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The Hambletonian Stakes is a major American harness race for three-year-old trotting horses, named in honor of Hambletonian 10, a foundation sire of the Standardbred horse breed, also known as the "Father of the American Trotter."
The Hambletonian Oaks is a premier harness racing event for three-year-old Standardbred female trotters first run in 1971. [1] The race is operated by The Hambletonian Society, Inc. which also operates the Hambletonian Stakes for three-year-old for male horses and the Breeders Crown series.
Hambletonian 10, or Rysdyk's Hambletonian (May 5, 1849 – March 27, 1876), was an American trotter and a founding sire of the Standardbred horse breed. The stallion was born in Sugar Loaf, New York, on 5 May 1849. [2] Hambletonian has been inducted into the Immortals category of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. [3]
Zeron, harness racing’s newest “Money Man,” overcame all obstacles to get his third Hambletonian victory as Tactical Approach slipped through on the rail to win by one length.
Harness Racing Hall of Fame (1973) [3] Rosalind was a champion trotting mare who won the 1936 Hambletonian Stakes , set two world records (an individual filly-and-mare record of 1:56¾ in 1938 and a 1939 team mark of 1:58¼ with Greyhound ) and was elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1973.
In the Hambletonian, Greyhound sat back in the field until making a move at the 5/8 mile mark and swirling past the field to win in 2.02 1/4 in the first heat and 2.02 3/4 in the second. The first heat time was a race record. Reflective of the era, the nearly $19,000 he won at The Hambletonian was to become almost half his career earnings. [5]
While they are in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, trainer Ron Burke and driver Yannick Gingras have something they missing from their resumes — a win in the Hambletonian. Burke and Gingras will ...
Hambletonian 10, a founding sire of the Standardbred. In 1879, the harness racing community established "The Standard", which stated that a Standardbred was a horse who either: (a) could trot a mile in 2:30, [b] or (b) was the offspring of such a horse.