![]() The Hanover dream is been kept alive by Tourello Standardbreds studmaster, Kerrie Hymers. While the great champion sadly passed away in March 2013, the opportunity, thanks to Kerrie Hymers and some frozen semen from New Zealand, another couple of potential champions could possibly be added to the list below: Rock N Roll Heaven ![]() ![]() Rocknroll Hanover stood in Australia during the 11/12 and 12/13 seasons and has combined hemisphere progeny earnings of over $138 million. Rocknroll Hanover’s Meadowlands Pace victory made him the first Standardbred horse in history to win three million-dollar races (U.S. His richest victories included the New Jersey Classic, North America Cup ($1.5million Canadian), Meadowlands Pace (in record time), Simcoe Stakes, Bluegrass, Tattersalls Pace, James B. Rocknroll Hanover never finished off the board during his 2005 sophomore campaign, winning 12 of 18 and garnering $2,223,257 in earnings. In September 2004, two-year-old Rocknroll Hanover brought a modest record of a win and two thirds from four starts and 31-1 odds to the $1.2million Metro Stakes final at Woodbine, and left with $466,543 and the distinction of being the first two-year-old in standardbred to break the 1:50 mark by stopping the clock in 1:49.4.Ī week later Rocknroll Hanover dead-heated in the Champlain Stakes, and completed his season with a record of three wins and four placings from eight start and total earnings of $530,781. Trained by Brett Pelling and driven by Brian Sears, Rocknroll Hanoverraced in 20, and accumulated a lifetime record of 26-15-5-5.Īt the time of his retirement, Rocknroll Hanoverwas the fastest two-year-old standardbred in history, the third leading single-season money winning standardbred of all time and the 11th leading all-time money winning pacer. Snyder of New York for $190,000 at the Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s Yearling Sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2003. ![]() A 2005 Horse of the Year winner, this champion pacer was born on April 2, 2002. THE amazing pacing stallion Rocknroll Hanover was bred by Hanover Shoe Farms of Hanover, Pennsylvania. ![]()
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