TORPID b. H, STANDARDBRED, 1954
| Color: b
p,2,1:58m $187,358
Bred by and last owned by Sherwood Farms, Irvington, New Jersey. Torpid was a super star with twelve Classic Race wins including the Cane Pace and Little Brown Jug in 1957. He was Pacer of the Year at two years of age when he set a new world record for his age.
As a three-year-old Torpid was even better, winning nineteen of twenty two starts, recording nine two minute miles, the most ever in a season by any horse and being named Harness Horse of the Year.
The following year he retired to Hanover Shoe Farms to stand at stud, but proved a disaster. His only two progeny of merit were two year old star Truluck and Little Brown Jug winner Vicar Hanover. Neither of them had much success at stud.
ATR 93161
Pacer, Horse of the Year 1957
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TORPID* b 1954 STANDARDBREDp,2,1:58m $187,358 | KNIGHT DREAM b p,3,1:59 $76,973 1945 STANDARDBREDATR 77307 | NIBBLE HANOVER* b 15.3 h 3,T1:58¾ $25,599 1936 STANDARDBREDATR 72188 | CALUMET CHUCK* br 2,2.04m 1929 STANDARDBREDATR. 69721 | TRUAX* br 4,T2:03½m 1921 | | GUY AXWORTHY* | | b 15.2 1902 |
HOLLYROOD NIMBLE | b T2:10¼m 1911 |
SUMATRA b 3,2:02¼m 1922 | BELWIN* | b 4,T2:06¾m 1910 |
SIENNA | b 2:06¾ 1909 |
JUSTISSIMA b 7,2:06¼m 1915 STANDARDBRED | JUSTICE BROOKE* b 3,2:08½m 1908 | BARONGALE* | dkb/br 4,2:11¼m 1900 |
EXPECTATION* | b 1892 |
CLARIE TODDINGTON ch 1910 | TODDINGTON | b T2:20 1906 |
FRUITY WORTHY | b 2,T2:25¼m 1906 |
LYDIA KNIGHT b 2:06m p,4,2:03m 1929 STANDARDBRED | PETER THE BREWER* br 4,2:02½ 1918 STANDARDBREDATR 67700 | PETER THE GREAT* b 15.3 1895 | PILOT MEDIUM* | gr 16.0 1879 |
SANTOS | br 1887 |
ZOMBREWER* gr 1905 | | ZOMBRO | br 2:11 1892 |
MARY BALES | gr 2:26¼m 1894 |
GUY ROSA b 1923 STANDARDBRED | GUY AXWORTHY* b 15.2 1902 | | AXWORTHY* | ch 1892 |
LILLIAN WILKES | br 3,2:17¾m 1886 |
ROSA LAKE b 2,T2:22¾m 1907 | THE BONDSMAN* | b 15.3 1896 |
REPLY | b 1893 |
TORRESDALE br p,2:04¼h $7,163 1936 STANDARDBRED | ABBEDALE* blk 15.1 1917 STANDARDBREDATR 65010 | THE ABBE* blk p,2:04 1903 STANDARDBREDATR 44386 | CHIMES* br 3,2:30¾m 1884 | ELECTIONEER* | br 15.1 1868 |
BEAUTIFUL BELLS* | blk 2.29½ 1872 |
NETTIE KING ch 4,2:20¼ 1887 | MAMBRINO KING* | ch 1876 |
NETTIE MURPHY | 1877 |
DAISYDALE D blk 3,2:15¼m 1908 STANDARDBRED | ARCHDALE* blk 1897 | EXPEDITION* | br 2:15¾ 1889 |
ALINE | b 1876 |
MRS TMOLUS b 1901 | PACTOLUS* | b 1887 |
FLAXEY | |
CALUMET CREAM b 2:07h p,2,T2:14m 1929 STANDARDBRED | TRUAX* br 4,T2:03½m 1921 STANDARDBREDATR 68640 | | GUY AXWORTHY* b 15.2 1902 | | AXWORTHY* | ch 1892 |
LILLIAN WILKES | br 3,2:17¾m 1886 |
HOLLYROOD NIMBLE b T2:10¼m 1911 | JOE DODGE | b T2.22¾m 1906 |
KATA BONNER | ro 1903 |
ZOMBREWER* gr 1905 STANDARDBREDp.2:04¼m | | ZOMBRO br 2:11 1892 | MCKINNEY* | br 2:11¼m 1887 |
WHISPER | ch 1888 |
MARY BALES gr 2:26¼m 1894 | MONTJOY | b 1887 |
MOLLY J | gr |
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