Glidemaster
{{Short description|American Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Glidemaster
|breed = Standardbred
| sire = Yankee Glide
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| dam = Cressida Hanover
| damsire = Mr. Lavec
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 2003
| country = United States
| color = Brown
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| owner =
| trainer = Blair Burgess
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| awards = United States Harness Horse of the Year (2006)
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Glidemaster is a Standardbred trotter who was named the 2006 United States Harness Horse of the Year by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. He is a 2003 brown stallion by Yankee Glide out of Cressida Hanover by Mr Lavec.{{cite web|url=http://oddsonracing.com/docs/HorseofthemonthMARCH2007Glidemaster.cfm|title=Oddsonracing.com|website=oddsonracing.com}}
Career
Trainer Blair Burgess {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117062934/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Racing/StatisticsandBios/Pages/BlairBurgess.aspx?id=155 |date=2011-11-17 }} purchased Glidemaster as a yearling for $10,000 on the opening night of the 2004 [http://www.tattersallsredmile.com/ Tattersalls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510021641/http://www.tattersallsredmile.com/ |date=2013-05-10 }} sale. The ownership included partnerships with Blair's father, [http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/builders/2011/bob_burgess.html Robert Burgess]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, wife, Karin Olsson-Burgess and Marsha Cohen.
In September 2005 after winning three of four of his freshman starts, a portion of Glidemaster was sold to his Breeder, [http://www.britfarms.com/ Brittany Farms].
Glidemaster was the fifth Canadian-owned horse to win the Hambletonian Stakes in 83 Years.
In the week prior to the elimination race of the Hambletonian, Glidemaster pulled a horseshoe loose in the stall and then stepped on a nail which punctured his foot. This injury rendered the horse unsound for racing at that time. Extensive care of the horse by care taker and co-owner Karin Olsson-Burgess and Trainer Blair Burgess had Glidemaster ready to race just in time for the elimination - in which he finished second, a placing good enough to qualify for and win the final the following week.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hambletonian.org/archives_hambo/h_2006.html |title=Welcome to the Hambletonian Society |access-date=2013-03-19 |archive-date=2013-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916035422/http://www.hambletonian.org/archives_hambo/h_2006.html |url-status=dead }}
Glidemaster was the first trotter since 1972 to win the Trotting Triple Crown on the traditional format of two mile tracks, The Hambletonian] at The Meadowlands and the Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile and a half mile track, the Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway.[http://www.hambletonian.org/archives_hambo/h_2006.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916035422/http://www.hambletonian.org/archives_hambo/h_2006.html|date=2013-09-16}} www.hambletonian.org
Glidemaster's 2006 Hambletonian Victory was the second for Trainer [http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Racing/StatisticsandBios/Pages/BlairBurgess.aspx?id=155 Blair Burgess] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117062934/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Racing/StatisticsandBios/Pages/BlairBurgess.aspx?id=155 |date=2011-11-17 }} who had won the race previously in 2003 with Amigo Hall in one of the biggest upset in the history of the race at 27-1.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/sports/harness-racing-amigo-hall-a-27-1-shot-wins-the-hambletonian.html|title=HARNESS RACING; Amigo Hall, a 27-1 Shot, Wins the Hambletonian|first=Alex|last=Yannis|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 August 2003|publisher=|access-date=19 February 2017|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227175245/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/03/sports/harness-racing-amigo-hall-a-27-1-shot-wins-the-hambletonian.html|url-status=live}}
He finished his racing career as the fastest trotter of 2006 with a mark of 1:51.1, achieved ranking as the sport's leading single-season money-winning totter of all time and had a total earnings of $1,968,023.
As a stallion, Glidemaster's offspring includes Blue Porsche, who was named Canada's Two Year Old Trotter of the Year in 2010.{{cite web|url=https://standardbredcanada.ca/content/obrien-awards-past-winners.html|title=O'Brien Awards: Past Winners - Standardbred Canada|website=standardbredcanada.ca|access-date=2019-03-16|archive-date=2019-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129041531/https://standardbredcanada.ca/content/obrien-awards-past-winners.html|url-status=live}} Other successful horses sired by Glidemaster are Breeders Crown winner Maven, and Bluegrass Stakes winner Punxsutawney.{{cite web|url=http://www.britfarms.com/stallions/glidemaster|title=britfarms.com|website=www.britfarms.com|access-date=2013-03-19|archive-date=2013-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304044141/http://www.britfarms.com/stallions/glidemaster|url-status=live}}
Glidemaster is currently standing in Delaware at Winbak Farm.