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The United States Trotting Association (USTA) was founded in 1939 by Edward Harriman. It remained the only governing body in the sport of harness racing until the 1960s. It is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio. [1] [2] In some areas, the USTA remains the only group to sanction harness races. [3]
The race takes place every year on the third Thursday after Labor Day. Along with the Hambletonian, a race for trotters, it is one of the two most coveted races for standardbreds. The event is named after Little Brown Jug, a pacer, who won nine consecutive races and became a USTA Hall of Fame Immortal in 1975. [1]
The list of American and Canadian Graded races is a list of Thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada that meet the graded stakes standards maintained by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association [1] and the Jockey Club of Canada.
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The inaugural honor was awarded to Victory Song of Castleton Farms Stables, named the "Harness Horse of 1947" by a committee that consisted of 50 harness racing writers, radio commentators, and sports editors. Victory Song picked up 23 first-place votes, to lead a field of 22 horses that had been nominated for the honor, edging stablemate Hoot ...
Three-time Daytona 500 champion Denny Hamlin, 2015 race winner Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Ryan Blaney are listed as co-favorites (+1200) to win the race, per BetMGM Sportsbook. Hamlin starts ...
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Somebeachsomewhere was drawn into the same elimination as Dali, the fastest two-year-old colt of the year, up to that point. Somebeachsomewhere held off race favorite Dali and won by 3 1 ⁄ 2 lengths in 1:52.1. The next week was the $1 million final of the event, which Somebeachsomewhere won as the race favorite in a world-record 1:49.3. [1]