Ariana G has been selected as the New Jersey Sire Stakes’ Horse of the Year for 2017.
Ariana G won both of the New Jersey-restricted races that she entered, including the final of the NJSS Premier Division at the Meadowlands Racetrack 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 Elegantimage and the Breeders Crown. She earned $1,123,690 during the course of the season. Regular driver Yannick Gingras handled Ariana G in all of her starts for trainer Jimmy Takter
With lifetime earnings of $1,867,657, Ariana G is owned by Marvin Katz and Al Libfeld of Ontario, who also bred the filly.
Ariana G’s connections will be honoured at the 61st annual Breeder Awards Luncheon, which will take place on January 28, 2018 at O’Connor’s Restaurant in Eastampton, New Jersey.
(With files from the NJSS)