Glidemaster
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Glidemaster is a Standardbred trotter who was named the 2006 United States Harness Horse of the Year by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. He is a 2003 brown stallion by Yankee Glide out of Cressida Hanover by Mr Lavec.[1]
Career
Trainer Blair Burgess Template:Webarchive purchased Glidemaster as a yearling for $10,000 on the opening night of the 2004 Tattersalls Template:Webarchive sale. The ownership included partnerships with Blair's father, Robert BurgessScript error: No such module "Unsubst"., wife, Karin Olsson-Burgess and Marsha Cohen.
In September 2005 after winning three of four of his freshman starts, a portion of Glidemaster was sold to his Breeder, Brittany Farms.
Glidemaster was the fifth Canadian-owned horse to win the Hambletonian Stakes in 83 Years.
In the week prior to the elimination race of the Hambletonian, Glidemaster pulled a horseshoe loose in the stall and then stepped on a nail which punctured his foot. This injury rendered the horse unsound for racing at that time. Extensive care of the horse by care taker and co-owner Karin Olsson-Burgess and Trainer Blair Burgess had Glidemaster ready to race just in time for the elimination - in which he finished second, a placing good enough to qualify for and win the final the following week.[2]
Glidemaster was the first trotter since 1972 to win the Trotting Triple Crown on the traditional format of two mile tracks, The Hambletonian] at The Meadowlands and the Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile and a half mile track, the Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway.[3]
Glidemaster's 2006 Hambletonian Victory was the second for Trainer Blair Burgess Template:Webarchive who had won the race previously in 2003 with Amigo Hall in one of the biggest upset in the history of the race at 27-1.[4]
He finished his racing career as the fastest trotter of 2006 with a mark of 1:51.1, achieved ranking as the sport's leading single-season money-winning totter of all time and had a total earnings of $1,968,023.[1]
As a stallion, Glidemaster's offspring includes Blue Porsche, who was named Canada's Two Year Old Trotter of the Year in 2010.[5] Other successful horses sired by Glidemaster are Breeders Crown winner Maven, and Bluegrass Stakes winner Punxsutawney.[6]
Glidemaster is currently standing in Delaware at Winbak Farm.
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