CHAPTER TWELVE Nevele Pride and retired as the fastest trotting mare MODERN ERA CHAMPIONS in history. Belle Acton won fifty eight races, retired as the

The early champions were commonly those that highest ever money earning , and only established the fastest times, yet were renowned for mare to better two minutes on a half mile track. their endurance. Age was certainly no barrier either, The number of Classic Race wins is a reliable as many raced for up to sixteen seasons using indicator of relative racing performance, as it equipment that was heavy and cumbersome. The measures success at the top level. Table 12.1 lists horses of this chapter have raced during the last the ten trotters with the largest number of Classic sixty four years and under far better racing Race victories. The mares Grades Singing and conditions. With a few minor exceptions, the one Peaceful Way are another two that could also have mile dash has replaced heat racing and careers are claimed a place among the greatest ten trotters of often completed after just two years of racing. the Modern Era.

TROTTING CHAMPIONS TABLE 12.1 GREATEST MODERN TROTTERS Most of the champions on the following lists have Classic Race wins Peace Corps 41 earned their place by extending their careers to Mack Lobell (1984) 35 open company, and racing over a diversity of tracks. Nevele Pride (1965) 33 Many have also competed against the best of Moni Maker (1993) 33 Europe and prevailed under foreign conditions. Super Bowl (1969) 27 There are many champions, particularly mares, Armbro Flight (1962) 24 which have narrowly missed selection on this elite Grades Singing (1982) 21 list. While space does not permit all of these to be Scott Frost (1952) 18 discussed the following do warrant mention. Savoir (1968) 18 Peaceful Way (2001) 17 Continentalvictory not only defeated the colts regularly but in winning the Hambletonian trotted the fastest mile in history. Her Triple Crown was denied The second measure used in selecting the greatest through injury. She was retired to stud at three while trotters of the Modern Era is the number of wins to Moni Maker, from the same crop, raced on into starts over their entire career. Table 12.2 lists the history and is discussed below. top ten performers.

Another mare, Fresh Yankee, was the first While win to race ratio and Classic Race wins are American trotter to win one million dollars. Her reliable indicators of performance, they are not the eighty nine wins represented almost half of her one only ones that need to be included. Consideration hundred and ninety one starts, many of them must also be given to such factors as track size, against world class opposition. She was voted duration of racing career and quality of opposition. Trotting Mare of the Year four times and held five For example, has an amazing win ratio, world records. She was one of the few to defeat as have recent champions such as Glidemaster, Donato Hanover, and Deweycheatumnhowe. All had carefully managed careers that avoided the smaller SCOTT FROST half mile tracks, and each raced only in their own age groups. It will never be known whether any of them could have matched the international exploits of Peace Corps and Mack Lobell, or the free-for-all dominance of Nevele Pride.

TABLE 12.2 GREATEST MODERN TROTTERS- RATIOS Career record Win ratio Muscle Hill (2006) 20/21 .95 Nevele Pride (1965) 57/67 .85 Armbro Flight (1962) 51/65 .79 Mack Lobell (1984) 71/94 .76 Super Bowl (1969) 38/51 .75

Scott Frost (1952) 51/71 .72 SCOTT FROST (1952) T1:58.3 Pine Chip (1990) 23/35 .66 Earnings: $310,685 Continentalvictory (1993) 19/29 .66 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Peace Corps (1986) 59/92 .64 Wins 23 18 10 51 Moni Maker (1993) 67/105 .64 Races 28 21 22 71 Speedy Crown (1968) 29/50 .58 USTA Trotter of Year: 2YO-3YO-4YO+ USTA Horse of Year: 1955-1956

Other measures used include; the number of world Triple Crown 1955 USTA Hall of Fame 1984 records, the number of Horse of the Year awards, success in Triple Crown events, and stake earnings CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR SCOTT FROST relative to the periods in which they raced.

Table 12.3 lists the final ten that I have selected as the Greatest Trotters of the Modern Era. Listing is by year of foaling, enabling a better understanding of the improvement in times and earnings over time.

