p,5,T1:56.1m $554,272
Breeder & Owner Rex C. & Ethel W. Larkin (KY) Trainer: Don Taylor 1959 U. S. Harness Horse of the Year. First Standardbred to earn over $500,000. One of the leading performers of his time, Bye Bye Byrd held twelve world pacing records during his racing career. He was sired by Poplar Byrd (HoF) out of Evalina Hanover. He was voted Horse of the Year in 1959 and retired from the track to the stud barn in 1961.Bye Bye Byrd became a top sire with well over one hundred 2:00 horses to his credit. He was the first Horse of the Year to sire another Horse of the Year - Keystone Ore (1976). One of his daughters, Niagara Dream, produced the great champion Niatross.Bye Bye Byrd died in 1980 at age twenty-five.