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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Admin on November 20, 2025, 06:18:22 AM
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...against the boys?
My favorite 2 were Anniecrombie and Peace Corps
Who were yours?
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Moni Maker
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Fan Hanover
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A long time ago back at Brandywine Raceway, Meadow Blue Chip used to compete against males all the time in the feature race, so did Miss Conna Adios. As for trotters, Fresh Yankee always did well against males. Fresh Yankee was a $900 yearling purchase who won almost 1.3 million back in the 60's which would be the equivalent of over 10 million in 2025 without factoring in inflation.
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Lillian Green and Countess Adios
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Tarport Hap
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There were a lot great ones I’m impartial to overnight horse. Scenic Regal Harold Story
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Fresh Yankee
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Silk Stockings
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A long time ago back at Brandywine Raceway, Meadow Blue Chip used to compete against males all the time in the feature race, so did Miss Conna Adios. As for trotters, Fresh Yankee always did well against males. Fresh Yankee was a $900 yearling purchase who won almost 1.3 million back in the 60's which would be the equivalent of over 10 million in 2025 without factoring in inflation.
great memory with Meadow Blue Chip
she raced in the open/invite at Brandywine/Liberty Bell in the 70s when I first started going to the track
there was no Open mares that would fill in those days-so she was forced to face the boys and beat them more often than not
Moni Maker raced until age 7 and her accomplishments were already mentioned on another thread, beating the boys both here and many races in Europe
if we were talking fillies-it would be CR Kay Suzie-who was more than 10 lengths faster than the boys in her 3yo season--you will not see another filly go off 1/9 in The Hambletonian ever again
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As I recall CR Kay Suzie made an early break in her Hambo elim and didn't qualify for the finals which was won by Tagliabue and John Campbell for brother Jim.
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As I recall CR Kay Suzie made an early break in her Hambo elim and didn't qualify for the finals which was won by Tagliabue and John Campbell for brother Jim.
she made a break on the backstretch and rallied furiously to just get nipped for 5th
CR Kay Suzie was never once out-trotted--all of her losses were when she broke stride
she was a very nervous filly..her making an occasional break came with the territory , she was brilliant
she also wore hopples-which many of her detractors held against her-which still today I do not understand
The Allens allowed a large group of Swedish media take pictures of her all week leading up to Hambletonian Day-causing her nerves to act up- a move he badly regrets
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Has to be Moni Maker.
I put CR Kay Suzie alongside Peaceful Way, when the behaved they were brilliant.
I did like the Allen's and they sure had a lot of success but they didn't like to loose and old Carl always had some excuses.
Also, nothing wrong with competing with the boys every now and than.
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So Much More was very strong in Open company in Canada for I think as long as a couple of consecutive years.
Despite being T-Bred her name has to make it into a thread with this title...
Zenyatta! ;D
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Handle With Care.
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Shady Daisy beat the boys on occasion. She was a beast.
The best would be hard for me to determine. When I started following closely mare pacers rarely faced the boys.
Trotters mentioned by others were memorable. Moni Maker on the world stage, Scenic Regal winning while handicapped, & Cr K Suzie had tremendous speed.
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I always admired and respected the mares who raced against the boys, on several occasions and on the biggest stage. So, for me it was Handle With Care, CR Kay Suzie, Peace Corps, and Moni Maker. You can't forget Fan Hanover going three wide in her elimination and then coming back to win the LBJ.
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Belle Acton beat the boys often
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Shady daisey
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Moni Maker
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Delmonica Hanover-Del Miller
USTA Horse Of The Year-1974.
Named USHWA Divisonal Champion at age two, three, four, and five.
2nd both heats of 1972 Hambo to Super Bowl.
In 1974 won France's Prix d'Amerique against the best trotters
Europe had to offer.
In 1973 and 1974 won the Roosevelt International againt the best trotters the World had to offer.
World Champion at three and four.
Dam of Hambo co-winner Park Avenue Joe, and World Champion Delmegan.
Yes I am old, and yes I saw her race many times.
