BRET HANOVER b. H, STANDARDBRED, 1962
| Color: b Height: 15.2
p,4,T1:53.3 m
p,4,T1:53.3m $922,616. 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.2094 2094B
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BRET HANOVER* b 15.2 1962 STANDARDBREDp,4,T1:53.3 m | ADIOS* b p,T1:57.4m $33,329 1940 STANDARDBREDATR 74124 | HAL DALE* b p,6,2:02¼m $595 1926 STANDARDBREDATR. 72206 | ABBEDALE* blk 15.1 1917 | THE ABBE* | blk p,2:04 1903 |
DAISYDALE D | blk 3,2:15¼m 1908 |
MARGARET HAL b p,2,2:19¼ 1914 | ARGOT HAL | b 16h p,11,T2:04¾ 1903 |
MARGARET POLK | b 1906 |
ADIOO VOLO b p,3,2:05h 1930 STANDARDBRED | ADIOO GUY* ch p,9,2:00¾m 1910 | GUY DILLON | b T2:21¼m 1902 |
ADIOO | b 1895 |
SIGRID VOLO b p,2:04m 1921 | PETER VOLO* | br 16.0 1911 |
POLLY PARROT | ch p 2:13¼ 1904 |
BRENNA HANOVER b 1956 STANDARDBREDp,3,T2:01m | TAR HEEL* blk 1948 STANDARDBREDp,4,T1:57m | BILLY DIRECT* b p,4,T1:55m $12,040 1934 | NAPOLEON DIRECT* | ch p,1:59¾m 1909 |
GAY FORBES | br p,5,2:07¾m 1916 |
LETA LONG* br p,4,2:03¾m $9,321 1940 | VOLOMITE* | br 15.2 1926 |
ROSETTE | ch 2,2:06m $4,222 1933 |
BERYL HANOVER b p,2,T2:02 $29,076 1947 STANDARDBRED | NIBBLE HANOVER* b 15.3 h 3,T1:58¾ $25,599 1936 | CALUMET CHUCK* | br 2,2.04m 1929 |
JUSTISSIMA | b 7,2:06¼m 1915 |
LAURA HANOVER br 2,T2:15¼m 1931 | THE LAUREL HALL | br 4,T2:06¼m 1918 |
MISS BERTHA WORTHY | b 2,T2:21 1925 |
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