12:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2016 – When a horrific barn fire killed 12 horses and injured several others at the South Florida Trotting Center in Lake Worth on March 16, the community rallied around owner Sam Stathis and the rest of the trainers and owners. Mike Carter, one of the hosts of an online…
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WELCOME TO A NEW ERA OF HARNESS RACING
The World Chariot Racing Federation (WCRF) is an established organization dedicated to revitalizing and rebranding the harness racing industry with the application of new technologies, new sponsorship opportunities and new crowd-funding participation models.
EXOTIC CARS!
EXOTIC CHARIOTS!
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EXOTIC LIFESTYLE!
WE ARE AN EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR HARNESS RACING!
Who We Are!
The World Chariot Racing Federation (WCRF) is a newly established organization dedicated to revitalizing and rebranding the harness racing industry with the application of new technologies, new sponsorship opportunities and new crowd-funding participation models. Celebrity Farms and the World Chariot Racing Federation (www.celebrityfarms.com) Celebrity Farms is a renowned New York based racing stable and farm, which is owned and operated by Sam Stathis.
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History
Chariot racing also known as "Harness Racing" was one of the most popular ancient Greek and Roman sports. Often dangerous to both drivers and horses, who frequently suffered serious injury and even death, the sport generated strong spectator enthusiasm comparable to modern-day interest in motor sports. Some of the organizational aspects of chariot racing also paralleled current practices in professional sports
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Sam Stathis,Owner, Celebrity Farms Racing Stable
"The next generation of Harness Racing will be more than a spectator sport. It will capture the crowd as fan, participant, investor, and, even for some, driver. The new Harness Racing industry will be better, stronger, faster, smarter and much more lucrative, inventive, interactive and sustainable. Bringing back fierce competition to the same world stage that once hosted Gladiators and Olympic stars... Even a small guy can drive and compete with the best in the world, and even beat them." The true cradle of civilization and the rightful cradle of harness racing; Egypto, Trinacria and Hellas. Are you ready for this?"
Stathis is a passionate entrepreneur, investor, developer, engineer, inventor, philanthropist and harness racing enthusiast.
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World Chariot News and Events
31 May 2016 – The World Chariot Racing Federation (WCRF) pre-Olympic tour on its “Road To Rio” made stops in both Sweden and Canada over the weekend. The WCRF is dedicated to resurrecting Chariot Racing in the Olympics while revitalization and reshaping the sport of harness racing. WCRF founder, Sam Stathis, was in Stockholm, Sweden…
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25 Mar 2016 – Lake Worth, FL – Sam Stathis, owner of the South Florida Trotting Center where a disastrous barn fire claimed the lives of 12 horses last week, including one of his own, is fighting another battle these days, and it is against the veterinarians at the equine hospital where seven of the…
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Outstanding Kiwi pacer, Christen Me, will have to overcome a tricky second line draw if he is to win Saturday night’s harness racing Group Two Sunshine Sprint at Albion Park. The Cran Dalgety trained gelding will start from the inside of the second row in the 1660m event – the same draw which saw him…
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The three day Derby Festival at Kincsem Park in Budapest began with Friday evenings’ trot-gallop-greyhound special followed by Saturday’s Trot Derby and the Gallop counterpart on Sunday. Friday’s trotting feature was the Pentek Esti Super Sprint DIJ for 150,000Huf purse. The 200 meter sprint final went to 1.7/1 Offenbach Bigi (8m Andover Hall-Pinebank-Pine Chip) with…
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JULY 4, 2016 – Mohawk Racetrack hosted the first two-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes event of the season on Monday and the freshman pacing colts delivered a pair of impressive harness racing performances. In the first $105,000 Gold Series division driver Jody Jamieson of Moffat, ON sent Calvin K to the front from Post 5 and the…
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