Rocking The Breeding World

From The Team At Allwood

While its true North America has around 3,000 recorded families, one seems to be leading the way in the modern era, especially on the latest release of Harness Racing Living Hall Of Fame List.

The  U7 – Miss Duvall family has a staggering 7 living greats on the list.

If we take a quick look at each of the bio’s from  the Harness Museum of the Stallions above, it’s clear to many just how special these stars are.

Western Ideal U7 – Miss Duvall

Western Ideal Bred by Brittany Farms, world champion pacer Western Ideal was foaled on May 23, 1995 in Versailles, Kentucky, and raced in 1997, 1999 and 2000. As a five-year-old in 2000, trained by Brett Pelling and driven by Mike Lachance, Western Ideal won the Breeders Crown, William R. Haughton Memorial, Canadian Pacing Derby and the Graduate Series. In his Breeders Crown victory, Western Ideal set a world record 1:48 for five-year-old and older Standardbreds on a mile track. He was voted 2000 Dan Patch Older Pacing Horse of the Year.

As a stallion, Western Ideal has sired winners of over $135 million, with 193 $200,000 winners and 12 millionaires to date. They include 2005 Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame Immortal Rocknroll Hanover p,3,1:48.3 ($2,754,038); 2009 Adios winner and world champion Vintage Master p,4,1:48.1f ($2,160,953); 2010 Matron Stakes winner and world champion Krispy Apple p,6,1:48.4f ($1,905,676); 2005 Woodrow Wilson winner Western Ace p,4,1:48.4 ($1,891,133); New Jersey Sire Stakes star Dial Or Nodial p,5,1:48.3f ($1,764,975); 2014 Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year Artspeak p,3,1:47.4 ($1,628,762); and 2010 Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year and world champion Big Jim p,2,1:49.1s ($1,541,924).

Western Ideal has sired three sub-1:48 pacers – world champion American Ideal p,3,1:47.4 ($786,055), winner of the 2005 Confederation Cup and Tattersalls Pace; 2014 Dan Patch and O’Brien Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year Artspeak p,3,1:47.4 ($1,628,762); and 2013 Breeders Crown winner Luck Be Withyou p,5,1:47.4f ($1,454,166).

As a broodmare sire, Western Ideal has sired the dams of winners of over $60 million to date, with 5 millionaires: 2014 Dan Patch and O’Brien Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year, world champion Mcwicked p,3,1:47.3f ($4,878,342); 2015 Canadian Pacing Derby winner, O’Brien Horse of the Year and world champion State Treasurer p,6,1:47 ($1,908,424); 2017 North America Cup winner Fear The Dragon p,3,1:48.4s ($1,578,547); 2010 Two-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year, 2011 Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year and world champion See You At Peelers p,3,1:49.2f ($1,573,260); and 2015 O’Brien Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year Solar Sister p,4,1:49.4f ($1,012,209).

Bred by Brittany Farms of Versailles, Kentucky, pacing horse Art Major was foaled on June 11, 1999 and has a lifetime race record of 49-32-7-2. His primary driver and trainer were John Campbell and William Robinson respectively.

Art Major U7 – Miss Duvall

In 2002, three-year-old Art Major finished on the board in 25 of 31 starts with 20 wins. Victories included the Breeders Crown, Hoosier Cup, Cane Pace, Progress Pace, Confederation Cup, James Dancer Memorial, Tattersalls Pace and Bluegrass. His earnings of $1,562,779 were the most of any Standardbred in 2002 and he was voted Dan Patch and O’Brien Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

Four-year-old Art Major won 8 of 11 starts with 3 seconds in 2003. Major victories included the Breeders Crown, Canadian Pacing Derby and U.S. Pacing Championship. Ranked fourth in earnings for all Standardbreds in 2003 with $1,082,930, Art Major was voted Dan Patch and O’Brien Older Pacing Horse of the Year.

As a stallion, Art Major is the sire of 22 in 1:49, and has sired winners of $125,802,835 with nine millionaires, including world champion Art Official p,3,1:47 ($2,082,885), winner of the 2008 Meadowlands Pace, Hoosier Cup and Cane Pace; 2014 North America Cup winner JK Endofanera p,3,1:48.2 ($2,049,580); world champion Hypnotic Blue Chip p,4,1:47.2 ($1,787,311), winner of the 2010 U.S. Pacing Championship; and 2007 Breeders Crown and Governor’s Cup winner Santanna Blue Chip p,9,1:51s ($1,666,701).

As a broodmare sire, Art Major has sired the dams of winners of over $39 million.

Captaintreacherous U7 – Miss Duvall

Bred by White Birch Farm in Allentown, New Jersey, two-time Pacer of the Year Captaintreacherous was foaled on February 17, 2010 and has a lifetime race record of 33-23-5-2. He was driven by Tim Tetrick and trained by Tony Alagna.

