Valley Electric Retired

Trainer Mick Grant told Trot Insider earlier on Wednesday (December 27) that Valley Electric has hung up her hopples to begin her second career as a broodmare.

The hard knocking daughter of Electric Yankee - Fox Valley Godiva retired with a career mark of 1:51 taken at Mohawk Racetrack earlier this season.  Throughout her career, the six-year-old racked up 42 lifetime wins and hauled in purse earnings of $853,854.

"I'm pretty sure that she'll be bred to Western Hanover," claimed Grant, who noted that the mare left his barn last Wednesday.  "She's at Wilbur Eash's farm in Topeka, Indiana.  He's the one that broke her and raced her in the early stages of her career."

William Huggins of Wolcottville, Indiana, bred and owns Valley Electric, who Grant described as an extreme pleasure to have around.

"She was perfect around the barn, but she could be a bit bitchy around the racetrack," quipped Grant.

"She was a mare that worked through some soundness issues throughout her career. We [Grant and owner Huggins] always said that when she couldn't go at the top level anymore, that would be it.  We didn't want to cheapen her.

Source: Standardbred Canada Website (12-28-06)

Note: Electric Yankee stands at Victory Hill Farm for the 2007 Breeding Season.
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