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The Standardbred is an American horse breed best known for its ability in harness racing where they compete at either a trot or pace. Developed in North America, the Standardbred is recognized worldwide, and the breed can trace its bloodlines to 18th-century England. They are solid, well-built horses with good dispositions.
Cam ' s Card Shark (1991-2020) is an American champion standardbred horse. His sire (father) was Cam Fella, who earned more than $2 million during his racing career, and his dam (mother) was Jef's Magic Trick, who only earned $28,340 during her career.
McKinney (1887–1917) was an American Standardbred horse. A descendant of Hambletonian 10, he is considered one of the most important sires in the development of the modern Standardbred breed. [1] McKinney was 15.2 hands high. [2]
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Sir Taurus' winnings were $484,810, after racing for only two years in 1986 and 1987. [6] He had 11 major wins during his racing career. [2] Sir Taurus was a world champion; [7] co-holder of a world record for three-year-old colt trotters on a half-mile track with a time of 1:57.2h; [2] [7] and had set six track records throughout his career at that time. [8]
Bingen created a bloodline in the making of the American Standardbred through the Hambletonian 10 offspring Electioneer. Bingen was bred by David Bennet, Lexington. He was broken in by Raymond Snedeker in 1894. George W. Leavitt of Boston and E H Greeley of Ellsworth, Maine, bought him the same year. In 1895 his career as a sire started in Maine.
Moni Maker was named United States Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999 and Trotter of the Year in 1998, 1999, and 2000. She was awarded Trotting Mare of the Year four times, 1997-2000 and, when she retired she was the richest Standardbred winning $5,589,256. [1] She was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in July 2006. [2]
In 1947, he became the first Standardbred to be elected United States Harness Horse of the Year. In that year he ran the fastest mile in either standardbred gait setting a new race record of 1:57.3 for trotting the mile. Retired to stud, Victory Song was an immediate success siring two world champions from his first crop of foals in 1950.