The idea of crossing trotters and pacers is nothing new, and every so often a star trotter with this background emerges. In the 1970s the foremost trotter-pacer cross was Zoot Suit, bred by Norman Woolworth. His oddball pedigree meant he wasn’t an attractive stallion to US breeders upon retirement, but in Sweden he was welcomed with open arm and became a stallion sensation.
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The queen’s terrible demise
She was a really good youngster in the US, winning the Hambletonian Oaks and Kentucky Futurity filly, and blossomed into one of...
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The great horse of San Mateo (and the Captain’s mare)
She was one of the most famous trotters around the time Hambletonian was born, but we don’t even know her name. In the mid...
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The terror
In the case of Nevele Pride, it is not only the horse that is legendary, but also his temperament. For every great race-related...
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The last Yankee superstar
He was the last superstar trotter bred by Yankeeland Farms, the legendary Maryland-based farm that closed its doors in 2006...
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The juvenile delinquent
The third horse to win the trotting’s Triple Crown, Ayres, was always an great talent, but at 2 there were question marks...
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The bargain basement superstar
A $2,000 yearling at the Tattersalls Select Yearling Sale in September 2001, the price tag gave no indications of what was to...
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