In 2012, two-year-old Captaintreacherous finished on the board in all of his 10 starts, winning 8 and earning $918,253. Victories included the Metro Pace, Woodrow Wilson and Nassagaweya. The leading money winning two-year-old Standardbred of 2012, he was voted Dan Patch Pacer of the Year and Dan Patch and O’Brien Two-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

Three-year-old Captaintreacherous earned $2,055,033 while winning 13 of 16 starts including the Breeders Crown, North America Cup, Meadowlands Pace, Hempt Memorial, Cane Pace, American-National, Tattersalls Pace and the Bluegrass. He was voted 2013 Dan Patch Pacer of the Year and Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year. Captaintreacherous was the leading money winning Standardbred of 2013.

As a four-year-old in 2014, Captaintreacherous earned $175,371 in seven starts, including a victory in the Meadowlands Maturity. He retired as the 9^th leading single-season money winning pacer of all time. As a sire Treacherous has set the bar too high for others to compete with him, his top 10 are as follows.

The team at Allwood Stud in WA (Phone:  0421 331 586 ) could just have landed the biggest scoop the breeding industry has seen in years by landing one of the hottest stallion prospects available in the sport.

A son on Hall Of Fame immortal.

Rocknroll Hanonver

Bred by Hanover Shoe Farms of Hanover, Pennsylvania, 2005 Horse of the Year and world champion pacer Rocknroll Hanover was foaled on April 2, 2002. He was sold to Jeffrey S. Snyder of New York, New York for $190,000 at the Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s Yearling Sale in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on November 3, 2003. Trained by Brett Pelling and driven by Brian Sears, Rocknroll Hanover raced in 2004 and 2005, and accumulated a lifetime record of 26-15-5-5. At the time of his retirement, Rocknroll Hanover was the fastest two-year-old Standardbred in history, the 3rd leading single-season money winning Standardbred of all time (currently 6th) and the 11th leading all-time money winning pacer.

In September 2004, two-year-old Rocknroll Hanover brought a modest record of 4-1-0-2 and 31-1 odds to the $1.2 million (Canadian) Metro Stakes final at Woodbine, and left with $466,543 (U.S.) and the distinction of being the first two-year-old in Standardbred history to have broken the 1:50 mark (1:49.4s). One week later Rocknroll Hanover finished in a dead heat in the Champlain Stakes, and completed his season with a record of 8-3-1-3 and total earnings of $530,781.

Rocknroll Hanover never finished off the board during his 2005 sophomore campaign, winning 12 of 18 and garnering $2,223,257 in earnings. His richest victories included the New Jersey Classic, North America Cup ($1.5 million Canadian), Meadowlands Pace (in record time), Simcoe Stakes, Bluegrass, Tattersalls Pace, James B. Dancer Memorial and Breeders Crown. Rocknroll Hanover‘s Meadowlands Pace victory made him the first Standardbred horse in history to win three million-dollar races (U.S. or Canada).

Rocknroll Hanover was a shuttle stallion with total North American foal earnings of over $31 million. He sired three millionaires: 2010 Little Brown Jug winner and Horse of the Year Rock N Roll Heaven p,3,1:47.3 ($2,748,818), 2009 She’s A Great Lady and 2010 Breeders Crown winner Put On A Show p,3,1:49.4 ($2,008,132) and Ticket To Rock p,4,1:50.3f ($1,003,203), winner of the 2010 Bluegrass and Glen Garnsey Memorial. Rocknroll Hanover‘s home base was Perretti Farms in Cream Ridge, New Jersey. He was owned by Jeffrey S. Snyder, Perretti Farms and Lothlorien Equestrian Centre in Ontario.

Rocknroll Hanover died in 2013.

Rock N Roll World By ROCKNROLL HANOVER is a son of the champion Artsplace race mare and USA 2YO and 3YO Filly of the Year Worldly Beauty 1:49.6 ($1,900,255), a full sister to the dam of champion colt pacer
and  leading American sire Captaintreacherous 1:47.2 ($3,148,657). Plus she carries the same full blood as Art Major.

ROCK N ROLL WORLD belongs to the same U7-  Miss Duvall family that dominates the Hall Of Fame list above, which is noted for the number of successful sires it has produced such stars as Art Major, American Ideal Captaintreacherous, Perfect Art, Real Artist and Western Ideal.

ROCK N ROLL WORLD displayed brilliant speed and stamina, winning on half-mile, five-eighths and mile tracks in Stakes and Invitational company from two to five years.
In all, ROCK N ROLL WORLD won 18 races with 27 placings for $712,737 in stakes.

A bay horse, foaled in 2012, 15.3 hands and a stunning individual, ROCK N ROLL WORLD represents GREAT value for your broodmare.

What’s really intriguing and exciting about this stallions profile is that there is clear signs that breeders with broodmares on the Adios, Direct Scooter and Meadow Skipper sire line should have a very serious  look at this astonishing stallion prospect from the leading U7- Miss Duvall Family.

Fresh semen from  commercial stallion prospects who come from elite families are almost impossible to fine in this country  at present and don’t be surprised if this young gun (his semen is available 7 days a week ) doesn’t book out very soon. Contact Mick Holtham on 0421 331 586 to secure your chance to breed the sports next champion.

Other U7 – Miss Duvall family members

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