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

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

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

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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