BRET HANOVER H, STANDARDBRED, 1962
| Color: b Height: p,4,T1:53.3m $922,616
p,4,T1:53.3m $922,616. #2094B 19 May 1962 Harness Horse of the Year, 1964, 1965, 1966. Won Pacing Triple Crown. 68-62-5-1. Won 35 in a row at 2 and 3. Bret earned the adoration of his fans by winning 62 of 68 races and earning $922,616 in his 3 years of campaigning. His career included a modern day record 35 straight victories as a 2Yo & 3Yo. He captured Pacing Triple Crown $ Horse of the Year honors 3yr running (1964-66). retired to stud at Castleton Farm which purchased a 50% interest in him from owner Richard Downing who had paid $50,000 as a yearling. He became one of the sports leading studs of all time, siring the winners of more than $62 mil with 523 of his offspring taking 2:00 marks. Following his death at Castleton on November 21, 1992, he was buried in the newly created cemetery at Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
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BRET HANOVER* b p,4,T1:53.3m $922,616 1962 STANDARDBRED | ADIOS* b p,5,T,1:57½m $33,329 1940 STANDARDBRED | HAL DALE* b p,6,2:02¼m $595 1926 STANDARDBRED | ABBEDALE* blk p,2:01¼m 1917 STANDARDBRED | THE ABBE blk 3,T2:10¾ m p,2:03½m 1903 | CHIMES | br 3,2:30¾m 1884 |
| NETTIE KING | ch T 2:20 1/4 1887 |
DAISYDALE D blk 1908 | ARCHDALE | blk 1897 |
| MRS TMOLUS | b 1901 |
MARGARET HAL b p,2,2:19.2h 1914 STANDARDBRED | ARGOT HAL b 16h 2:07½m p,11,T2:04¾m 1903 | BROWN HAL* | br 15.3 1879 |
| LADY WILDFLOWER | b 1891 |
MARGARET POLK b 1906 | JOHN R GENTRY* | b p,7,2:00½m 1889 |
| STELLA HAL | b 1885 |
ADIOO VOLO b p,3,2:05 h 1930 STANDARDBRED | ADIOO GUY ch p,9,2:00¾m 1910 STANDARDBRED | GUY DILLON b 1902 | SIDNEY DILLON | ch 1892 |
| BY GUY | b 1894 |
ADIOO b 1895 | GUY WILKES | dkb/br 2:15¼m 1878 |
| BY BY | b 1885 |
SIGRID VOLO b p,2:04m 1921 STANDARDBRED | PETER VOLO* br 4,2:02m 1911 | | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| NERVOLO BELLE* | br 1906 |
POLLY PARROT ch p 2:13¼ 1904 | JERSEY B B | ch 1900 |
| LADY MAUD C | ch 16.1 H p ,2:00 ½ 1:59½ 1900 |
BRENNA HANOVER b p,3,T2:01m $21,946 1956 STANDARDBRED | TAR HEEL* blk p,4,T1:57m $119,148 1948 STANDARDBRED | BILLY DIRECT* b p,4,T1:55m $12,040 1934 STANDARDBRED | NAPOLEON DIRECT ch p,1:59.4m 1909 | WALTER DIRECT* | b 2:05¾m 1900 |
| LADY ERECTRESS | 1900 |
GAY FORBES br p,5,2:18.4 1916 | MALCOLM FORBES | b 1904 |
| GAY GIRL CHIMES | b 1911 |
LETA LONG br p,4,2:03¾m $9,321 1940 STANDARDBRED | VOLOMITE * blk/br 3,2:03¼m $32,649 1926 | PETER VOLO* | | br 4,2:02m 1911 |
| CITA FRISCO | b 1921 |
ROSETTE ch 2,2:06m $4,222 1933 | MR MCELWYN* | br 5,T1:59¼m 1921 |
| ROSE SCOTT* | blk T1:59¾m 1918 |
BERYL HANOVER b p,2,T2:02 $29,076 1947 STANDARDBRED | NIBBLE HANOVER b 3,T1:58¾m $25,599 1936 STANDARDBRED | CALUMET CHUCK br 2,2.04m 1929 | TRUAX | br 4,T2:03½m 1921 |
| SUMATRA | 3,2:02¼m 1922 |
JUSTISSIMA b 2:06¼m 1915 | JUSTICE BROOKE | b 3,2:08½m 1908 |
| CLARIE TODDINGTON | 1910 |
LAURA HANOVER 1931 STANDARDBRED | THE LAUREL HALL dkb/br 4,T2:06¼m 1918 | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| BABY BERTHA | b 2:04 1/4 1912 |
MISS BERTHA WORTHY 1925 | LEE WORTHY | b 4,2:02½m 1919 |
| MISS BERTHA DILLON | ch 4,T2:02½m 1914 |
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