New Jersey sire stakes ‘Horse of the Year’

Ariana G has been selected as the New Jersey Sire Stakes harness racing 'Horse of the Year' for 2017.

Ariana G won both of the New Jersey-restricted races that she entered, including the final of the Sire Stakes' Premier Division at the Meadowlands where she took her lifetime mark of 1:51.1. The three-year-old trotting filly used those races as a springboard to the rest of the season which saw her victorious in major stakes such as the Del Miller Memorial, the Hambletonian Oaks, the Simcoe, the Elegant Image and the Breeders' Crown, earning $1,123,690 during the course of the season. Regular driver Yannick Gingras handled Every Way Out in all of her starts for trainer Jimmy Takter

With lifetime earnings of $1,867,657, the remarkable filly is owned by Marvin Katz and Al J. Libfeld of Ontario who also were responsible as breeders for the mating of Muscle Hill to Yankee Blondie.

Ariana G's connections will be honored at the 61st annual Breeder Awards Luncheon on January 28, 2018 at O'Connor's Restaurant in Eastampton, New Jersey.

Christopher Castens (609) 292-8830