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Albatross.    Two-time Harness Horse of the Year (71-72).
Artsplace.  1992 Harness Horse of the Year held a world record for two-year-olds which lasted 18 years.
Ayres.    The third horse to win trotting's Triple Crown.
Bask.    Arabian champion sired 196 U.S. or Canadian National Champions.
Battleship. The only horse to win both the American Grand National and Grand National Steeplechase races.
Be A Bono.  The 2004 American Quarter Horse racing world champion.
Big Towner.    Sired the dams of over 3,800 starters with $220 million in combined earnings.
Billy Direct.    Beat Dan Patch's record in 1938 by pacing the mile in 1:55.
Bret Hanover.    Three-time Harness Horse of the Year (64-66) and Pacing Triple Crown winner.
Bret Hanover
Cam Fella.    Two-time Harness Horse of the Year (82-83).
Cam's Card Shark.  The Hall of Famer was the American Harness Horse of the Year in 1994.
Chester Dare.  Legendary American Saddlebred.
CH Gypsy Supreme.   5-gaited American Saddlebred won nine World Champion American Saddlebred titles.
CH Imperator.    American Saddlebred won four 5-gaited World Grand Championships and eight Gelding Championships.
CH Skywatch.    American Saddlebred was named 5-gaited Horse of the Century.
CH Wild-Eyed and Wicked.    American Saddlebred Triple Crown winner.
Dean Hanover.    World record holder was a champion at age 2, 3 and 4.
Evensong.    Offspring of this incredible standardbred broodmare included six world champions.
Flicka Frost.    The great broodmare produced winners of the 1970 and 1974 Hambletonian.
Greyhound.    The "Grey Ghost" was voted Trotter of the Century for a career highlighted by ownership of 14 world records and 25 two-minute miles.
Guy McKinney.  The winner of the first Hambletonian in 1926 was elected to the Harness Hall of Fame in 1988.
Hamburg Belle.  This Hall of Fame mare set Standardbred records and died suddenly of pneumonia at age 7.
Hambletonian. The lineage of virtually all North American Standardbreds can be traced to him.
Hambletonian
Hanover's Bertha. This Standardbred hall-of-famer won the 1930 Hamiltonian Stakes and was the first winner to go on to foal another Hamiltonian winner.
Hattie.  This Hall of Fame broodmare produced champions with earnings of $5,674,344.
Hickory Smoke.    The 1957 Hambletonian winner produced the fastest two heats up to that time in that race..
Hoot Mon.    The 1947 Hambletonian champion was known as the "Hambletonian Sire" for having produced four winners of the great race.
Iosola's Worthy.    Winner of 1927's second running of the Hambletonian.
Knight Dream.    This Hall of Fame pacer set world records at age 2 and 3.
Meadow Skipper.    Sired some of the greatest standardbreds in history including Albatross and Most Happy Fella.
Miss Easy.    This Hall of Fame Standardbred was the first two-year-old filly to win over a million dollars.
Mr. McElwyn. In 1924, this Standardbred hall-of-famer was the first 3-year-old to better 2:00 with a time of 1:59 3/4.
Nancy Hanks.    This Hall of Fame trotter lowered world records from 1889-1892.
Nevele Pride.    This giant in the harness racing world was a three-time Horse of the Year (67-69) and won the 1968 Trotting Triple Crown.
Niatross.  Retired as the fastest and richest standardbred ever, this 1980 Triple Crown winner and two-time Horse of the Year's (79-80) offspring won more than $54 million.
Nibble Hanover.    This standardbred Hall of Famer began setting records as a two-year-old in 1938 and continued doing so year after year.
No Nukes.    The third leading all-time moneywinning sire and was harness racing's leading moneywinning sire in 1991, 1992 and 1994.
Rambling Willie.    "The Horse That God Loved" won 79 times in 2:00 or faster, a long-standing record only recently broken.
Rex Peavine. American Saddlebred was 5-Gaited World Grand Champion in 1903.
Rich N Elegant.    Considered by many to be the greatest Standardbred broodmare ever.
Rodney.    Was Harness Racing's Horse of the Year in 1948.
Rosalind.    Teamed with Greyhound to set a team-to-pole world record and was the subject of the beloved children's book, "Born to Trot."
Sgt. Pepper Feature.    Three-time American Quarter Horse champion.
Somebeachsomewhere.  One of the greatest the sport has ever seen, he was elected to both the U.S. Harness and Canadian Hall of Fames.
Speedy Crown. World record holder, Hambletonian champion and one of the greatest sires of all time.
Spencer Scott.    1940 Hambletonian champion and sire of many greats.
Star's Pride.    Elected to Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1979.
State Rights (1861-1889). Trotter ran in local Wisconsin county fairs. Owner so loved him he had him buried standing up.
Staying Together (aka "Stanley").  The 1993 U.S. Harness Horse of the Year.
Super Bowl.    A world champion at two, three and a Triple Crown winner. One of the greatest trotting sires in the history of the sport with lifetime earnings of over $82 million.
Supreme Sultan.  Legendary American Saddlebred's impact as a sire modernized the breed in America and South Africa.
Tailor Fit.    Two-time American Quarter Horse world champion.
Tar Heel.    "The King of Queens" was a season's champion at two and a world champion pacer at three.  The genes he passed along to his daughters were very special.
The Old Maid.    A Hall of Fame broodmare with several outstanding offpsring.
Titan Hanover.    The 1945 Hambletonian champion became the first two-year-old to trot in 2:00 and established a three-year-old record of 1:58.
Tricky Tooshie.  Inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2019.
Vendetta.  American Saddlebred was 5-Gaited World Champion in 1925.
Volo Song.    This Hall of Famer won the Hambletonian in 1943, was a champion at two and set a world record at age four.
Western Hanover.    This outstanding pacer won the sport's two and three-year-old Pacing Colt of the Year awards and retired as the sixth leading money-winning pacer of all time.
Winnipeg.     Elected in 1976 to the inaugural class of the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame.
World War Juan.     World Champion Paint Reigning Horse.
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