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Proximity
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Proximity
I read somewhere that Proximity set two track records at two different distances the same day at one of the Western New York tracks.
Any truth to that?
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In Chicago, especially at Maywood, Pretty Direct !
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I read somewhere that Proximity set two track records at two different distances the same day at one of the Western New York tracks.
Any truth to that?
I'm not aware of Proximity racing twice at two different distances and setting track records for both but it's possible. I do know that she was Horse of the Year in 1950 and when she retired she was the leading money-winning Standardbred in history, with career earnings of over $250,000.
The Stan Bergstein-Proximity Award is named in part after the greatest trotting mare of her era.
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Many great race horses talked about but for me it was the great French mare UN DE MAI who was the best at a time of some other great mares like Fresh yankee who battled with un de mai, On the pacing side i would go with Roses are RED or handle with care.
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Delmonica Hanover-Del Miller
USTA Horse Of The Year-1974.
Named USHWA Divisonal Champion at age two, three, four, and five.
2nd both heats of 1972 Hambo to Super Bowl.
In 1974 won France's Prix d'Amerique against the best trotters
Europe had to offer.
In 1973 and 1974 won the Roosevelt International againt the best trotters the World had to offer.
World Champion at three and four.
Dam of Hambo co-winner Park Avenue Joe, and World Champion Delmegan.
Yes I am old, and yes I saw her race many times.
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Forgot about her. Thanks for the reminder.
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Many great race horses talked about but for me it was the great French mare UN DE MAI who was the best at a time of some other great mares like Fresh yankee who battled with un de mai, On the pacing side i would go with Roses are RED or handle with care.
Truly one of the greats.
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Bruce Jenner
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Bruce Jenner
ngc3 tmbz1 ngc3
I hope you're not a one hit wonder from this point on, and go back to your default topic, it's chewed up gum.
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Tarport Hap on the pace, Moni Maker and Roquepine on the trot.
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I lean much more toward the trotting side to will weigh in on that gait only:
Moni Maker
Une De Mai (came here to say this and was pleased to see others had beaten me to it)
Delmonica
Fresh Yankee
Peace Corps
More recently..Hannelo re, Atlanta, Peaceful Way and Manchego impressed.
That said, there are a good many mares who deserve honorable mention for dominating their local circuits at the open level.
I maintain the belief that if the talent level is the same/comparable, a mare will nearly always out-game a male competitor, horse or gelding.
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Grade Singing Tarport Hap Manchengo
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How about the trotting mare that did not get raced till she was eight years old?
Won her first lifetime starts at Goshen in 2:36 and 2:37.
Won 350 heats lifetime.
Won 95 of the 123 races she was entered in.
Several heats per race.
Several decades ago I told an owner to pick up his mare because she was not worth wasting his money and my time on. He picked her up and paid his training bill.
He then wrote me a nasty letter writing that I did not have the patience to wait on a mare not even a mare like Goldsmith Maid and get her to the races.
He was 100% correct!
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How about the trotting mare that did not get raced till she was eight years old?
Won her first lifetime starts at Goshen in 2:36 and 2:37.
Won 350 heats lifetime.
Won 95 of the 123 races she was entered in.
Several heats per race.
Several decades ago I told an owner to pick up his mare because she was not worth wasting his money and my time on. He picked her up and paid his training bill.
He then wrote me a nasty letter writing that I did not have the patience to wait on a mare not even a mare like Goldsmith Maid and get her to the races.
He was 100% correct!
Wow! I didn't know that about her. Cool story - did that mare end up any good?
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Wow! I didn't know that about her. Cool story - did that mare end up any good?
NO, but I would post no even if she did do good.
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I agree with almost all of the names noted, but my personal favorite (perhaps because of her color) was Sandra Lil.
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NO, but I would post no even if she did do good.
tmbz1 ;D
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I agree with almost all of the names noted, but my personal favorite (perhaps because of her color) was Sandra Lil.
In Chicago, especially at Maywood, Pretty Direct !
That is two for Ole Insko as driver
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Moni Maker