TAR HEEL blk. H, STANDARDBRED, 1948
| Color: blk
p,4,T1:57m
Raleigh, NC. Bred by W. N. Reynolds.ATR 80580 By Hanover Shoe Farm sire Billy Direct out of the Volomite mare Leta Long. Known as the King of Queens because he sired excellent daughters. A champion at 2, a world champion at 3, and the leading money-winning performer both years. He was retired to stud after a lifetime record of 1:57 in a time trial at four. He is credited with 160 two-minute performers through 1981 and the dams of 400 in 2:00. When he died on June 8, 1982, his progeny had earned nearly $36 million. At the dispersal of the Reynolds’ horses in 1951, Lawrence B. Sheppard bought Solicitor for $100,000 & Tar Heel for $125,000 -- the first Standardbreds to bring $100,000 at public auction.
Winner 1951 Little Brown Jug.ATR 80580 $119,148
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TAR HEEL* blk 1948 STANDARDBREDp,4,T1:57m | BILLY DIRECT* b p,4,T1:55m $12,040 1934 STANDARDBREDATR 73233 | NAPOLEON DIRECT* ch p,1:59¾m 1909 STANDARDBREDATR. 02568 | WALTER DIRECT* b p,2:05¾ 1900 | DIRECT HAL* | blk p,2;04¼ 1896 |
ELLA BROWN | b 1885 |
LADY ERECTRESS ro 1902 | TOM KENDLE | 1898 |
NELLY ZARRO | 1898 |
GAY FORBES br p,5,2:07¾m 1916 STANDARDBRED | MALCOLM FORBES b 2:06¼ 1904 | BINGEN* | br 6,2:06¼m $12,035 1893 |
NANCY HANKS* | br 15¾ 6,T2:04m 1886 |
GAY GIRL CHIMES b 1911 | BERKSHIRE CHIMES | br 1900 |
MISS GAY GIRL | br 1904 |
LETA LONG* br p,4,2:03¾m $9,321 1940 STANDARDBRED | VOLOMITE* br 15.2 1926 STANDARDBREDATR 68580 | PETER VOLO* br 16.0 1911 | PETER THE GREAT* | b 15.3 1895 |
NERVOLO BELLE* | br 1906 |
CITA FRISCO b 1921 | SAN FRANCISCO* | br 2:07¾m, 1903 |
MENDOCITA | b 1899 |
ROSETTE ch 2,2:06m $4,222 1933 STANDARDBRED | MR MCELWYN* br 5,T1:59¼m 1921 | GUY AXWORTHY* | b 15.2 1902 |
WIDOW MAGGIE | b 4,T2:24½m 1907 |
ROSE SCOTT* blk T1:59¾m 1918 | PETER SCOTT* | br T2:05m 1909 |
ROYA MCKINNEY* | br 4,T2:07½m 1911 |
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