TABLE 12.3 GREATEST MODERN ERA TROTTERS Scott Frost (1952) Armbro Flight (1962) Nevele Pride (1965) Speedy Crown (1968) Super Bowl (1969) Mack Lobell (1984) The first two year old trotter to win a race in two Peace Corps (1986) minutes, Scott Frost set a race record in winning the Pine Chip (1990) Hambletonian the following year. Moni Maker (1993) He become the first three-year-old trotter to record Muscle Hill (2006) more than one two minute mile win, doing so three

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 196 times. He was the fastest and highest stake earning CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR ARMBRO FLIGHT trotter of the year at both two and three and became the first harness horse to win the Triple Crown.

At four, in his final year of racing, he was the leading stake earner in America.

ARMBRO FLIGHT

ARMBRO FLIGHT (1962) T1:59.0 NEVELE PRIDE Earnings: $493,602 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Wins 20 22 9 51 Races 26 26 13 65 USTA Trotter of Year: 3YO Canadian Horse of Year: 1964-1965-1966 Canadian Hall of Fame 1976 USTA Hall of Fame 1998 Retired after beating the best trotters in the world in the 1966 Roosevelt International Trot, Armbro Flight was then the highest money winning trotting mare in NEVELE PRIDE (1965) T1:54.4 North America. Earnings: $873,350 2YO 3YO 4YO Total She beat the colts in the Horseman Futurity, Wins 26 21 10 57 and Dexter Cup. A highlight of her Races 29 24 14 67 career was her performance in the Hambletonian USTA Trotter of Year: 2YO-3YO-4YO+ where she was narrowly beaten in the gruelling USTA Horse of Year: 1967-1968-1969 three-horse fourth final. Armbro Flight produced Triple Crown 1968 thirteen foals, all of which raced. Her progeny USTA Hall of Fame 1994 includes millionaire Hambletonian winner Armbro Goal plus World Champion Armbro Regina.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 197 CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR NEVELE PRIDE SPEEDY CROWN (1968) T1:57.1 Earnings: $545,495 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Wins 4 15 10 29 Races 8 24 18 50 USTA Trotter of Year: 3YO-4YO+ USTA Trotter of Year: 1971 USTA Hall of Fame 2000 Speedy Crown is the only horse on the list to sire another on the list, his daughter Moni Maker. Speedy Crown is consistently voted as one of the stars of the Modern Era, due mainly to his wonderful four year old season in which he defeated the great race mares Une De Mai and Fresh Yankee, then lowered Nevele Prideʼs world record for a five eighths track.

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR SPEEDY CROWN A World Champion in each season that he raced and highest stake earner of the year at both two and three, Nevele Pride retired as the fastest trotter of all time after lowering the thirty one year old record of Greyhound. Nevele Pride also became the second wealthiest North American trotter of all time and is consistently voted Greatest Trotter of the Modern Era.

SPEEDY CROWN

SUPER BOWL World Champion on a five eights track at two, Super Bowl became the third fastest two year old of all time behind Nevele Pride and Noble Gesture. He was a World Champion again at three when he lowered the mark set by Nevele Pride as the fastest three year old in history.

At three he had eighteen consecutive race wins, established a season earning record for trotters and became only the sixth trotter to take the Triple Crown. Retired at three he established a long running siring rivalry with Speedy Crown.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 198 MACK LOBELL

MACK LOBELL SUPER BOWL (1969) T1:56.2 (1984) T1:52.1 Earnings: $601,006 Earnings: $3,917,504 2YO 3YO Total 2YO 3YO Aged Europe Total Wins 15 23 38 Wins 10 13 16 32 71 Races 23 28 51 Races 20 16 20 38 94 USTA Trotter of Year: 2YO-3YO USTA Trotter of Year: 2YO-3YO-4YO+ USTA Trotter of Year: 1972 USTA Trotter of Year: 1987-1988 Triple Crown 1972 USTA Horse of Year: 1987-1988 Swedish Horse of Year: 1989

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR SUPER BOWL The fastest two and three year old in the history of trotting, Mack Lobell became the fastest ever trotter in America at three and in Europe at age four.

