The well-travelled Queen Of The Pride has been named Ohio’s 2019 Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year.

Queen Of The Pride

Queen Of The Pride, a daughter of McCardle out of the Western Ideal mare Lioness Hanover, raced in five states (Ohio, Indiana, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania) as well as Canada in 2019. She won eight of her 19 starts. Owned by Frank Chick and trained by Kevin Lare, Queen Of The Pride earned $385,597 in 2019.

Queen Of The Pride’s biggest wins of the year came during Ohio Sires Stakes action at Northfield in August when she won in 1:51.3.

Queen Of The Pride was bred by Bradley Wallace of Findlay, Ohio.

Tony Hall drove Queen Of The Pride to five of her eight wins in 2019 and has said that she always had a winning attitude. “She is a very athletic filly with a lot of natural desire that made her a force to be reckoned with. She wanted to win as badly as I did.”

Queen Of The Pride will be honoured at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association and United States Trotting Association’s District 1 Annual Awards Banquet January 18, 2020 at the University Area Marriott in Columbus, Ohio. Tickets to the banquet can be purchased by calling the OHHA office at 614-221-3650 or by heading to www.ohha.com.

(With files from the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association)