This past Saturday, Hanover Raceway featured a race under saddle as part of its all-trot card. The race was part of an increasingly popular trend for tracks in Canada and the U.S. to card exhibition races that have been extremely common in Europe for years.
In the mid-1990s, racing under saddle, or RUS (better known in Europe as monte), tried to get a foothold on this side of the Atlantic in the form of the Boots and Saddle Series, but it was, at that time, a passing fad. Today, however, RUS is once again trying to gain traction in both Canada and the United States. And the fad, this time, looks as though it just might stick.
To read the Trot feature on racing under saddle from the September issue, click the following link: The Full Monte: Racing Under Saddle.
Hanover Raceway, Race Under Saddle, September 8, 2012