Dec 1, 2025 4 min read

By John Sacco

For the Observer-Reporter

newsroom@observer-reporter.com

Louprint and Breeders Crown champion Sippinonsearoc – two of the top 3-year-old pacers in North America – have been retired to stud.

Champion pacing colt Louprint has officially been retired from racing and will begin his stud career in 2026.

He will stand at Winterwood Farm in Ohio under the management of Diamond Creek Farm.

Sippinonsearoc — this year’s 3-year-old colt Breeders Crown champion and former fastest 2-year-old of all time, will stand the 2026 breeding season in Indiana at Victory Hill Farms under the management of Dr. J Stallion Management for an introductory stud fee of $7,500.

A son of Sweet Lou out of Rockin Race, Louprint was campaigned by Burke Racing Stable, Fredericktown, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Larry Karr, and Phil Collura.

In his career, Louprint earned $2,421,881 and took a lifetime mark of 1:46.3, establishing himself as one of the fastest and most accomplished colts of his generation.

Louprint’s 3-year-old season included winning the $1 million North America Cup. He also won the 80th Little Brown Jug.

In July, Louprint underwent an emergency surgical procedure following complications from a scrotal hernia. Despite the seriousness of the setback, Louprint recovered, capping his comeback in his Jug victory.

“His toughness and will to win are second to none,” said trainer Ron Burke. “After everything he went through, to come back and dominate again showed exactly what kind of horse he is.”

Louprint will be syndicated. Diamond Creek Farm will serve as syndicate manager and a limited number of shares will be available.

“With Louprint, he was so good that it was just hard to race him at 4-years-old and tarnish his image for whatever reason,” Weaver said. “It just made sense from a monetary standpoint to send him right to the breeding shed. Ronnie was open to racing him but when you look at the potential earnings that he can make, why wait?

“The money he can make as a stallion versus the potential for some reason not racing well next year and with the injury to his ribs, it just made it a no-brainer at that point to stand him.”

A son of leading sire Downbytheseaside and a grandson of the greatest sire of all time, Somebeachsomewhere, Sippinonsearoc won his Breeders Crown race in a stakes record of 1:47.3 highlighted by an individual first quarter of 25.3 and a last quarter of 26 flat. As a 2-year-old, Sippinonsearoc won the Ohio Sire Stakes final, was second in the Kentucky Sire Stakes to Louprint and was a fast-closing second in the 2-year-old colt Breeders Crown by a head (again to Louprint). This year at 3, in addition to his Breeders Crown win, Sippinonsearoc swept all three legs of the Kentucky Sire Stakes and won the final. Sippinonsearoc’s current earnings are $1,353,628 from 26 lifetime starts.

Sippinonsearoc is owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver-Bruscemi LLC, R A S Racing LLC, and Knox Services Inc., trained by Burke and regularly driven by Yannick Gingras. According to Burke, “Sippinonsearoc is one of the fastest horses I have ever sat behind with an incredible will to win, if he passes those traits on to his offspring, he can be any type of sire.”

Sippinonsearoc shares are available in limited quantities, priced at $25,000 each, with financing options offered.

Down the stretch

Heather Wilder, a longtime horsewoman and communicator who serves as the president of the Keystone Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association, has been selected as the Member of the Year by USHWA in a poll of past winners of this award. Wilder, a vital cog in the Altmeyer-Wilder harness racing team, will be honored at the Dan Patch Awards banquet, which is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 22 at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla.

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