Boyden Hanover arrives

Press, 22 February 1977, Page 19

Boyden Hanover arrives

Boyden Hanover, the world, champion two-year-old pacer, iof 1973, arrived in New Zea-I land on Sunday to take up stud duties at Nevele R Stud.j Prebbleton. The fastest race-winning 'pacer ever to stand at studl in New Zealand. Boyden Handover took a lifetime mark of 1:56 as a three-year-old, and] he recorded that time twice jin the space of eight days. ' On the second occasion. his| 1:56 mark came in the second [of two same-day heats and put back-to-back with his!: 1:57 first heat win. constituted a world record for two; heats on a three-quarter mile' track. The winner of $382,194: from 58 starts. Boyden Flan- 1 over won 26 races, was! placed second 15 times and; 1 third on six occasions. As a two-year-old, Boydeni Hanover won 13 times and]! gained six placings from 211’ ‘starts for $122,353, including! eight major stakes victories! and a season's record of, 1 1:58.2. The fastest two-year-old in the United States on hajf-j’ mile and mile tracks in

.Boyden Hanover's juvenile .efforts earned him his “Two-Iyear-old Pacer of the Year title ahead of the brilliant (filly. Handle With Care, ! which was unbeaten in 17 starts at two and went on (to become one of the best 'mares the United States has seen. : During his career, Boyden Hanover paced 34 miles in 2min or better and averaged | $127,398 a season. With three-year-old earnings of $220,636. he is the highest !single-season money-winning stallion ever exported from I the United States. In 1974, when more than 42,500 horses raced in the : United States, 1:56 was !equ..iled or bettered only four times, and Boyden Han;over did it twice. Boyden Hanover is a son of ithe brilliant Good Time (horse, Best of All (1:56.4), 'which like his most brilliant son, was voted “Two-year-old ‘Pacer of the Year” in 1966. Good Time was the 1952 (“Harness Horse of the Year.” Boyden Hanover is out of the (Tar Heel mare, Bouquet Handover.