Western Hanover Sons Dominated Little Brown Jug
Well Said and If I Can Dream Won the Jug Elimination Rounds
Sep 29, 2009
In ten of the last eleven years, Western Hanover led the breeding season's money earnings by progeny. His two best three-year-old sons of 2009 battled head to head in the Little Brown Jug September 24 in Delaware, Ohio. North America Cup and Meadowlands Pace titleist Well Said charged from fourth place to the lead rounding the Jug's three-quarters marker to encounter If I Can Dream in the stretch.
The two Western Hanover colts finished one-two in the Jug's final heat, with Well Said taking a length victory, after each had won his elimination heat earlier in the day. Well Said had blasted from the eight hole to storm to a three-length plus triumph in his elim, Race 15 on the day's card. If I Can Dream handled all challengers in Race 14, the afternoon's first Jug elim.
Favored Well Said was given the No. 2 post for the final heat by trainer Steve Elliott, who looked to gain a little better hoofing for his entry away from the inner rail dampered considerably by steady afternoon drizzles.
Little Brown Jug Final Heat Line-up Alphabetically
- Carnivore, by Real Desire-Party Animal--The Panderosa --- (career = 23: 2 - 6 - 0; $485,681)
- If I Can Dream, by Western Hanover-Arterra--Artsplace --- (24: 9 - 3 - 2; $1,029,263)
- Mr. Wiggles, by Badlands Hanover-Wiggle Hanover-- Life Sign --- (23: 12 - 4 - 1; $808,787)
- River Shark, by Four Starzz Shark-Riverview Diamond--Life Sign --- (24: 8 - 5 - 4; $301,779)
- Sheer Desire, by Real Desire-Carolache--Kiev Hanover --- (18: 9 - 2 - 0; $323,192)
- Straight Shooting, by Western Terror-Mattcheck Girl--Matt's Scooter --- (19: 5- 3 - 2; $269,140
- Vintage Master, by Western Ideal-Art's Vintage--Artsplace --- (27: 3 - 10 - 6; $1,135,522)
- Well Said, by Western Hanover-Must See--Artsplace --- (22: 12 - 4 - 2; $2,218,438)
Western Hanover Sons As Sires Doing Well
In addition to having two sons fight it out for the Jug title, Western Hanover had three other sons who sired, or grandsired Little Brown Jug entries, The Panderosa, Western Terror, and Western Ideal.
The Panderosa is a grandsire to Carnivore, who finished fourth in Race 15 to qualify for the Jug's final heat. Western Terror, sire of Straight Shooting, and Western Ideal, who sired 2009 Cane Pace champion Vintage Master, are also Western Hanover sons.
Doubleshotascotch Western Hanover Grandson
Western Hanover's grandson, Doubleshotascotch, was entered in the first Jug elimination heat, qualifying off his 1:51.4 victory in a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) championship race. His trainer, Noel Daley, was impressed enough with the gelding's sixth win of the year, which was also his sixth career victory, to head for Delaware.
"He's earned a trip out there," Daley told interviewers at the PASS.
Doubleshotascotch gathered in a PASS winner's purse that boosted his lifetime earnings to $222,982. A son of Dragon Again-Pacific Sister K, he is driven by Jim Morrill Jr.
Western Hanover's Sterling Sire Record
While a proven paternal sire of great pacers and successful siring sons, Western Hanover also influenced Standardbred female bloodlines by producing top broodmares. His daughters foaled two track-earning millionaires, Shark Gesture, and Tidewaterdragonfly, as well as World Champion Little Miss Dragon, and Nebupanezzar, two-year-old Canadian Champion.
Sons and grandsons of Cam Fella and Artsplace, as well as others, have bloodlines leading directly to Western Hanover daughters.
Shark Gesture and Rocknroll Hanover Also Champions
Six-year-old pacer Shark Gesture is a Canadian Pacing Derby champion. He is currently 2009's leading money-earning older horse on the circuit with $1.8 million in the bank.
Western Hanover's grandson, Rocknroll Hanover, lead's the season in sires of two-year-old money earners. Rocknroll Hanover also was 2008's leading sire by yearling average.
Also on Western Hanover's sire resume is Western Dreamer, pacing's 1997 Triple Crown winner. Western Dreamer swept all three classics wire to wire.
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