Bolt The Duer

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Bolt The Duer
Breed Standardbred
SirePonder
GrandsireThe Panderosa
DamWonderbolt
Damsire Artsplace
Sex Stallion
Foaled2009
Country United States
Colour Bay
BreederPeninsula Farm (Carter Duer)
OwnerAll Star Racing Inc.
(John Como Sr. & Jr.)
TrainerPeter Foley
Record67: 23-
Earnings$1,828,995
Major wins
Messenger Stakes (2012)
Adios Pace (2012)
Kentucky Sires Stakes (2yo) (2011)
Kentucky Sires Stakes (3yo) (2012)
Cleveland Classic Stakes (2012)
John Simpson Memorial Pace (2012)
Dan Patch Invitational Pace (2013)
Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Free-For-All Pace (2013)
Pocono Downs Preferred Pace (2014)
Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace (2014)
Last updated on 5 October 2016

Bolt The Duer (foaled 2009) is a bay Standardbred racehorse who set or equaled two World Records for one mile.

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Racing career

Bolt The Duer was bred at Carter Duer's Peninsula Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and would be purchased for $70,000 at the 2010 Harrisburg Yearling Sale. He was trained for owners John Como Sr. and John Jr. by Australian native Peter Foley for whom he won six of eight starts and $214,058 while competing as a two-year-old. [1] He has won 23 different races, including the Kentucky Sire Stakes. [2]

Triple Crown races

On November 10, 2012, Bolt The Duer won the 57th edition of the Messenger Stakes, the third leg of the Pacing Triple Crown run that year at Yonkers Raceway. Driven by former Canadian driving champion Mark MacDonald, Bolt The Duer's winning time of 1:51 2/5 for the mile was the fastest time for the Messenger Stakes when held at that racetrack. [3]

World records

On July 28, 2012 at The Meadows Racetrack three-year-old Bolt The Duer won the Adios Pace with Mark MacDonald driving. His winning time of 1:47 4/5 was a new world record for one mile on a 5/8 mile oval. [4]

At age four, in the Ben Franklin Consolation at Pocono Downs, Bolt The Duer posted another win in 1:47 4/5 to make him the first horse in harness racing history to record wins in two sub-1:48 times over a five-eighths mile track. [5] He would also equal a second world record for a half-mile track with a time of 1:49 while winning the Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Free-For-All Pace at Saratoga Raceway. [6]

Retirement to stud

While preparing for the 2015 racing season, Bolt The Duer suffered a torn hind suspensory ligament and was retired. [7] He stands at stud at Winbak Farm in Walden, New York. [8] The first foal born from him was born at Winbank Farm in Maryland in 2017. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ 2013 profile for Bolt The Duer at Hambletonian.org Retrieved October 4, 2016
  2. ↑ "Winbak Farm". www.winbakfarm.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  3. ↑ Standardbred Canada - November 10, 2012 article titled "Bolt The Duer Wins Messenger" Retrieved September 21, 2016
  4. ↑ Standardbred Canada - Published: May 16, 2013 Retrieved September 17, 2016
  5. ↑ Standardbred Canada - June 29, 2013 Retrieved September 21, 2016
  6. ↑ Standardbred Canada - Published: May 16, 2013 Retrieved September 21, 2016
  7. ↑ Standardbred Canada - May 2, 2015 article titled "Bolt The Duer Injured, Retired" Retrieved September 21, 2016
  8. ↑ Winbak Farm stallion profile for Bolt The Duer Retrieved September 29, 2016
  9. ↑ "Harness: First foal from Bolt The Duer hits the ground". www.drf.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
  10. ↑ "Harness Racing - USTA Stallion Registry - United States Trotting Association". stars.ustrotting.com. Retrieved 2020-09-21.
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