras Ron Burke Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Frank Baldachino 1:53 3/5 $250,000 Mxx
2015 D'One 5 David Miller Roger Walmann Stall Kenny 23 1:54 2/5 $250,000 Wdb
2014 Bee A Magician 4 Brian Sears Richard "Nifty" Norman Mel Hartman, Herb Liverman, Dave McDuffee 1:51 4/5 $250,000 Mxx
2013 Maven 4 Yannick Gingras Jonas Czernyson William J. Donovan 1:52 3/5 $250,000 Pcd
2012 Tamla Celeber 5 Brian Sears Roger Walmann Courant AB 1:55 2/5 $250,000 Wdb
2011 Frenchfrysnvinegar 6 Jody Jamieson Jeffrey Gillis David S. Smith 1:53 3/5 $300,000 Wdb
2010 Buck I St. Pat 7 Tim Tetrick Ron Burke Howard Taylor, Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen, Dr. Ron Fuller 1:52 3/5 $250,000 Pcd
2009 Buck I St. Pat 6 Tim Tetrick Ron Burke Howard Taylor, Edwin Gold, Abraham Basen, Dr. Ron Fuller 1:52 0/0 $250,000 Mxx
2008 Brigham Dream 4 Luc Ouellette Nicolas Vandenplas Reve Avec Moi 1:53 2/5 $290,500 Moh
2007 Mystical Sunshine 6 Daniel Dubé Christopher J. Ryder Sidney Korn & Alvin Jacobson Estate 1:54 2/5 $325,000 Moh
2006 Mystical Sunshine 5 Ronald Pierce Christopher J. Ryder Sidney Korn & Alvin Jacobson 1:53 3/5 $250,000 Mxx
2005 Peaceful Way 4 Trevor Ritchie David Tingley Stiller, Tingley, Katz, Goldband, Libfeld & Goin' My Way Stable 1:53 1/5 $250,000 Moh
2004 Armbro Affair 4 Ronald Pierce Robert McIntosh McIntosh Stable, CSX Stables & Kohler 1:54 1/5 $250,000 Mxx
1996 -2003 No races - no races no races no races 0:00 0/0 no races -
1995 CR Kay Suzie 3 Rod Allen Carl Allen Carl & Rod Allen Stable 1:58 1/5 $300,000 Dela
1994 Armbro Keepsake 5 Stig H. Johansson Stig H. Johansson Armstrong Bros. 1:57 4/5 $250,000 Fhl
1993 Lifetime Dream 5 Paul MacDonell George Elliott George Elliott & Joseph Dunsmore 1:55 4/5 $250,000 Moh
1992 Peace Corps 5 Torbjorn Jansson Torbjorn Jansson Stall Pieder 1:58 0/0 $314,200 Moh
1991 Me Maggie 4 Berndt O. Lindstedt Jan Johnson Arden Homestead Stable 1:58 2/5 $300,000 Mea
1990 Peace Corps 4 Stig H. Johansson Stig H. Johansson Stall Pieder 1:54 2/5 $203,458 Ppk
1989 Grades Singing 7 Olle Goop Olle Goop Grades Singing Stable 1:57 3/5 $247,739 Bbr
1988 Armbro Flori 4 George Sholty Larry Walker Armstrong Bros. 1:59 3/5 $268,756 Btv
1987 Grades Singing 5 Olle Goop Olle Goop Grades Singing Stable 1:58 3/5 $228,162 Nfl
1986 Grades Singing 4 Hervé Filion Hervé Filion Ferme Grade 1:57 4/5 $242,290 Scd

See also

External links

  • YouTube video titled "1989 Breeders Crown Aged Mare Trot Grades Singing"
  • YouTube video of Peace Corps World Record win in the 1990 Open Breeders Crown

References

  1. ^ The Hambletonian Society, Inc. - History of the Breeders Crown Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 5, 2016
  2. ^ Harnesslink.com November 6, 2007 article titled "Grades Singing Euthanised" Retrieved September 23, 2016
  3. ^ Peace Corps bio at the United States Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame Retrieved October 23, 2016
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