Mack Lobell
| Mack Lobell | |
|---|---|
| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Mystic Park |
| Grandsire | Noble Gesture |
| Dam | Matina Hanover |
| Damsire | Speedy Count |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1984 |
| Died | February 2016 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | brown |
| Breeder | Mrs. Elsie Berger (US) |
| Owner | Louis P. Guida |
| Trainer | Charles Sylvester |
| Record | 56:39-5-6 in North America 38:32-5-0 in Europe |
| Earnings | US$3,917,504 |
| Major wins | |
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Breeders Crown 2yo (1986) Yonkers Trot (1987) Beacon Course Trot (1987) Hambletonian Stakes (1987) Breeders Crown 3yo (1987) International Trot (1988) Elitloppet (1988, 1989) Nat Ray Trot (1988) Breeders Crown (1988) Hugo Abergs Memorial (1989) Challenge Cup (1988, 1989) |
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| Awards | |
| United States 2-Year Old Trotter of the Year (1986) United States 3-Year Old Trotter of the Year, United States Trotter of the Year & United States Harness Horse of the Year (1987) Aged Trotter of the Year & United States Harness Horse of the Year (1988) Swedish Harness Horse of the Year (1989) |
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| Honours | |
| United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame | |
| Last updated on 2016-01-10 | |
Mack Lobell (1984-2016) was a brown racing trotter by Mystic Park out of Matina Hanover by Speedy Count.
He won $3,917,594 during his career and was elected Harness Horse of the Year in 1987 and 1988. Among his many stakes victories were the Yonkers Trot, the Hambletonian, the Elitloppet (twice), the Breeders Crown events for three-year-old and for four-year-old trotters, and the International Trot. His best time of 1:52.1 for the mile was taken as a three-year-old in a race in Springfield, Illinois; this time set the world record for trotters. John Campbell described him as the best horse he has driven.
In 1986 Mack Lobell won the Breeders Crown, set world records at Delaware and Lexington and finished second in the Peter Haughton Memorial. He was voted 2-Year Old Trotter of the Year.
Before the 1987 Hambletonian Mack Lobell had run a world 2yo record for trotters in 1986, and had begun 1987 by winning the Yonkers Trot in equal world record time for his age on a half mile track and setting a Meadowlands track record by winning the Beacon Course Trot. In the Hambletonian Mack Lobell broke the stakes record in both heats winning in 1.54 and 1.53 3/5 beating the other heat winner Napoletano by 6 1/4 lengths despite foot soreness.
After his wins in the Yonkers Trot and The Hambletonian Mack Lobell had the chance to win the Triple Crown by winning the Kentucky Futurity. However, after he broke stride in both heats of the World Trotting Derby at Du Quoin won by Napoletano the task looked more difficult. In the Kentucky Futurity at Lexington Mack Lobell and Napoletano each won a division of the first heat. In the second heat Mack Lobell was defeated by Napoletano after setting a slow pace therefore failing to become the first trotter since 1972 to win the Triple Crown. Toward the end of the season Mack Lobell won the Breeders Crown at Pompano Park by 12 3/4 lengths from Napoletano in a time of 1.54 4/5 shattering the previous world record for a 5/8 mile track of 1.57. He also won the Colonial Trot in addition to his Beacon Course, Yonkers Trot, Hambletonian and Breeders Crown wins and world record mile at Springfield and was named Harness Horse of the Year for 1988 with 13 wins from 16 starts and $1.2m in earnings.
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