Bettor's Delight is a former champion American Standardbred race-horse and one of the World's greatest stud stallions.

Bettor's Delight
BreedStandardbred
SireCam's Card Shark (US)
DamClassic Wish
Maternal grandsireAmbro Emerson
SexStallion
Foaled2018-05-04
CountryUnited States of America
BreederWinbak Farm
Record
26 starts-15 wins-6 seconds-1 third.
Last updated on: 2022-02-13.

Bettor's Delight was foaled on 4 May 1998 and bred by Winbak Farm of Chesapeake City, Maryland. He was purchased for $65,000 at the 1999 Harrisburg yearling sale by John B. Grant of Milton, Ontario.[1]

In 2007 he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and in 2013 into the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame.[2]

It is believed that Bettors Delight is the highest ever income-earning pacing or harness racing stallion.[3]

Race record

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Bettor's Delight was trained by Scott McEneny and usually driven by Michel Lachance.

As a 2-year old in 2000 he won the Nassagaweya Stake, Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Pace and Governors Cup. He also won the Dan Patch Award (U.S.) Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year category and O'Brien (Canada) Two-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year awards.

As a 3-year old in 2001 Better's Delight won:

He won the O'Brien Awards for Three-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year, along with the Dan Patch Award for Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.[5]

Stud record

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Bettor’s Delight commenced standing as a stud stallion at Blue Chip Farms in New York in 2002 before moving to Winbak Farm, Ontario in 2012. For 2013 and 2014 he stood in Pennsylvania, before returning to Ontario for the following year.[6][7] Since 2007 he has also been a shuttle sire at Woodlands Stud, Auckland, New Zealand.[8]

Bettor's Delight was named sire of the decades for 2000–2019 in America and has been the leading sire in both New Zealand and Australia on multiple occasions.[9] His service fee in New Zealand was raised to $25,000 to reduce demand.[10]

His progeny includes:[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BETTor's DELIGHT | Harness Museum".
  2. ^ "Living Horse Hall of Fame | Page 2 | Harness Museum".
  3. ^ "Bettors Delight was, and continues to be, the greatest". The Hamilton Spectator. May 7, 2021 – via www.thespec.com.
  4. ^ "CAM'S CARD SHARK | Harness Museum". Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "Three To Living Horse Hall Of Fame". Standardbred Canada.
  6. ^ "Harness: Bettor's Delight is better than ever and shattering the myths". www.drf.com.
  7. ^ "Bettors Delight To Ontario". Standardbred Canada.
  8. ^ Wharton, Peter. "Bettor's Delight 'King of Queens' in America". Harness Racing Victoria.
  9. ^ "Bettors Delight 2019/20 NZ Pacing Stallion of the Year". October 22, 2020.
  10. ^ "Bettor's Delight showing no signs of waning - Harnesslink". February 23, 2020.
  11. ^ "Bettor's Delight | Blue Chip Farm".
  12. ^ STRONG, TAYLER (November 11, 2014). "Adore Me wins NZ Cup in world record time". Stuff.
  13. ^ "2012 Breeders Crown Night Wraps Up". Standardbred Canada.
  14. ^ "Bettor's Wish to stand at Alabar". www.hrnz.co.nz.
  15. ^ "Bull Wins Group One Feature". November 27, 2020.
  16. ^ "Darlins Delight Hoping To Pull A 'Federer'". Standardbred Canada.
  17. ^ "Gold Ace gets stud career encore". www.hrnz.co.nz.
  18. ^ "Stunning win by Have Faith In Me - Harnesslink". March 27, 2015.
  19. ^ "Woodbine Mohawk Park: More OSS Gold for Millar Farms' fillies". www.drf.com.
  20. ^ "Harness: Tall Dark Stranger takes three Dan Patch Awards, including Horse of the Year". www.drf.com.
  21. ^ "Tiger Tara to stand at Medowie Lodge, NSW - Harnesslink". May 13, 2020.
  22. ^ Hamilton, Adam (December 14, 2019). "Ultimate reward for Rasmussen as Sniper strikes". heraldsun. Retrieved January 21, 2024.