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The
Racing
Most
Standardbreds start racing as 2- or 3-year-olds. Trotters
race only trotters and pacers race only pacers. Racing
takes place at numerous tracks and fairs across North
America, although harness racing is most popular in
the Midwest and the East.
Some
of North America's top trotting races are Peter Haughton
Memorial for 2-year-olds, and the World Trotting Derby,
Yonkers Trot, Hambletonian, and Kentucky Futurity for
3-year-olds. The latter three races make up trotting
Triple Crown.
For
pacers, top races include the Woodrow Wilson and Metro
Stake for 2-year-olds, and the Little Brown Jug, Meadowlands
Pace, North American Cup and the Adios for 3-year-olds.
The Pacing Triple Crown is made up on the Little Brown
Jug, the Messenger Stake and the Cane Pace.
While
the majority of Standardbred racing takes place with
a driver holding the reins from his seat in the sulky,
racing under saddle, a type of Standardbred racing popular
early in the breed's development, has become popular
once again in the U.S.
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