O'Brien and Dan Patch Award-winning trotting filly Venerable has been sold and retired from racing.
Venerable, 2021 O'Brien and Dan Patch Two-Year-old Trotting Filly of the Year, has been sold to Cameo Hills Farm.
Trained by Richard 'Nifty' Norman, Venerable won the 2021 Mohawk Million, Jim Doherty Memorial, Peaceful Way Stakes, New Jersey Sire Stakes final as well as the Hambletonian Oaks elimination in 2022 while racing for the ownership group of David McDuffee, Melvin Hartman, Paul Bordogna and Steven Arnold.
Venerable is Walner’s richest filly as she retires with earnings of $1,348,176.
Fillies also purchased by Cameo Hills include Delilah Hanover 3,1:54.2f ($319,155) by Muscle Hill out of Danielle Hanover; world champion Bluebird Dove 3,1:52.2h ($226,306), who set a world record on a half-mile track winning the 2022 Buckette; and Bee My Muscle, a Muscle Hill daughter out of the great Bee A Magician.
These fillies join Check Me Out, You Ato Dream, Hey Blondie, Mazzarati, Whose Blues, Violet Stride, Check Out Trixie and other top trotting fillies owned by Cameo Hills Farm.
Cameo Hills Farm bred King Of The North 3,1:50.3s ($1,370,242), the 2021 Dan Patch Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year and 2022 Breeders Crown winner, making him the richest and fastest colt sired by Walner to date.
(With files from Cameo Hills Farm)