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 15.3hh 1936 STANDARDBREDATR 72188 | CALUMET CHUCK* br 1929 STANDARDBRED1.17,1 ATR 69721 | TRUAX* br 1921 | | GUY AXWORTHY* | | b 15.2hh 1902 |
| HOLLYROOD NIMBLE | b 1911 |
SUMATRA b 1922 | BELWIN* | b 1910 |
| SIENNA | b 2:06¾ 1909 |
JUSTISSIMA b 1915 STANDARDBRED | JUSTICE BROOKE* b 1908 | BARONGALE* | dkb/br 1900 |
| EXPECTATION* | b 1892 |
CLARIE TODDINGTON ch 1910 | TODDINGTON | b 1906 |
| FRUITY WORTHY | b 1906 |
LYDIA KNIGHT b 2:06m p,4,2:03m 1929 STANDARDBRED | PETER THE BREWER* br 1918 STANDARDBRED4,2:02½m ATR 67700 | PETER THE GREAT* b 15.3hh 1895 | PILOT MEDIUM* | gr 16hh 1879 |
| SANTOS | br 1887 |
ZOMBREWER* gr 1905 | | ZOMBRO | br 1892 |
| MARY BALES | gr 2:26¼m 1894 |
GUY ROSA b 1923 STANDARDBRED | GUY AXWORTHY* b 15.2hh 1902 | | AXWORTHY* | ch 1892 |
| LILLIAN WILKES | br 1886 |
ROSA LAKE b 2,T2:22¾m 1907 | THE BONDSMAN* | b 15.3hh 1896 |
| REPLY | b 1893 |
TORRESDALE* br p,2:04¼h $7,163 1936 STANDARDBRED | ABBEDALE* blk 15.1hh 1917 STANDARDBREDATR 65010 | THE ABBE* blk 1903 STANDARDBREDp,2:04 ATR 44386 | CHIMES* br 1884 | ELECTIONEER* | br 15.1hh 1868 |
| BEAUTIFUL BELLS* | blk 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 |
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CALUMET CREAM b 2:07h p,2,T2:14m 1929 STANDARDBRED | TRUAX* br 1921 STANDARDBRED1.16,8a ATR 68640 | | GUY AXWORTHY* b 15.2hh 1902 | | AXWORTHY* | ch 1892 |
| LILLIAN WILKES | br 1886 |
HOLLYROOD NIMBLE b 1911 | JOE DODGE | b 1906 |
| KATA BONNER | ro 1903 |
ZOMBREWER* gr 1905 STANDARDBREDp.2:04¼m | | ZOMBRO br 1892 | MCKINNEY* | br 1887 |
| WHISPER | ch 1888 |
MARY BALES gr 2:26¼m 1894 | MONTJOY | b 1887 |
| MOLLY J | gr |
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