Bettor's Delight is a former champion American

Standardbred The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing where they compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace its bloodline ...

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. In 2007 he was inducted into the

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to honour those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness racing, harness and Thoroughbred racing, Thoroughbred horse racing in Canada. It is located at Woodbine ...

and in 2013 into the

Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame is a museum in Goshen, New York. The museum collects and preserves the history of harness racing and serves as a hall of fame for the American Standardbred horse. Orange County is the birthplace of Ham ...

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

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 The Dan Patch Award is an annual award created in 1985 by members of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA). The Association's website states that their members' determination is aided by input from the American Harness Racing Secre ...

(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: * New Jersey Classic Pace. His father Cam's Card Shark won this same race in 1994. *

North America Cup The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses which is held at Woodbine Mohawk Park in Campbellville, Ontario, Canada. The race replaced the Queen City Pace run from 1964 to 1983. From 1984 t ...

. Cam's Card Shark also won this race in 1994. * Simcoe Stakes. * Little Brown Jug and * Tattersalls Pace. He won the O'Brien Awards for Three-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year and Horse of the Year, along with the

for Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

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. From 2007 he was also a shuttle sire at Woodlands Stud, Auckland, New Zealand. 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. His service fee in New Zealand was raised to $25,000 to reduce demand. His progeny includes:

References

{{Reflist 1998 racehorse births American Standardbred racehorses American Champion harness horses Harness racing in the United States Harness racing in New Zealand

Race record

Stud record

See also

References