Born to Trot - Atlanta Model & Book Set

This horse and book set is sure to be a winner for your favorite young horse lover! We have paired Atlanta, our standardbred racehorse champion, with Marguerite Henry's Newbery Award winning book, Born to Trot!

In this story, a boy and his filly get the chance to prove their greatness. Gibson can hear the beat of the horses’ hooves against the track. Trotters are the world to him. But all he ever does is practice. He’s still too young and inexperienced to drive in a real race. Only he knows he’s ready for the big leagues. If people would give him a chance, then they would know it too. Gib’s chance comes with a filly named Rosalind. Now he can prove that he’s good enough to train a champion. But does he really have what it takes? Can Gib and Rosalind go all the way to win the Hambletonian, the greatest race of all?

Paperback | 224 pages | Ages 8+

Atlanta, a standardbred racehorse champion, as her own exciting story! The year was 2018, and the scene was the Hambletonian – one of harness racing’s biggest events. A race for three-year-old trotters, Standardbred mare Atlanta became the first filly in 22 years (and only the 14th in history) to win and clinch the $1 million purse! In honor of this achievement, she received the Dan Patch Award for Trotter of the Year in 2018.

Owned by Michelle and Albert Crawford of Crawford Farms, LLC, Atlanta was originally trained by Rick Zeron and driven by Scott Zeron, with Ron Burke training her from age 4 on. Retired in 2022 as the 4th richest female trotter with $3.5 million in earnings, she’s now raising the next generation of racing superstars.

Traditional | 1:9 scale | Ages 8+