Racing Hill returns to racing after six years

Gordon Waterstone of the USTA reports that after spending the past six years in the breeding shed at Hickory Lane Farm in Findlay, OH, Racing Hill (Roll With Joe) has returned to the harness racing track.

On Thursday night (Dec. 16) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, the soon-to-turn-10-year-old pacer finished second in a qualifying race, race-timed in 1:54.3 while beaten two lengths.

The winner of more than $1.7 million on the racetrack, Racing Hill counts among his biggest victories the Breeders Crown (a career-best 1:48 effort), Adios, Hempt Memorial, Messenger and Tattersalls Pace in 2016 as a 3-year-old. While trained by Tony Alagna during his two-year racing career in 2015-16, Racing Hill is now in the barn of trainer Virgil Morgan Jr., who is based at his own Winner Circle Training Center near Scioto Downs in Ohio.

“They talked about it last year and I’m in the business of training horses, and they asked if I’d train him and I said I’d be more than happy to try,” explained Morgan of the phone call he received from The Racing Hill Syndicate’s Tom Hill, the breeder and sole owner of Racing Hill during his prior racing career. “He’s kind of the unknown of what we’re doing as there aren’t too many horses that have been to stud, had the success he had, and go back into training. But he’s sound, he looks great, and his attitude is great.”

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by Gordon Waterstone, reprinted from the USTA