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Two Gaits Farm is the name of a Standardbred (harness racing) horse farm that functioned from 1934-1973. It belonged to Leo C. McNamara, Sr. and at one time was internationally known as the largest standardbred pacer breeding farm in the country. [1] The farm was the birthplace of numerous famous horses over the years.
Axworthy created a bloodline in the making of the American Standardbred through the Hambletonian 10 offspring George Wilkes. [2] Axworthy was bred by A B Darling, New York at the stud at Terre Haute, Indiana at the stock farm of W P Ijams. He was developed first by Budd Doble at Terra Haute and when three-years-old by John Young, Kentucky.
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]
Rambling Willie was born on a farm in Monroeville, Indiana. He did not race at age two and as three-year-old was purchased by driver/trainer Robert Farrington for $15,000 who later gifted 50% of the horse to his wife Vivian and sold the other half to Paul Siebert.
Dan Patch was a mahogany bay Standardbred stallion bred by Daniel (Dan) Messner Jr., a prosperous dry goods merchant from Oxford, Indiana.In late 1894, Messner purchased a three-year-old filly named Zelica for $255 (equal to $8,980 today), planning to use her as a buggy horse.
The Morgan horse is one of the earliest horse breeds developed in the United States. [1] Tracing back to the foundation sire Figure, later named Justin Morgan after his best-known owner, Morgans served many roles in 19th-century American history, being used as coach horses and for harness racing, as general riding animals, and as cavalry horses during the American Civil War on both sides of ...
Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. is a North American Standardbred horse breeding facilities. Its history traces back to the early 1900s. Its history traces back to the early 1900s. In the book Quest For Excellence , Dean Hoffmann, an executive editor of Hoof Beats magazine, chronicled the farm's history as it approached its 75th anniversary in 2001.
He finally returned on October 3 at Hoosier Park in an Indiana Sire Stakes elimination, winning in 1:49. He then won his elimination for the Breeders Crown Open Pace in 1:49.4. [ 12 ] In the final at Woodbine Racetrack , Always B Miki won convincingly by 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths in 1:49.3 over a sloppy track.