Mack Lobell consistently ranks with Greyhound and Nevele Pride as one of the greatest three trotters of all time and was outstanding on both American and European tracks over six seasons.

His European record boasts thirty two wins and five seconds from thirty eights races against the very best. Twice he won the Swedish Eltilopp, a feat achieved by only eight horses in the fifty eight years that it has been run. He was also victorious in , , , and Finland.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 199 CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR MACK LOBELL Her European victories, over five years, included the prestigious Elitlopp, along with the top races of France, Italy and Norway. She returned to campaign in America, winning the Roosevelt International at five and a second at six. She was the first mare to win a race in under 1:53.

PEACE CORPS (1986) T1:52.4 Earnings: $4,137,737 2YO 3YO Aged Europe Total Wins 15 13 4 27 59 Races 19 19 4 50 92 USTA Trotter of Year:2YO-3YO-4YO+ (3 times) USTA Trotter of Year: 1989 Swedish Horse of Year: 1990-1991 USTA Hall of Fame 1999

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR PEACE CORPS

His pedigree has the Volomite-Scotland sire line cross with a 3x3 cross to Speedster. He is from the Medio family and his grandam won two Classic Races at three.

PEACE CORPS

World Champion and fastest trotter in America at three, Peace Corps went on to win the Breeders Crown at four before racing in Europe.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 200 PINE CHIP MONI MAKER

PINE CHIP (1990) T1:51.0TT At three, Moni Maker won eighteen consecutive Earnings: $1,716,763 races and finished the season with a solitary loss. 3YO 4YO Total She raced in France, Italy, Denmark, Norway and Wins 16 7 23 , winning the Elitlopp in race record time Races 25 10 35 USTA Trotter of Year: 3YO-4YO+ and the Copenhagen Cup in world record time. She USTA Trotter of Year: 1993-1994 was also the first American trotter to win both the Prix d'Amerique and Prix de France.

Unraced at two, due to injury, Pine Chip became the At seven she recorded the fastest time ever in fastest and wealthiest three year old in America at Europe when winning the Grand Criterium de age three and finished his season with nine Vitesse in T1:53.2. She retired in 2000 with six world records and as the wealthiest standardbred of consecutive wins. He established a two heat world record in winning the Kentucky Futurity and was the all time. In her final appearance, at The Red Mile, highest stake earning trotter for the season. she trotted a world record 1:54.1 mile under saddle.

At age four he became a World Champion and the fastest trotter in history with his 1:51 time trial. He MONI MAKER (1993) T1:52.1 won the Breeders Crown and then a heat of the Earnings: $5,589,256 Elitlopp in Europe. 2YO 3YO Aged Europe Total Wins 6 19 19 23 67 CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR PINE CHIP Races 14 20 28 43 105 Mare Trotter of Year: 1 9 9 7 - 1 9 9 8 - 1 9 9 9 - 2 0 0 0 USTA Horse of Year: 1998-1999 Canadian Trotter of Year: 1999-2000 USTA Trotter of Year: 1998-1999-2000 USTA Hall of Fame: 2006

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 201 CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR MONI MAKER He also became a World Champion when his T1:50.1 made him the fastest three year old trotter in history and the second fastest trotter of all time.

Muscle Hill missed the Triple Crown when his owners elected not to start him in the and, like Super Bowl, he retired before he could be tested in open company. However, the effortless nature of his wins has led many to regard him as one of the great trotters of all time.

MUSCLE HILL (2006) T1:50.1 Earnings: $3,273,342 2YO 3YO Total Wins 8 12 20 Races 9 12 21 USTA Trotter of Year: 2YO-3YO Canadian Trotter of Year: 3YO Canadian Horse of Year: 2009

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR MUSCLE HILL MUSCLE HILL

Muscle Hill gained selection on this list despite only two seasons of racing. In this time he lost only his first race, before twenty consecutive wins. He was the fastest two year old of his year and the second fastest in history.

