Toronto, April 29, 2025 -Woodbine will profile a horse in the Mohawk racing season once a week that had a life-changing influence on one of its closest connections.
This week coach Dave Menary, who deserved his 1,000TH Career victory on April 11th in Mohawk, and the horse stopped the Gurtracing bargains of the century. “He is watching.
“He was a kind of fairytale horse,” said Menary of the Champion Pacer, which he bought for 3,000 US dollars from the Harrisburg Yearling Sale 2012.
“He drove eight times at the age of two and was unbeaten. He set up six plug-in records and two world records. He won the Dan Patch Award for the 2-year Colt Tempo of the Year, and at the end of the year we sold half [interest] For a seven -digit number.
“He came back at the age of three and won the Meadowlands pace, the fastest race in the story at that time. Then he went to the stallion in Ontario. He is the cheapest yearling that I have ever bought. To achieve what he did, it is what dreams are.”
He observes (the) biography
Foal: June 13, 2011
Father: ideal American (ny)
Mother: Baberin
Profit seconds: 13-3-1
Income: $ 1,129,215
Trainer: Dave Menary
Owner: Menary Guerriero, Muscara Racing Trust, Let It Ride Stables, Conclusion Racing LLC.
Breeder: Brittany Farms, Robert B Burgess, Karin B Olson Burgess
What do you remember for the first time when you met him?
“He was not on my low list because he was born in mid-June and was a Fresh York Colt, but I liked the stallion foal really-large head, huge foot, great back end. But he was diminutive in mid-June. I thought he was the kind of horse you had to wait.
“I set it into the range of $ 30,000 to $ 40,000. He was [Hip] Number 822. I spoke to Jeff Ruch when he sold, and I had marked my book all and I thought they couldn't be on the right horse. It took two commandments, but I bought it for $ 3,000.
“I think we had 24 babies this year, and he was good at the last load from the start. My second coach, Francis Richard, and I joked that this little inexpensive colt was more than some of these high-priced ones in which we were for two months.”
Which breed of him was most meaningful for you and why?
“The entire two-year trip was incredible, but definitely had to be the Meadowlands pace. This was the first time that I had a horse in the Meadowlands pace, and he won the excretion and the final, but he just did it with such an authority. It was the fastest race ever. He came home: 25.2 That day. [Driver] Tim [Tetrick] turned and celebrated like 10 lengths in front of the wire.
“It was just incredible. It was the kind of things I dreamed of as a child.”
Which human athlete would you compare it and why?
“I think it should be someone who was missing a bit of size, but had a lot of speed and grit. Maybe someone likes it to someone [former NHL forward] Theo Fleury or someone who was missing in size but didn't know that they did it.
“He was a tank, this horse. He was not very huge, but I think he is the hardest horse I've ever had. He was more of a pit bull or a bulldog. He was all muscles like [former NFL running back] Marshawn Lynch. “
Three words to describe him?
“Swift. Quick. Quickly.”
How did he change your life?
“At that time he was very good for me and my partners – to run it and sell him. He put many yearlings and many horses in the barn and probably bought my house at the end of the day.
“There are still many Little MA and PA operations in the state of Fresh York. He gave everyone directly in the I-90 hop. There is still hope for the little guy. As soon as you get the house from yearling, it doesn't matter what you cost, you treat you anyway.”
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