BAR HOPPING x Ilia
IN RANGE
A richly talented son of Bar Hopping, In Range displayed exceptional ability from an early age, competing successfully against North America's elite juveniles before developing into a high-class three-year-old. At two he won an elimination of the US Breeders Crown, three legs of the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes and the Pennsylvania All-Stars, while finishing runner-up in both the US Breeders Crown Final (Gr.1) and the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes Final, along with the International Stallion Stakes. At three he added victories in the Muscle Hill Trot and a leg of the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes, while placing in the Canadian Trotting Classic (Gr.1), Phil Langley Memorial (Gr.3), US Breeders Crown (Gr.1), Yonkers Trot (Gr.1) and Matron Stakes (Gr.3). From just 27 starts, In Range recorded seven wins, six seconds and six thirds, earning more than $793,000 and establishing himself among the leading trotters of his generation.
By the outstanding Bar Hopping, In Range is out of the Windsongs Legacy mare Ilia, a proven producer whose progeny include multiple stakes performers Tight Lines, Long Tom and Go Boom, giving the family four $100,000 earners. His second dam, Tasha Yar, was herself a multiple Ontario Sires Stakes Gold winner before establishing a deep and consistent maternal family. At stud, In Range has already established himself as a successful young international sire, with leading performers in both North America and Europe, including Setyoursightshigh, the 2025 USA Two-Year-Old Filly Trotter of the Year, Big Ranger, Rose Run Banker, Demonic Niko and Swedish Breeders Crown winner Pure Athena. Combining elite North American speed with a proven international sire record, In Range offers breeders one of the most promising young international trotting sires available to Southern Hemisphere breeders.
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In Range continues to establish himself among the leading young trotting sires in North America, currently sitting 6th on the 2YO Trotting Sires list and 4th among 3YO Trotting Sires by earnings in 2026.
Leading the way is Big Ranger, who has earned $772,947 and recently produced an outstanding performance in the $1 million Grade 1 Hambletonian, going down by just a nose to Apex in a stakes and track-record 1:49.2. Big Ranger had won his Hambletonian elimination the week prior in 1:50.
He is joined by an impressive group of In Range progeny including Setyoursightshigh ($877,996), Rose Run Banker ($342,780), Rose Run Brooke ($314,579), Demonic Niko ($304,760) and a growing crop of talented two-year-olds.
By Bar Hopping from the proven Windsongs Legacy mare Ilia, In Range is building an increasingly strong international record, with successful progeny across North America and Europe.
With a Hambletonian runner-up among his headline performers and his two and three-year-olds featuring prominently on the 2026 sire standings, In Range continues to strengthen his credentials as one of the most exciting young international trotting sires available to Southern Hemisphere breeders.
Big Ranger (Picture)