At three he earned more in a single season than any other standardbred in the history of the sport.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 202 PACING CHAMPIONS There were also other mares, whose performances The first pacing champions of the Modern Era ranked them among the champions, that narrowly comprised a host of progeny by Adios. Two are missed selection. included on the list of greatest performers but others Handle With Care won her first twenty four races narrowly missed selection. At age four, Adios Harry and finished her career with fifty three wins from became only the fifth pacer of all time to record six ninety nine starts over four years. She set wins in two minutes, then the first pacer to win in numerous world records and retired as the richest 1:55, a record he held for sixteen years. At the close and fastest pacing mare in history. She was voted of his career he held twelve world records and was Horse of the Year in Canada and USA. Handle With the wealthiest pacer in history. Adios Vic won Care could hold her own against the best male eighteen of forty eight as an aged pacer but four of pacers and beat a field of star colts to record the these were against . He was the only fastest race time in history by a filly. It was only the horse to defeat him more than once. second 1:55 win in history. At four she beat the Among the daughters of Adios, Dotties Pick set males again in the Yonkers International in world world records at two, three and four years of age. record time. One was set in winning a heat of the Little Brown At two, Fan Hanover won sixteen of nineteen races Jug against the colts, when she also became the and paced a world record. At three she won first filly to win in two minutes on a half mile track. seventeen from twenty three races and paced the She won six Classic Races and retired as the fastest mile ever by a three year-old filly. She fastest four year old mare in history. The dual gaited became the first filly to win the Little Brown Jug, Countess Adios won two legs of the Triple Crown then completed her career at four with a further but was ineligible for the Little Brown Jug. At four twelve wins in which she became the fastest mare she raced twelve times as a trotter. in harness history. Her career comprised forty five Taking over where his sire left off, Race Time was wins from seventy two starts and earnings of almost another of the early champion pacers of the Modern one million dollars. Era. He was voted Pacer of the Year in all three FAN HANOVER seasons that he raced but was especially outstanding as a three year old, when he was both the fastest and wealthiest pacer of the year. It Tarport Hap was a World Champion, the second seemed he would become the second winner of the highest money-winning pacing mare ever, won fifty pacing Triple Crown, but illness led to his withdrawal five races from ninety three starts and won twenty from the Little Brown Jug. He won Pacer of the Year times in two minutes. honours again at four. As with the trotters, the number of Classic Race Another worthy of mention is World Champion and wins is a reliable indicator of champion status. Table Pacer of the Year, Jennas Beach Boy. He won 12.4 lists the leading ten pacers for the Modern Era. thirty of his forty two races and retired as the fastest pacer in history. Eight of his wins were in 1:50 or better.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 203 TABLE 12.4 GREATEST MODERN PACERS-CLASSIC WINS Their dominance is also marked by the number of Classic wins successive unbeaten races. Bret Hanover leads the Bret Hanover (1962) 35 way with thirty five in succession while (1968) 28 accumulated twenty eight and Romeo Hanover Romeo Hanover (1963) 21 twenty one. It should be noted that Handle With (1977) 21 Care, who did not make the list, notched up twenty (1988) 21 four in succession. Cam Fella (1979) 20 (1987) 17 TABLE 12.6 GREATEST MODERN ERA PACERS Somebeachsomewhere (2005) 16 Adios Butler (1956) Race Time (1961) 15 Bret Hanover (1962) Nihilator (1982) 15 Romeo Hanover (1963) Albatross (1968) Niatross (1977) Table 12.5 lists the leading ten pacers of the Cam Fella (1979) Modern Era using the ratio of wins to race starts. As Nihilator (1982) was also the case in selecting the greatest trotters; Beach Towel (1987) establishing world records, winning Horse of the Artsplace (1988) Year awards, success in Triple Crown events and Somebeachsomewhere (2005) earnings have been taken into consideration. ADIOS BUTLER

