We all get caught up in the hype surrounding racing’s elite horses, and it’s easy to overlook the achievements of the bread and butter brigade. Serious students of the sport would be aware, that a horse called Bettor Party, currently racing in Adelaide has one of the best strike rates in the country.

Most owners and trainers who come away from the sales with a pacing bred yearling, rarely give a thought to the possibility that it might trot.  Many potentially good trotters have gone undiscovered, because they’ve never been tried at the alternative gait.