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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Jctoronto on April 13, 2025, 01:40:37 PM

Title: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Jctoronto on April 13, 2025, 01:40:37 PM

Gone quietly at age 30, friday.

Hall of Famer
Top stallion and
champ inc. a
world record in 2000 Age 5, older/on a mile
M Lachance/Brett Pelling
(A Riegle, B Burgess also trained him)

And dad to many outstanding horses, like:
Rocknroll Hanover
Vintage Master
Krispy Apple
Western Ace
Dial or Nodial
Artspeak
Big Jim
Always a Virgin
American Ideal, Luck Be With You, Western Joe, etc.

Heres the 2000 Breeders record..Dragon Again did lots of the setup, Western Ideal pounced, and for Lachance, a no longer seen today 'beat a thon' to get him home.
Mr Sam Mckee
https://youtu.be/maOFbB8FGEA?si=K5cXMciYgWkJ7k0q

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Brown jug on April 13, 2025, 01:51:46 PM

pretty sure lachance would be arrested for that today

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Jctoronto on April 13, 2025, 02:06:20 PM

His credits also include broodmare sire:
Mcwicked
This is the Plan
Bettors Wish
Lyons Sentinel
Abuckabett Handover
and many more top performers

And, if that wasnt enough, grandsire to Always B Miki

He'll be buried at Hanover Shoe, right next to Cam's Card Shark.

(Credit Standardbred Canada)

Brittany Farms Western Ideal, prolific.

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on April 13, 2025, 02:25:44 PM

From the great Leah Almahurst! Obviously retained by Segal. Looked like a real good one until he got hurt and missed his sophomore campaign.

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Brown jug on April 13, 2025, 05:28:45 PM

awesome horse and sire etc

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: IL guy is retired on May 05, 2025, 05:48:01 PM

One of the best breed of horses ever. What fantastic animals so many of them were. RIP Big horse.

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on May 06, 2025, 10:41:55 AM

Been watching and reading about him a bit. Interesting story about coming back.

Title: Re: WESTERN IDEAL. r.i.p.
Post by: Brown jug on May 06, 2025, 12:04:17 PM

horse is royalty and a must in pedigree builds
dont forget his son american ideal , who is not bad himself
american ideals grandmothers are three diamonds and leah almahurst ,