A notable siring feat was credited to the Cam’s Card Shark horse Bettor’s Delight in North America in 2021, when he was the leading overall sire by stakemoney as well as the premier broodmare sire.

Bettor’s Delight’s daughters left 358 individual winners of 1344 races and earnings of $19,899,746. He had a lead of almost $2 million over his nearest rival Artsplace.

The biggest contributors to Bettor’s Delight’s tally were the Breeders Crown champion and 3YO Colt of the Year Perfect Sting ($1,273,847), 2YO Filly of the Year Niki Hill ($904,557), the Dan Patch Invitational winner Catch The Fire ($618,373), talented two-year-old filly Sea Silk ($584,092), the Meadowlands Pace winner Lawless Shadow ($558,625) and Cattlewash ($490,010).

Bettor’s Delight, now in his 25th year, shuttles between Winbak Farm in Ontario, Canada and Woodlands Stud, near Auckland, New Zealand.

Eight of the top 10 pacing broodmare sires last season in Bettor’s Delight (1st), Western Hanover (3rd), Western Ideal (4th), Camluck (5th), Dragon Again (7th), Rocknroll Hanover (8th), The Panderosa (9th) and Cam’s Cark Shark (10th) all represent the male line of Meadow Skipper. Artsplace (2nd) and his son Art Major (6th) are both members of the Adios line.

In the trotting section, Cantab Hall led all broodmare sires with $10,715,242, almost $1.3 million more than the second placed Credit Winner. The Valley Victory sons Yankee Glide and Muscles Yankee finished third and fourth respectively.

Interestingly, Cantab Hall (1st), Andover Hall (5th), Angus Hall (6th) and Conway Hall (8th) all belong to the same family.

Cantab Hall’s broodmares produced horses the calibre of 3YO Trotting Colt of the Year Jujubee ($948,791), the Yonkers Trot winner Johan Palema ($504,932), Atlanta ($440,949), the equal fastest trotting mare of all-time, Ambassador Hanover ($434,189) and the Aged Trotting Mare of the Year Manchego ($421,596).

The leading pacing and trotting broodmare sires in North America in 2021 were:

PACERS

Broodmare Sire: Starters, Winners, Races, Earnings

Bettor’s Delight: 479, 358, 1344, $19,899,746

Artsplace: 692, 524, 1878, $17,911,267

Western Hanover: 614, 441, 1,581, $16,417,537

Western Ideal: 447, 345, 1,255, $16,184,378

Camluck: 581, 419, 1,516, $14,187,391

Art Major: 480, 348, 1,070, $12,048,904

Dragon Again: 381, 277, 881, $10,593,146

Rocknroll Hanover: 394, 275, 941, $10,283,728

The Panderosa: 361, 252, 846, $8,660,734

Cam’s Card Shark: 343, 227, 824, $8,341,826


TROTTERS

Cantab Hall: 213, 144, 457, $10,715,242

Credit Winner: 249, 178, 575, $9,451,255

Yankee Glide: 285, 186, 643, $9,316,851

Muscles Yankee: 318, 206, 626, $9,050,439

Andover Hall: 251, 157, 438, $7,590,150

Angus Hall: 276, 177, 569, $7,133,693

Kadabra: 209, 135, 435, $6,773,503

Conway Hall: 292, 179, 566, $6,633,296

Muscle Hill: 96  , 69, 184, $6,130,328

Donato Hanover: 166, 95, 300, $5,385,617

 

Statistics from the Pedigrees and Research Department, US Trotting Association