HBD, Sixby!

 

Related: On Sixby Hanover (August 6, 2024)

Lists: Most Memorable IPS Wins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(A series of lists of things.)

1. Sixby Hanover (May 21, 2022: First Tracks Cumberland)
2. Sixby Hanover (August 18, 2023: Skowhegan State Fairgrounds)
3. Crimson Pine (June 23, 2023: First Tracks Cumberland)
4. Sixby Hanover (April 21, 2023: First Tracks Cumberland)
5. Crimson Pine (October 3, 2025: Plainridge Park)
6. Sixby Hanover (August 9, 2022: Topsham Fairgrounds)
7. Crimson Pine (July 17, 2025: Plainridge Park)
8. Sixby Hanover (November 24, 2024: First Tracks Cumberland)
9. Crimson Pine (September 30, 2024: Plainridge Park)
10. Crimson Pine (October 14, 2025: Plainridge Park)

On Location: Whiting, Maine

 

Sixby Hanover Settles in with New Family on Maine Coast

About six months after we donated our partnership's inaugural pacer Sixby Hanover to Futures for Standardbreds to be trained for a second career, we're thrilled to report that Sixby (right) has completed that organization's retraining program for riding horses and he's been adopted by a family of riders on the Maine coast.

We'll continue to keep tabs on Sixby, and will provide more public updates about Sixby's post-racing career if that's something his new adopted family is comfortable with.

In the meantime: Sláinte, Sixby!

Related: Sixby Hanover Enters Futures for Standardbreds Aftercare Program (January 10, 2025)

Related: On Sixby Hanover (August 6, 2024)

Birthday Boy

 

On Location: Photo Finish Farm

 

Sixby Hanover Enters Futures for Standardbreds Aftercare Program

Our partnership's first pacer Sixby Hanover left Norton Farm in Falmouth, Maine yesterday afternoon, and has officially been entered in the Futures for Standardbreds program to begin training for a post-racing career.

Sixby made his Maine debut with our partnership on May 7, 2022, and he raced 77 times on the Maine circuit before we retired him as a healthy and sound pacer on December 1, 2024.

We're sad that Sixby won't be in our stable when the racing season begins again in Maine this spring, but we're proud of how we campaigned Sixby and we're grateful that we've been able to provide Sixby with a safe and healthy post-racing career.

We look forward to following and sharing his progress in his second career!

On Location: First Tracks Cumberland

 

On Location: First Tracks Cumberland

 

Daily Double: Saturday, November 9 (Day No. 40)

             

(This feature will focus on one Daily Double minimum wager every day.)

First Tracks Cumberland (Cumberland, Maine), $1

Race No. 9 (1:35p)

#5: Sixby Hanover (9-2 ML)

Race No. 10 (1:55p)

#4: So Unsurreal (4-1 ML)

Pick Success Rate: 35% (25/72)

Total Bankroll: $43.88 (+ 2,094%)

On Location: First Tracks Cumberland

 

Daily Double: Sunday, October 27 (Day No. 28)

 

(This feature will focus on one Daily Double minimum wager every day.)

Bangor Raceway (Bangor, Maine), $2

Race No. 1 (11a)

#1: Knight Angel (9-5 ML)

Race No. 2 (11:20a)

#7: Sixby Hanover (9-1 ML)

Pick Success Rate: 42% (21/50)

Total Bankroll: $61.88 (+ 2,994%)

On Location: Bangor Raceway

 

Daily Double: Sunday, October 6 (Day No. 7)

       

(This feature will focus on one Daily Double minimum wager every day.)

Fryeburg Fair (Fryeburg, Maine), $2

Race No. 5 (1:04p)

#6: Sixby Hanover (8-1 ML)

Race No. 6 (1:20p)

#4: Stormyweatherahead (5-2 ML)

Pick Success Rate: 50% (6/12)

Total Bankroll: $36.00 (+ 1,700%)

#HorseLife

 

On Location: Fryeburg Fair

 

Data Dump: Maine Harness Training + Boarding Fees, 1989 vs. 2024

 

An ad for the Beckwith Stable in the October 1989 issue of Northeast Harness News advertises their training fees as $12 per day, with their boarding fees at $8 per day. When adjusted for inflation, those fees are $30.08 and $20.05 respectively.  

Which means the daily $30 training fee or $20 boarding fee we currently pay for Crimson Pine and Sixby Hanover at historic Norton Farm in Falmouth, Maine is right in line with inflation over the last 35 years.

On Location: Cumberland Fair

 

On Location: Windsor Fair

 

Racetrack List (as of August 15, 2024)

Last night was my family's first trip to the Skowhegan State Fair (above), the track that was my most recent trip to a Winners' Circle other than the Winners' Circle at First Tracks Cumberland (below).

Which got me thinking--which Standardbred and Thoroughbred tracks have we visited over the years:

Aqueduct Racetrack (New York, NY) ^^^

Bangor Raceway (Bangor, ME) **

Belmont Park (New York, NY) *

First Tracks Cumberland (Cumberland, ME) **^^^

Fryeburg Fairgrounds (Fryeburg, ME) **

Keeneland Racecourse (Lexington, KY) *

Lone Star Park (Grand Prairie, TX) *

Monmouth Park (Oceanport, NJ) *

Plainridge Park (Plainville, MA) **

Saratoga Harness (Saratoga Springs, NY) *

Saratoga Race Course (Saratoga Springs, NY) *

Scarborough Downs (Scarborough, ME) * ^^^

Skowhegan Fairgrounds (Skowhegan, ME) **^^^

Suffolk Downs (Boston, MA) *

Topsham Fairgrounds (Topsham, ME) **^^^

Windsor Fairgrounds (Windsor, ME) **

* Attended as fan

** Attended as co-owner

^^^ Trip to Winners' Circle