2010 Top Pacing Sires - Western Hanover line, Artsplace line, Cam Fella line

With the 2009 harness stakes racing success of Well Said (Western Hanover) and Sportswriter (Artsplace), the two dominant standardbred pacing sire lines each have another son to carry the torch. If you have a well bred pacing mare, consider breeding to one of these stallions, or if your budget precludes that, then look for a son of one of these:

Western Hanover Sons

Western Ideal

The Panderosa

If I Can Dream

Western Terror

Badlands Hanover




Western Hanover Grandsons

Rocknroll Hanover, Peretti stallions pdf

Rocknroll Hanover, US Trotting webpage, Stallion Stars

Shadow Play

American Ideal





Artsplace Sons and Grandsons, Stallions

Art Major

Grinfromeartoear (Alabar farm, Victoria, Australia)

Mister Big

Real Artist

Artiscape




Cam Fella line Stallions

Bettors Delight

Four Starzzz Shark

Camluck

No Pan Intended

Allamerican Native

Cams Card Shark

Blissful Hall




Pacing Outcross Line Stallions

Somebeachsomewhere (Mach Three)

Dragon Again (Dragons Lair)

Real Desire (Life Sign)

I Am A Fool (Life Sign)

Mach Three (Matts Scooter)

Standardbred Pacing Dominant Sire Lines

Back in the mid to late 1980s I did some work for Trot Magazine and Sulky, where I had a column called Trainor's Topics. When I published the Standardbred Sire Lines Chart in a two-page spread in Trot, most of the dominant pacing sire lines were from Meadow Skipper via his sons Albatross and Most Happy Fella. Some horsemen were concerned that the breed was concentrating too much on these two lines. Two decades later the Albatross line is not a major contender, but there are now three dominant sirelines among pacers, with several more viable, healthy outcross lines.

The three main lines in pacing are:



Abercrombie - Artsplace



No Nukes - Western Hanover



Cam Fella



In future posts we will look at the enduring speed and strength of these three lines, in addition to analysis of outcross and legacy line opportunities. On the trotting side, a lot of speed had been concentrating within Speedy Crown crosses, so we'll examine Valley Victory and Garland Lobell matchups and many of the smaller, still-viable trotting sire lines.



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Kentuckiana Farms named New Jersey Breeder of the Year for 2007

Kentuckiana 2007 NJ Breeder Of The Year

December 28, 2007

article from StandardbredCanada.ca

In the United States in 2007, one quarter of the standardbred racing's divisional champions were a product of Kentuckiana Farms General Partnership and its founder, Tom Crouch. In turn, Kentuckiana Farms has been named Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey's Breeder of the Year.

"It is a great honour to be recognized as New Jersey Breeder of the Year," said Bob Brady, one of the Kentuckiana partners. "Two thousand seven has been an exciting year for Kentuckiana Farms, having bred, raised or sold 11 national season's leaders and three divisional champions in Mystical Sunshine, Mister Big and Tell All.

Representing Kentuckiana in the Garden State are the trotting stallions Yankee Glide and Classic Photo (whose first crop will come to sale in 2008) and the recently retired pacer Tell All, the Little Brown Jug and North America Cup winner.

"The New Jersey breeding program is vitally important to the overall health of the standardbred industry," Brady noted. "Our New Jersey operation has been a key component to Kentuckiana's overall success. Being able to showcase our product at the Meadowlands has played a huge role in this success."

Tell All [by Real Desire], the Three-Year-Old Pacer of the Year for 2007 in the U.S., is one of the trio of Kentuckiana progeny who will be honoured with Dan Patch Awards at the end of January. The other two are Older Pacer of the Year Mister Big (by Grinfromeartoear) and Older Female Trotter of the Year Mystical Sunshine (by Yankee Glide).

"We are excited about bringing Tell All to New Jersey as the newest addition to our ever expanding stallion roster," Brady explained. "We are cautiously optimistic that the New Jersey program will take the necessary steps to keep pace with other jurisdictions.

"Being recognized with three divisional champions validates our commitment to breeding the best," he added.

The Breeder of the Year Award will be presented at the 51st Annual New Jersey-bred Equine Breeders Award dinner on January 27 at the Holiday Inn of East Windsor (New Jersey).

Mystical Sunshine is one of four millionaires sired by Yankee Glide.

The Chris Ryder trainee posted eight wins, four seconds and two thirds from 19 starts this season and banked $348,990 this year for the ownership of Sid Korn and the Estate of Alvin Jacobson. Her victories included the $270,000 Breeders Crown and $116,000 Miss Versatility.

Yankee Glide, a son of Valley Victory, topped all North American trotting sires in 2006 with progeny who earned nearly $8.8 million. This year his 202 starters have banked more than $6.2 million.

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