10 January 2024 | APGold
Always B Miki is the U14 Champion pacer that retired as the Fastest Horse of All Time.
Trained by Jimmy Takter, Always B Miki’s racetrack deeds moved him to state: “I think this could be the greatest horse that ever lived.”
As a younger horse, he raced mainly at Hoosier Park in Indiana but came to national prominence in his three-year-old season. Favoured to win the final of the Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Pace, the colt fractured his leg before the race and needed to undergo surgery.
After a long layoff, he returned to win the 2015 Breeders Crown Open Pace. At age five, he won several major races and set multiple speed records including a world record of 1:46 at The Red Mile. He received the 2016 Dan Patch Award for Harness Horse of the Year.
His race record is below.
| Age | Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | Time | Details |
| 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 3 | $135,384 | 1:53.1 | Won leg ISS Gold (3rd in Final); 2nd The Elevation Pace Final, leg SS Gold (twice). |
| 3 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 1 | $794,707 | 1:47.8 | Won Tattersalls Pace, div Bluegrass Stakes, div Somebeachsomewhere Pace, Reynolds Mem., elim Breeders Crown, The Monument Circle Pace, elim and Final (twice) and Super-Final ISS; 2nd elim. and Final Meadowlands Pace, Jennas Beach Boy Pace. |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | $365,915 | 1:49 | Won elim and Final Breeders Crown, American National Stakes, elim. ISS. |
| 5 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 0 | $1,530,170 | 1:46 | Won Breeders Crown Final, elim and Final Ben Franklin Pace, William R. Haughton Memorial, Jim Ewart Memorial, Hoosier Park Pacing Derby, Allerage Farm Pace, Mohawk Gold Cup, Final TVG Pace; 2nd Canadian Pacing Derby, Dan Patch Invitational, Dayton Pacing Derby. |
| TOTAL | 53 | 30 | 23 | 3 | $2,826,176 |
His 2022 Southern Hemisphere yearlings sold for $180,000, $150,000, $105,000, $100,000, $100,000, etc
At the 2023 Lexington Select Sale the progeny of Always B Miki sold up to $230,000
He had a total of 35 lots go under the hammer for a very respectable average north of $55,000, 8th highest overall for the pacing lots.
If you are interested in Always B Miki, the 2024 APG Gold Coast Sale is the only place to be on Sunday January 28. Never have the opportunities for new owners/investors in harness racing been better. The 82 pacing lots will be the only horses eligible to compete for the two APG Race Series Finals (1 x Fillies 1 X Colts) – worth $100,000 each.
Always B Miki has 4 Lots in the Gold Coast Sale:
Lot 9 a colt out of the Holmes Hanover mare Best Of Wine. Bred by J M Mulcrone a noted seller, this colt is the half to
Dancin With Elvis – $89,883
Shez All Style – $108,261
Lot 27 a colt out of the Mach Three dam Fire One, this dam has had 2 starters for two winners.
Lot 42 a colt out of the $198,156 winning Bettors Delight mare, Joannes A Delight, this colt is the half to
Hoppys Way – $190,210
Lot 66 is his only filly in the sale and is out of the $80,809 winning Perfect Art mare, Paris Highlights, this filly is the half to
Americanhighlights – $70,347
Favoritehighlight – $89,829
Rocknrollhighlight – $112,947
Balboa Rock – $118,845 winner of the 2023 QLD Sales Race
As a sire Miki has proven he can leave elite horse with speed, below are his best so far.
| Grace Hill | 2018 | U4 | p,(5) 1.47.4 | $1,893,906 | Western Silk | Western Terror |
| Perfect Sting | 2018 | U34 | p,(3) 1.48.1 | $1,861,447 | Shebestingin | Bettor’s Delight |
| Sylvia Hanover | 2020 | U7 | p,(3) 1.48.1 | $1,742,675 | Shyaway | Artiscape |
| Niki Hill | 2019 | U12 | p,(3) 1.48.4 | $1,444,879 | Road Bet | Bettor’s Delight |
| Southwind Gendry | 2018 | U7 | p,(5) 1.47.2 | $1,208,474 | Gamblers Passion | Cam’s Card Shark |
| Strong Poison | 2020 | U2 | p,(3) 1.48.0 | $856,342 | Fiyonce | Rocknroll Hanover |
| Monte Miki | 2019 | U8 | p,(2) 1.50.4 | $751,796 | Montenegro | Camluck |
| Mad Max Hanover | 2019 | U302 | p,(3) 1.47.4 | $731,685 | Mayhem Seelster | Mach Three |
| Always A Miki | 2018 | U2 | p,(3) 1.48.0 | $604,549 | Beach Gal | Somebeachsomewhere |
| Mikala | 2018 | U7 | p,(5) 1.47.4 | $552,404 | Shes Some Treasure | Somebeachsomewhere |
We invite you to join us at the Gold Coast on Sunday, January 28 at the Magic Millions Complex. Don’t miss the chance to explore and invest in top-notch offerings from some of Queensland’s finest and register as a buyer for both sales now!
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