You hear an article by Canadian Thororbred.com. Dr. Richard Lister, 86, breeder of remarkable Canadian breeders by: Jennifer Morrison | .
Dr. Richard 'Dick' Lister Had a wonderful sense of humor when it came to breeding racing horses. Whether breeding horses for the commercial market or for races, Lister did a little bit of both; The business is arduous for you to wait a few years to find out whether you were successful.
Dr. Lister died on March 12th.
Lister bought his first horse in the mid -1970s – a foal from Windfields Farm, who made a few starts and put him in sports. When a reporter caught up in Woodbine in 2008, as his mare Danceroftheralm (GB) I had just won the Giant's Causeway Stakes in Keeland and Initforsreal, a foal that he breeded, set up on the Woodbine Oaks.
In fact, Lister's horses won a number of crucial and valuable races for many different owners and trainers and he paid special attention to the breeding of a horse with a classic family tree – which was attractive and mighty on the track when selling.
It was a Homebred from 2011, A dim day of Artie Schiller from his victorious mare in Athena's gift, which Lister was most exhilarating in a very successful career as a breeder. Sold for 90,000 US dollars as a yearling, the Colt, named We miss ArtieFore Ken and Sarah Ramsay and coach Todd Pletcher in the USA and won the 1 grade 1 grade in Keeland. He came to Woodbine to win the plate process, and if it didn't have a catastrophic start in the Queen's Teller 2014, we may miss Artie much better than his fourth finisher in the largest race of Canada.
Lister Athena's gift later sold to Sky Mesa for 300,000 US dollars.
One of Lister's first great runners for his Cinnamont stable was several times in class 2 in class 2 TalltaleladyA Naskra stall foal trained by Robert Barnard in 1987. He drove with the winner of Talltaleladys Stakes Stakes Stakes Stakes Assess how it isTrained by Jim Smith, who would be the last coach of Lister.
Lister also breeded Bison City Stakes in 2004 TouchnowOf a pleasant rooster from now dance. Now dance was sent from Lister to overseas to be bred to King of Kings (IRE), and the resulting foal was Tanceroftherealm, a two-time winner for lister of over $ 300,000. Danceroftheream produced some compact winners.
Lister's valuable mare Queen MarthaNow owned by his longtime friend and recipient Bernard McCormack, produced the winner of the 2021 Breeders Stakes British Royalty (English Channel). Lister also owned the son of the Briartic Stakes winner favored one he bought in foals. This pairing produced inserts initforreal.
Lister's last horse to carry his silk were Googly Eyes, a winner from 2022 and 2023 in Woodbine.
Maybe one of the most popular Homebreds from Lister, Lapochka, was recently honored by the Longrun Fully Pension Society and Woodbine when he retired from a career last autumn, in which he won 20 races. In the first of his first seasons, Lister drove the son of the absent Russian from his mare Russian Sweetiepie before he was claimed in 2018.
His commitment to excellence and sportiness in horse racing was widely viewed, and his contributions to the community were felt by many. Like his father, he found great joy in the thrill of the route, the beauty of the horses and the camaraderie of the race world.
