Always B Miki
| Always B Miki | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Always a Virgin |
| Grandsire | Western Ideal |
| Dam | Artstopper |
| Damsire | Artsplace |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2011 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Roll The Dice Stable |
| Owner | Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable et al. |
| Trainer |
Joe Holloway Jimmy Takter (2015–6) |
| Record | 53: 30–13–3 |
| Earnings | $2,719,368 |
| Gait | Pace |
| Driver | David Miller |
| Mile record | 1:46 0/0 (World Record) |
| Major wins | |
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Tattersalls Pace (2014) Breeders Crown Open Pace (2015, 2016) |
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| Awards | |
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Harness Horse of the Year (2016) Dan Patch Pacer of the Year Award (2016) Dan Patch Award for Older Male Pacer (2016) |
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Tattersalls Pace (2014)
Monument Circle Pace (2014)
American-National Aged Pace (2015)
Gold Cup Invitational Pace (2016)
Ben Franklin Free-For-All Pace (2016)
William R. Haughton Memorial Pace (2016)
Jim Ewart Memorial Invitational Pace (2016)
TVG Free For All Pace (2016)
Always B Miki (foaled 2011) is a Champion American Standardbred pacer. As a younger horse, he raced mainly at Hoosier Park in Indiana but came to national prominence in his three-year-old season. Favored 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.
Always B Miki is a bay horse with a white star on his forehead and a white coronet on his left hind leg. He was bred by Joe Hurley's Roll The Dice Stable and was foaled in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Hurley also bred Always B Miki's sire Always A Virgin, who earned over $1 million in his career, and dam Artstopper, an unraced daughter of Artsplace. Always B Miki is named after Hurley's wife.
After his third start, Hurley sold a part interest in Always B Miki to Bluewood Stable and Val D'Or Farms. In 2015, his ownership group changed to Bluewood Stable, Roll The Dice Stable and Christina Takter. Jimmy Takter became his trainer, while David Miller took over as his driver in most races. In early October 2016, a "significant interest" was sold to Diamond Creek Farm, at which Always B Miki will stand in retirement. Later in October, All American Harnessbreds also bought an interest.
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