No Pan Intended is N.J. Standardbred of the Year
No Pan Intended, the favorite to win Harness Horse of the Year honors, has been named the New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2003. The award is given annually to a New Jersey-sired standardbred by the Equine Advisory Board of the State Department of Agriculture upon the recommendation of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey.
The 3-year-old son of Pacific Fella is the first New Jersey-sired horse to ever win a harness racing triple crown. He captured the Pacing Triple Crown during his remarkable 2003 campaign, sweeping the Cane Pace, Little Brown Jug and Messenger Stakes. He became the 10th pacer to win the Triple Crown.
No Pan Intended began his trip into history by winning the Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway. He came back to Freehold last month and won the Dancer Memorial, solidifying his domination of the sophomore division and boosting his Horse of the Year credentials.
David Miller was No Pan Intended’s driver, and Ivan Suggs, the trainer. The colt is owned by Bob Glazer’s Peter Pan Stables.
No Pan Intended made himself the leading candidate for Harness Horse of the Year honors when he won the $542,500 Breeders Crown Championship at the Meadowlands. He won the 3-year-old colts and geldings final in 1:50.3.
New Jersey-sired harness horses were in the spotlight at the Breeders Crown, the biggest night of the year with more than $4,2 million in purses, winning six of the eight titles.
In addition to No Pan Intended, the other New Jersey-sired winners were: Mr. Muscleman in the $585,000 championship for 3-year-old trotting colts and gelding; I Am A Fool, the $540,000 championship for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings; Stroke Play, the $500,000 championship for 3-year-old trotting fillies; Forever Starlet, the $480,000 championship for 2-year-old filly trotters; Cantab Hall, the $420,000 championship for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings.
The winning was confined to the track for New Jersey-sired standardbreds. At the 65th Annual Standardbred Horse Sale at Harrisburg, Pa. six of the top 12 sires in average sale prices were sired by New Jersey stallions, including the first three. Self Possessed, Western Ideal and Artsplace.
Self Possessed had an averaged sale price of $93,286. Western Ideal came in at $57,484 and Artsplace in $55,778.
The other New Jersey stallions who ranked in the top 12 were: Muscles Yankee, sixth ($39,944); Cam’s Card Shark, ninth ($36,944); and Malabar Man, 12th.