TABLE 12.5 MODERN ERA PACERS- CAREER RATIO Career record Win ratio Niatross 37/39 .95 Somebeachsomewhere 20/21 .95 Nihilator 35/38 .92 Bret Hanover 62/68 .91 Albatross 59/71 .83 Romeo Hanover 36/44 .82 Beach Towel 29/36 .81 Fan Hanover 33/42 .79 Cam Fella 61/80 .76 Artsplace 37/49 .76 ADIOS BUTLER (1956) 1:54.3TT Earnings: $509,875 All ten horses listed in Table 12.6 as the ʻGreatest 3YO 4YO 5YO Aged Total Pacers of the Modern Eraʼ, have established world Wins 7 13 12 5 37 records, most of them in each year that they raced. Races 9 17 13 11 50 Four of the ten have won the ʻTriple Crownʼ while USTA Pacer of Year: 3YO-4YO-4YO+ the remaining six have won at least one leg of the Horse of Year: 1960-1961 Crown and retired as either the fastest or wealthiest USTA Hall of Fame 1990 pacer in the history of the sport.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 204 CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR ADIOS BUTLER and was voted Harness Horse of the Year in all three years that he raced, the only pacer ever to accomplish this feat. He was only ever beaten by two horses, the New Zealander , and his great rival Adios Vic. Bret Hanover retired as the fastest and richest standardbred in history.

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR BRET HANOVER

Adios Butler was unraced as a two year old but in only nine races at three was the first pacer to win a Triple Crown. In the process he became the fastest three year old of the year, won the Messenger in track record time and was the first to win the Little Brown Jug in under two minutes.

Adios Butler was the first horse to win twenty races in two minutes and the first to better 1:55. He became World Champion and the fastest pacer in history at four when he was voted Harness Horse of the Year. He won the honor again the following season when he was also the fastest and wealthiest pacer for the year.

ADIOS BUTLER

BRET HANOVER

BRET HANOVER

BRET HANOVER (1962) 1:53.3TT Earnings: $922,616 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Wins 24 21 17 62 Races 24 24 20 68 USTA Pacer of Year: 2YO-3YO-4YO USTA Horse of Year: 1964-1965-1966 Triple Crown 1965 Bret Hanover was undefeated in his first thirty five USTA Hall of Fame 1994 races and is one of only nine pacers to win the Triple Crown. He was never unplaced in his lifetime

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 205 ROMEO HANOVER At three his owners challenged world record holder Bret Hanover to a match race but this never eventuated. At four he defeated Cardigan Bay in the one and a half mile International Pace to record his twenty first consecutive race win. After a brief stud career in America he was exported to where he had moderate success.

ROMEO HANOVER

ALBATROSS

ALBATROSS ROMEO HANOVER (1963) 1:56.1 Earnings: $658,505 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Wins 13 18 5 36 Races 16 19 9 44 USTA Pacer of Year: 2YO-3YO-4YO Triple Crown 1966 USTA Hall of Fame 2005

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR ROMEO HANOVER

A World Champion in all three years that he raced, Albatross retired as the all-time leading money earning pacer as well as the fastest in history. He missed winning the Triple Crown after a surprise defeat by Nansemond in The Little Brown Jug. He also lost his first three races at four but finished his career with more Classic Race wins than any other pacer besides Bret Hanover and averaged a win at four of every five starts.

His greatest attribute was his gait and believed he could have raced free legged. The third pacer to win the Triple Crown, Romeo Hanover was the fastest pacer of the year at both two and three and voted divisional pacer of the year in each of the three years in which he raced.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 206 ALBATROSS (1968) 1:54.3 Earnings: $1,201,470 NIATROSS (1977) 1:49.1TT 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Earnings: $2,019,213 Wins 14 25 20 59 2YO 3YO Total Races 17 28 26 71 Wins 13 24 37 USTA Pacer of Year: 2YOc-3YO-4YO Races 13 26 39 USTA Horse of Year: 1971-1972 USTA Pacer of Year: 2YO-3YO Hall of Fame 1998 USTA Horse of Year: 1979-1980

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR ALBATROSS Triple Crown 1980 USTA Hall of Fame: 1999

Niatross was the first horse of any breed to win over two million dollars in just two seasons of racing and retired as the richest standarbred in history. He held fifteen world records, was the fastest and richest pacer in both years that he raced and lost just twice in his thirty nine races. He won the Little Brown Jug leg of his Triple Crown in world record time, ran all but three of his wins in under two minutes and was the first ever horse to break the 1:50 barrier.

