Should Trotter Broodie of the Year come back?

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Should Trotter Broodie of the Year come back?

Yes definitely. And from year 47 on. Get to work, Gigi!
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Yes, but just start from year 60. Most of the top mares would have headshots by now anyway.
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Yes and do it for division (enter your best division here) too.
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Nah, the best mares get in the Hall of Fame anyway.
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Gigi Gofaster
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Should Trotter Broodie of the Year come back?

Post by Gigi Gofaster »

So after looking back through my headshots, I got a little nostalgic about the trotter broodie of the year contest. Here's what it looked like:

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Although I don't race trotters much (really at all) anymore, it was my favorite division for a long time, and I owe a lot of my success in the game to trotters. I used to do this broodie contest, a weekly trotter newsletter, and then pushed for the Hopeless Stakes for all those long-lasting trotters that just can't get in the winner's circle. It's a RL thing - when I was little I spent many evenings doing my homework at Brandywine or Dover because my dad was a huge fan (hence my career in statistics now). In the 80s I worked the big standardbred sales at Harrisburg and the Meadowlands. So my love of trotters isn't totally random.

I would enjoy bringing it back, if there were interest in me doing that. The last winner was year 46, so there's a bit of catching up to do, and I depending on how many winners don't already have headshots, it could be a little pricey. There might also be interest in doing this for other divisions too? Not by me unless we are talking dirt sprinters ;) but it was fun and frankly I learned a LOT about trotter breeding in doing it, so it did kind of pay off and it's not a bad research exercise for newer players.
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