AYRES H, STANDARDBRED, 1961
| Color: b Height: 151 cm 12,6a
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t, 3, 1:56.4 (1.12,6a) $254,027 Winner1964 Hambletonian Time record taken 2 Sep 1964, DuQuoin, IL Driver, John F. Simpson. bred by Mrs. Charlotte Sheppard, Hanover Shoe Farms, Ayres, in 1964 became the 3d horse to win trotting Triple Crown. He set stakes records in the Yonkers Futurity & the Hambletonian and his 1:56.4 mile in the Hambletonian at DuQuoin equaled the then all-age world mark for trotters. Even an ankle injury sustained the morning of the Kentucky Futurity wasnt enough to slow Ayres down as he captured the final leg of the Triple Crown in straight heats of 1:58.2 and 1:59.2. At the time the 1:58.1 mile was the second fastest in the races history. Ayres won 20 of his 30 lifetime starts & earned $254,027. He was voted 3YO Trotter of the Year in 1964 & in addition to his Triple Crown victories captured the Hanover-Hempt Stakes, Arden Downs Stakes, Review Futurity & George Wilkes Stakes
Ayres is the sire of 297 standard performers with 15 in 2:00 & 149 in 2:05. His progeny have earned more than $10 million. His outstanding performers include 2 Hambletonian winners, Timothy T, who earned 3YO Trotter of the Year in 1970, Christopher T who won the Hambletonian in 1974. Ayres is the sire of 25 sires. His broodmare credits include 482 standard performers with 60 in 2:00, one in 1:55 & 296 in 2:05. They have combined earnings of over $13 million. His broodmare credits include the outstanding Pizzaz, Ahhh, Descent and Why Not. Ayres died and was buried at Hanover Shoe Farms, Hanover PA, on January 30, 1990, at age 29.
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AYRES b 151 cm 12,6a 1961 STANDARDBRED | STARS PRIDE* b 5,1:57 1m $140,969 1947 STANDARDBRED | WORTHY BOY dkb/br 3,2:02½m $25,688 1940 STANDARDBRED | VOLOMITE * blk/br 3,2:03¼m $32,649 1926 STANDARDBRED | PETER VOLO* br 4,2:02m 1911 | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| NERVOLO BELLE* | br 1906 |
CITA FRISCO b 1921 | SAN FRANCISCO | | br 5,T2:07¾m 1903 |
| MENDOCITA | b 1899 |
WARWELL WORTHY br 3,2:03¼m 1932 STANDARDBRED | PETER THE BREWER br 4,2:02½m 1918 | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| ZOMBREWER | gr p.2:04¼m 1905 |
ALMA LEE b 4,T2:04¾m 1925 | LEE WORTHY | b 4,2:02½m 1919 |
| JANE REVERE | b 2,2:06¾m 1920 |
STARDRIFT b 6,2:03m $6,890 1936 STANDARDBRED | MR MCELWYN* br 5,T1:59¼m 1921 STANDARDBRED | | GUY AXWORTHY* b 4,T2:08¾m 1902 | | AXWORTHY* | | dk ch 3,2:15½m 1892 |
| LILLIAN WILKES | br 3,2:17¾m 1886 |
WIDOW MAGGIE b 4,T2:24½m 1907 | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| MAGGIE ONWARD | 1898 |
DILLCISCO 2:06½m 1919 STANDARDBRED | SAN FRANCISCO br 5,T2:07¾m 1903 | | ZOMBRO | br 2:11 1892 |
| ONISKA | b 1898 |
DILWORTHY 1916 | AXWORTHY* | | dk ch 3,2:15½m 1892 |
| DILLONS LAST | 1909 |
ARPEGE blk 2,T2:13.4m $1,619 1955 STANDARDBRED | HOOT MON* blk 3,2:00m $74,950 1944 STANDARDBRED | SCOTLAND* blk T1:59¼m 1925 STANDARDBRED | PETER SCOTT* br T2:05m 1909 | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| JENNY SCOTT | br 2:14¼ 1897 |
ROYA MCKINNEY br 4,T2:07½m 1911 | MCKINNEY | br 15.2 1887 |
| PRINCESS ROYAL | br 2,2:20m 1890 |
MISSEY br 1938 STANDARDBRED | GUY ABBEY * ch p.3,2:06¾m 1925 | GUY AXWORTHY* | | b 4,T2:08¾m 1902 |
| ABBACY | ch p.4,2:04¼m 1918 |
TILLY TONKA blk 3,T2:02¾m $5,613 1932 | SPENCER | b 3,T1:59¾m 1925 |
| MINNETONKA | b 3,T2:12¼m 1922 |
GODDESS HANOVER br 4,2:05.2 $6,443 1943 STANDARDBRED | DEAN HANOVER* br 3,T1:58½m 1934 STANDARDBRED | DILLON AXWORTHY* br 3,2:10¼m 1910 | AXWORTHY* | | dk ch 3,2:15½m 1892 |
| ADIOO DILLON | b p,2,T2:24¼m 1904 |
PALESTRINA 2:09½h 1917 | ATLANTIC EXPRESS | b 2:07¾ 1908 |
| PILATKA | b T2:14¾m 1904 |
LITTLE LIE br 2:01¼ $3,803 1936 STANDARDBRED | MR MCELWYN* br 5,T1:59¼m 1921 | | GUY AXWORTHY* | | b 4,T2:08¾m 1902 |
| WIDOW MAGGIE | b 4,T2:24½m 1907 |
GREAT PATCH b 1920 | PETER THE GREAT* | | br 15.3h 4,2:07¼m 1895 |
| FAN PATCH | b 1905 |
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