Ralph Hanover
| Ralph Hanover | |
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| Sire | Meadow Skipper |
| Grandsire | Dale Frost |
| Dam | Ravina Hanover |
| Damsire | Tar Heel |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1980 |
| Died | 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Hanover Shoe Farms |
| Owner | Waples Stable, Inc., Pointsetta Stables, Inc. (Stewart Firlotte), Grants Direct Stable (Richard Dinner & Norman Keyes) |
| Trainer | Stewart "Stew" Firlotte |
| Record | 40 starts, 27 wins |
| Earnings | $1,815,395 |
| Major wins | |
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Bluegrass Stakes (1982) U.S. Pacing Triple Crown wins: Cane Pace (1983) Little Brown Jug (1983) |
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| Awards | |
| 1982 CTA 2YO C&G Pacer of the Year 1983 CTA 3YO C&G Pacer of the Year 1983 USA 3YO C&G Pacer of the Year |
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| Honors | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1986) | |
Bluegrass Stakes (1982)
Canadian Juvenile Circuit Stakes (1982)
Geers Stakes (1983)
Queen City Stakes (1983)
Burlington Stakes (1983)
Meadowlands Pace (1983)
Adios Stakes (1983)
Prix d'Été (1983)
Simcoe Stakes (1983)
Tattersalls Pace (1983)<
U.S. Pacing Triple Crown wins:
Ralph Hanover (1980 - October 18, 2008) was a Standardbred colt who in 1983 became the seventh horse to capture the U.S. Pacing Triple Crown. Bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, as a yearling he was purchased for $58,000 by trainer Stewart Firlotte at the 1981 Standardbred Horse Sale Company's Harrisburg, Pennsylvania auction.
Ralph Hanover made his racing debut at age two on June 11, 1982. He would win seven of his fifteen starts that year including the Bluegrass Stakes in Lexington, Kentucky and two editions of the Canadian Juvenile Circuit Stakes at Greenwood Raceway in Toronto and at Blue Bonnets Raceway in Montreal. He was voted the 1982 Two-year-old Canadian Colt & Gelding Pacer of the Year.
At age three, Ralph Hanover won the 1983 Triple Crown for pacers by capturing the Messenger Stakes at Roosevelt Raceway on June 18, the Cane Pace at Yonkers Raceway on August 20, and the Little Brown Jug at the Delaware County, Ohio Fair Grounds on September 22. For trainer & co-owner Firlotte, Ralph Hanover was driven in all three races by co-owner and principal driver Ron Waples who would later be inducted into both the U.S. and Canadian Halls of Fame.
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