History

What is a Standardbred?

Standardbreds are divided into two groups: trotters and pacers. There is no one founder of Standardbreds. Standardbreds were created by the mixing of several different breeds: Thorougbreds, Narragansett Pacers, Morgans, Norfolk Trotters, Arabs, Barbs, Canadian Pacers and other breeds. However, many Standardbreds can trace their ancestry back to the great Messenger which was a Thoroughbred imported to the United States from England in the late 1700's. Messenger's great-grandson, Hambletonian, is considered the "great father of trotters".

The Standard

           Here's the "Standard" for a horse to be considered a Standardbred.
A standard record is a record of 2:20 or faster for two-year olds and 2:15 or faster for all other ages.
Standard Bred - horses may be registered as Standard with any of the following qualifications:

     (a)    The progeny of a registered Standard horse and a registered Standard mare.
     (b)     A stallion sired by a registered Standard horse, provided his dam and grandam were sired by registered Standard horses and he himself has a Standard record and is the sire of three performers with Standard records from different mares.
     (c)     A mare whose sire is a registered Standard horse and whose dam and grandam were sired by registered Standard horse, provided she herslef has a Standard record.
     (d)     A mare sired by a registered Standard horse provided she is the dam of two performers with Standard records.
     (e)      A mare or horse sired by a registered Standard horse, provided its first, second and third dams were each sired by a registered Standard horse.
     (f)      No horse over four years of age is eligible for registration.
     (g)      Horses registered Standard with Standardbred Canada, the New Zealand Trotting Conference, the Australian Stud Book, the Stud Books of Norway, Findlan, Sweden, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Germany, and Argentina, or the Stud Books of other selected European countries may be re-registered Standard with this Association provided their records and/or qualifications meet the standards of this Association and are approved by the President, Executive Vice-President or Registration Committee.
    (h)        A standing committee on registration may register as Standard any horse which does not qualify under the above sections, if in their opinion he or she should be registered Standard.

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