He had the rare distinction of being voted USA Harness Horse of the Year in the only two years in which he raced and became the only horse to be voted New York Postʼs Athlete of the Year, ahead of Jack Nicklaus and Muhammed Ali.

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR NIATROSS NIATROSS

NIATROSS

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 207 CAM FELLA He began his career as a wayward two year old but became almost invincible at three and four. He won two legs of the Triple Crown but was not eligible for the Little Brown Jug, so could not match the achievement of his sire.

His feats endeared him to countless fans, many of whom formed an entourage that travelled to wherever he raced.

CAM FELLA

NIHILATOR

CAM FELLA (1977) 1:53.1 Earnings: $2,041,367 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Wins 3 28 30 61 Races 11 33 36 80 USTA Pacer of Year: 3YO-4YO USTA Horse of Year: 1982-1983 USTA Hall of Fame: 2001

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR CAM FELLA NIHILATOR (1982) 1:49.3 Earnings: $3,225,653 2YO 3YO Total Wins 12 23 35 Races 13 25 38 USTA Pacer of Year: 2YO-3YO USTA Hall of Fame: 1995

Like his sire and grandsire before him, Nihilator dominated his opponents on the race track. He was a World Champion at both two and three years and retired as the fastest and wealthiest pacer in history. He was also the first pacer to win a race in 1:50. He Dubbed ʼThe Pacing Machineʼ by the media, Cam was voted Pacer of the Year at three and, like his Fella concluded his career with twenty eight sire, was retired immediately to stud. consecutive victories and earnings of over two million dollars. This made him the richest pacer in His stud career was cut short after six seasons and history at that time. while he produced a number of successful progeny such as 1:50 performers Silver Almahurst and New

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 208 Bucks, his best did not reach their peak until they He lacked strong support as a sire but did sire were aged performers. World Champion Jennas Beach Boy, the first pacer to win in better than 1:48. None of his sons succeeded at stud and his sire line, which had promised so much, has faded into BEACH TOWEL (1987) 1:50.0 history. Earnings: $2,570,357 2YO 3YO Total CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR NIHILATOR Wins 11 18 29 Races 13 23 36 USTA Pacer of Year: 3YO USTA Horse of Year: 1990 USTA Hall of Fame 2005

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR BEACH TOWEL

NIHILATOR

BEACH TOWEL

BEACH TOWEL

ARTSPLACE

ARTSPLACE

Although his sire French Chef was not popular, he had been a World Champion and Pacer of the Year at two. He had blistering speed which Beach Towel inherited then passed on to his progeny.

At three, Beach Towel won the Little Brown Jug and Breeders Crown, set two world records, won more Voted divisional pacer of the year at two, Artsplace in a single season than any pacer before him and also became the fastest two year old in history, with was voted Horse of the Year.

Chapter twelve: Modern Era champions 209 a record that was unbeaten for eight years. He lost Along the way, he set four world records, including only one of his first nine starts before injuries the fastest race mile in the history of the sport and interrupted his three year old season. He was recorded better than 1:50 in ten of his twenty wins. undefeated at four pacing the fastest mile in history and being voted Horse of the Year in both Canada and the .

ARTSPLACE (1977) 1:49.2 Earnings: $3,085,083 2YO 3YO 4YO Total Wins 11 10 16 37 Races 15 18 16 49 USTA Pacer of Year: 2YO-4YO USTA Horse of Year: 1992 Canadian Horse of Year: 1992 USTA Hall of Fame 2000 SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE (2005) 1:46.4 Earnings: $3,221,299 CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR ARTSPLACE 2YO3YO Total Wins61420 Races61521 USTA Pacer of Year:2YO-3YO Canadian Pacer of Year: 2YO-3YO USTA Horse of Year: 2008 Canadian Horse of Year:2008 Canadian Hall of Fame 2008

CLASSIC RACE RECORD FOR SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE

SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE He was the fastest and wealthiest pacer of his age group and a World Champion at both two and three years of age. He not only won divisional honors but was also Pacer of the Year and Harness Horse of the Year in both Canada and the United States.

His earnings of more than two million dollars during his three-year-old campaign was a new record for SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE single-season earnings by any pacer in history.

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