Standardbred Recently retired from racing, McWicked earned $5.1 million during a race career that began in 2013 and included 40 wins in 110 starts while setting his lifetime mark of 1:46.2 at age 7. The ungelded son of McArdle – … Continue reading
Category Archives: Standardbred
Amour Angus
Standardbred Bred by Pierre Levesque’s Fermes Angus of Bedford, Quebec, Amour Angus made her mark on the Standardbred industry as a broodmare. Eleven of her 15 foals raced, earning in excess of $3.5 million. Of her eight foals sired by … Continue reading
Rambling Willie
Standardbred The winner of 128 races in 305 starts during the 1970s and early 1980s, Rambling Willie was a three-time winner of the Canadian Pacing Derby – 1975 in a dead heat with Pickwick Baron, 1976 and 1977. At the … Continue reading
Dan Patch
Standardbred Legend The most famous pacer of the early 1900’s he won all 73 races he contested and attracted large crowds of fans at his appearances in both the US and Canada. Dan Patch was a horse for the ages … Continue reading
Angus Hall
Standardbred When the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame unveiled the list of its 2019 class, both horse and human, Winbak Farm’s Ontario farm manager Pat Woods said he was ecstatic and proud when he saw the name Angus Hall. … Continue reading
Tricky Tooshie
Standardbred Tricky Tooshie’s resume is not full of black-type stakes wins and she never won an O’Brien Award. The daughter of Rumpus Hanover and Sangria Belle (Tijuana Taxi) earned her place in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame the … Continue reading
Blissfull Hall
Standardbred When Hip #44 was walked out at the 1997 Tattersalls Sale in Kentucky, trainer Ben Wallace’s eyes widened. All he could muster at that moment – inside his head – was, ‘Wow.’ Before information was readily available at … Continue reading
Chancey Lady
Standardbred Chancey Lady’s induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is just the latest in a string of outsize accomplishments for the diminutive pacing mare. Purchased by Niele Jiwan out of the 2006 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, … Continue reading
Mach Three
Standardbred David Heffering said his first reaction upon hearing the news that late great pacing stallion Mach Three was a first-ballot Canadian Hall of Famer was incredible joy for the Muscara family that owned the horse that died tragically in … Continue reading
Happy Lady
Standardbred Her racing career was brief – just two years – but Happy Lady’s impressive exploits are undoubtedly worthy of Hall of Fame recognition. A daughter of Most Happy Fella, Happy Lady’s two years on the racetrack – 1977 and … Continue reading
