Won The West retired to Kentucky Horse Park
Leading standarbred racehorse Won The West has been retired too volition alive out his days at the Kentucky Horse Park’s Hall of Champions.
Won The West arrives at the green on Saturday, Oct 6, too inwards honour of the event, Mayor Jim Gray has declared Oct vi “Won The West Day” inwards Lexington, Kentucky. His purpose has prepared a certificate that volition move presented to the horse’s owners on Saturday.
Won The West is a Two-Time Divisional too Breeders Crown Champion too retired final calendar month amongst lifetime lucre of $3,939,836.
The boy of Western Hanover had 109 lifetime starts inwards his career amongst 36 win, 24 seconds too xv thirds. In 2009, he won the Breeders Crown inwards a stakes-record fourth dimension of 1:47, too he won the same race i time again inwards 2010. The 8-year-old gelding was voted Older Pacer of the Year inwards 2009 too 2010 past times the USA Harness Writers, too was twice awarded the Dan Patch trophy equally overstep older pacing horse.
“The Kentucky Horse Park is honored to stimulate got Won The West bring together our Hall of Champions,” said John Nicholson, Executive Director of the Kentucky Horse Park.
“This particular Equus caballus is a star for the Standardbred industry, too nosotros expect frontward to sharing him too his storey amongst the throngs of visitors who bask the green each year. He volition move a welcome improver to our champion line-up, too nosotros give cheers his connections for entrusting his attention to our team.”
Won The West was bred inwards New Bailiwick of Jersey past times Fair Winds Farm out of Gabrielle past times Dragon’s Lair. He was foaled inwards 2004. Won The West was bought for $35,000 past times trainer Brian Brown at the Harrisburg Yearling Sale. Brown bought the colt for James Koehler’s Country Club Acres, Inc. of Findlay, Ohio; the Kantzer family’s Strollin Stable of Marion, Ohio; and, William Robinson of Findlay, Ohio.
With trainer Ron Burke added to the squad inwards 2007, Won The West went on to move i of the highest-earning horses on the Standardbred racing circuit, beating merely about of the biggest names inwards racing such equally Mister Big too winning the Canadian Pacing Derby, the Indiana Pacing Derby, the Bobby Quillin Memorial too the Dan Patch Invitational, besides equally 3 American national stakes titles.
Won The West joins immature human being Standardbred pacing champions Staying Together too Western Dreamer, too Standardbred trotting champion Mr. Muscleman, at the Hall of Champions.
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