| Location | North America |
|---|---|
| Inaugurated | 1986 |
| Race type | Harness race for Standardbred trotters |
| Website | |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 1 mile (1,609 metres or 8 furlongs) |
| Surface | Dirt |
| Qualification | 3-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.
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.
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.
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
- Mohawk Raceway (Moh) Ontario (7)
- Meadowlands Racetrack (Mxx) New Jersey (6)
- Harrah's Hooser Park (HoP) Indiana (3)
- Woodbine Racetrack (Wdb) Ontario (3)
- Pocono Downs (Pcd) Pennsylvania (3)
- Batavia Downs (Btv) New York (1)
- Blue Bonnets Raceway (Bbr) Quebec (1)
- Delaware County Fair Racetrack (Dela) Ohio (1)
- Freehold Raceway (Fhl) New Jersey (1)
- Northfield Park (Nfl) Ohio (1)
- Pompano Park (Ppk) Florida (1)
- Scioto Downs (Scd) Ohio (1)
- The Meadows Racetrack (Mea) Pennsylvania (1)
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
- List of Breeders Crown Winners
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
- The Hambletonian Society, Inc. - History of the Breeders Crown Archived 2012-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved November 5, 2016
- Harnesslink.com November 6, 2007 article titled "Grades Singing Euthanised" Retrieved September 23, 2016
- Peace Corps bio at the United States Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame Retrieved October 23, 2016
- Recurring sporting events established in 1986
- Harness racing in the United States
- Breeders Crown
- Harness racing in Canada
- Horse races in New Jersey
- Horse races in Florida
- Horse races in Pennsylvania
- Horse races in New York (state)
- Horse races in Ontario
- Horse races in Ohio
- Horse races in Canada
- 1986 establishments in North America