Lindy's Pride
| Lindy's Pride | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Star's Pride |
| Grandsire | Worthy Boy |
| Dam | Galena Hanover |
| Damsire | Spencer Scott |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1966 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Hanover Shoe Farms |
| Owner | Lindy Farms et al |
| Trainer | Howard Beissinger |
| Record | 47: 25-9-4 |
| Earnings | $396,209 |
| Major wins | |
|
Yonkers Trot (1969) Hambletonian Stakes (1969) Kentucky Futurity (1969) |
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| Awards | |
| Three-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the year (1969) | |
| Honors | |
| Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame (2002) | |
Lindy's Pride (1966 – June 25, 1997) was an American Standardbred racehorse and sire. He won the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters as a three-year-old in 1969 but was retired owing to chronic hoof problems a year later. He later became a successful breeding stallion.
Lindy's Pride was a bay horse bred in Pennsylvania by Hanover Shoe Farms and was originally given the name Galahad Hanover. As a yearling in 1967 he was bought for $15,500 by Lindy Farms in association with the Antonacci and the Lomangino families and renamed Lindy's Pride. During his track career he was trained by Howard Beissinger.
He was sired by Star's Pride out of the mare Galena Hanover, a daughter of Spencer Scott
In his first season Lindy's Pride ran 24 times and won 13 races. The most significat of his successes came in the American-National Stakes, the Review Futurity and the Arden Downs.
As a three-year-old Lindy's Pride became the fifth horse to win Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Trotters as he recorded victories in the Yonkers Futurity, the Hambletonian Stakes (in a career best time of 1:57.3) and the Kentucky Futurity. His trainer Howard Beissinger also drove the horse to success in the Triple Crown series. The colt also recorded major victories in the Dexter Cup and the Colonial. His achievements were all the more notable as he had to ovecome problems with cracks and splits to his hooves ("quarter cracks").
Lindy's Pride was voted Three-Year-Old Colt Trotter of 1969, but lost out to the outstanding six-year-old mare Fresh Yankee in the polling to determine the American Harness Horse of the Year award.
Lindy's Pride began his third season in good form and recorded a win over Fresh Yankee. He was then sent to Europe with the Elitloppet in Sweden as his principal target. He managed one second place from three starts but the condition of his hooves had deteriorated to the point that he could not continue racing. He was retired to become a breeding stallion in Kentucky.
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