MANALAPAN, NJ – August 22, 2016 – On one of the biggest harness racing nights in Pennsylvania three of the final winners were bred in New Jersey, the Garden State.
The $500,000 Battle of the Brandywine was taken by the Fair Winds Farm bred three year old pacing colt Betting Line in an dominate fashion. The Ontario sired colt was bred and raised by Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge. Betting Line has won 9 of his 10 starts in 2016 and has lifetime earnings of over 1.3 million dollars.
Southwind Farms of Pennington bred Southwind Frank. The three-year-old colt trotter bounced back from his second place finish in the Hambletonian to win the $500,000 Colonial. The New Jersey bred son of Muscle Hill has a lifetime mark of 1:52.1 and lifetime earnings of over 1.6 million dollars.
Darlinonthebeach took the $350,000 Valley Forge final for three-year-old filly pacers. Bred in Allentown by White Birch Farms, Darlinonthebeach is on a winning streak for the month of August with three wins in a row. The Pennsylvania sired filly has won 8 of 13 starts in 2016.
Courtney Stafford