Brian Sears

Brian Sears

The Next Chapter

There are stars in all sports, and there are superstars. With 35 Breeders Crown titles, three Hambletonians, two Hambo-Hambo Oaks doubles, and over $216 million in purses, Brian Sears is the latter. T...

Valentina Blu winning at Batavia Downs

Valentina Blu Feted At NYSS Awards Banquet

November 17, 2022

The New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) and United States Trotting Association (USTA) District 8 hosted their Annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, Nov. 13 at Vernon Downs Casino Hotel to recognize and honour top ...

Crown, winning at Vernon Downs

Vernon Stakes Grand Slam For Sears & Melander

Driver Brian Sears and trainer Marcus Melander combined for four wins including two New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) races as Vernon Downs played host to New York Sire Stakes action for two-year-old trotti...

Five For Sears, Burke At Big M

September 12, 2021

Driver Brian Sears and trainer Ron Burke were on fire Saturday night (Sept. 11) at The Meadowlands as each recorded five winners on the 13-race card.

Gimpanzee Giant Again In Breeders Crown

October 31, 2020

Only Mack Lobell managed to claim the Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt Trot, Three-Year-Old Colt Trot and Open Trot in consecutive years. But then came Gimpanzee, who jetted into the history books wit...

Colts Make Breeders Crown History

October 30, 2020

Perfect Sting has become the first two-year-old pacing colt to win the Breeders Crown and finish his season undefeated after capturing the $600,000 Breeders Crown for two-year-old pacing colts and gel...

Ontario Star Meets Hall Of Famer

One the stars of the Ontario Sires Stakes in 2019 made his three-year-old debut on Friday (April 24) in qualifying action south of the border.

Sears Taking A Break From The Bike

November 20, 2019

After having put together a very efficient 2019 campaign in the race bike, Hall of Fame reinsman Brian Sears has let it be known that he wants no piece of the upcoming winter in the northeastern Unite...

Bold Eagle Soars In Breeders Crown Win

October 26, 2019

Bold Eagle came. Bold Eagle soared. The horse lived up to the hype as the eight-year-old trotting star overcame the travel, the elements and the competition to win the $655,000 ($500,000 USD) 2019 Bre...

Winndevie Triumphs In Breeders Crown Filly Trot

October 26, 2019

Winndevie journeyed first-over and out-trotted her three-year-old filly foes to win her $657,895 divisional Breeders Crown championship on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Brian Sears To Drive Bold Eagle

September 28, 2019

Trot Insider has learned that Bold Eagle will be driven by Brian Sears when the star European trotter makes his North American debut in the 2019 Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park next month.

Can Stag Party Overcome Post 10?

"I really felt all week with a better post I'm as good as anybody. Obviously the post is going to hurt us a lot but we'll give it our best shot."

Gimpanzee A Perfect 10

Courant Inc. and the SRF Stable's Gimpanzee ($2.10) extended his unblemished career tally to 10 wins in as many starts with a facile 1:54 win in his seasonal debut, the $215,200 Empire Breeders Classi...