Here’s what you get when you cross one the most heralded pacers in the history of standardbred racing with one of the great broodmares of all time.

Hanover Shoe Farms recently welcomed a bay colt to its nursery – a colt from the first crop of World Champion Somebeachsomewhere, and out of the highly regarded broodmare Rich N Elegant. Worth noting is the fact that both the sire and the dam were inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2009.

The colt, who was foaled on June 5, 2010, is the product of an embryo transfer from Rich N Elegant, who has produced over $8.4 million in progeny earnings with three sub-1:50 performers.

She has produced the 2005 Horse of the Year Rocknroll Hanover p,3,1:48.3m $3,069,093. This colt is also a half-brother to Royalflush Hanover p,1:49.3m $2,182,205, Rustler Hanover p,3,1:51m $971,638, Red River Hanover p,3,1:48.4m $1,394,626, Richess Hanover p,2,1:50.3m $557,537 and BJs Canouan p,2,1:54m $109,412.

While these two horses will never meet on the track and pedigree predicts they’ll never meet in the breeding shed, the battle for supremacy among two potential future stars of harness racing has already begun.

Hanover Shoe Farms recently posted this video with two highly touted foals of 2010. The first in the video is the Andover Hall-D Train full brother to 2007 U.S. Horse Of The Year Donato Hanover. The second weanling (with the lighter bay colour) is the foal of 2008 North American Horse of the Year Somebeachsomewhere and 2001 U.S. Horse Of The Year Bunny Lake.

Click here to view the embedded video.

For the second straight year, harness racing’s Racehorse of the Decade Somebeachsomewhere’s book is full and closed and features some of the top pacing mares in the sport.

The Hanover Shoe Farms stallion’s highly anticipated first crop of foals are already making headlines. With the talented group of broodmares featured in the second crop, the 2011 foals will likely follow suit.

Mares booked to Somebeachsomewhere in 2010 include millionaires Armbro Amoretto, Bunny Lake, Cabrini Hanover, Galleria, Illusionist, Loyal Opposition, Restive Hanover, Stonebridge Kisses and Tricky Tooshie.

The full list is as follows:

Adela Hanover
Als Girl
Allamerican Cool
Allamerican Hope
Allamerican Toffee
Always Cam
Amber Blue Chip
Anza Hanover
Appleoosa Hanover
Armbro Amoretto
Armbro Ophelia
Armbro Romance
Artaffection
Babe Ruthless
Backstreet Sweetie
Benear
Best Chance Hanna
Best Of Memories
Bette Blue Chip
Binions
Bjs Canouan
Blahjos
Boldnbrash Hanover
Born Storyteller
Born To Rock
Break Of Day
Bunny Lake
Cabrini Hanover
Caitlin Q
Calgary Hanover
Career Artist
Carmelita Hanover
Castaway Hanover
Caviart Cameron
Caviart Sierra
Caviart Sydney
Chaka Blue Chip
Chalons Hanover
Cheyenne Sabrina
Chotat Milk
Cinplicity
Classic Wish
Clover Hanover
Cohiba Mary
Cupcakecraze
Current Hanover
Dark Arts
Dark Secret
Dashaway Hanover
Db Blue Chip
Digga Digga
Docomo
Done Being Nice
Dream-A-While
Dreamlands Latte
Duncans Artsplace
Edra Hanover
Enniscrone
Fanciful Hanover
Fastidious Hanover
Feathery Fame
First Draw
Four Starzzzz Ittt
Galleria
Girly Brown
Grandiose Gal
Gray Major
Hattie
Honey Bunny
Ive Got The Life
Ideal Weather
Illusionist
In For Life
Indochine Hall
Isabella Blue Chip
J Ps Scooter
Jasmine Hanover
Just Add Water
Keystone Treasure
Knock Three Times
Korinna Bayama
Lifetime Member
Lightning Glory
Limestone Cowgirl
Loyal Opposition
Lydia Hall
Mambo Western
Melina Mercouri
Michelle My Gal
Miss Easy Cam
Miss Kitty Hanover
Mommy Robin Q
Must See
My Little Pretty
Natural Paradise
Necessary Element
Neverhaveneverwill
Numeric Hanover
Odds On Beth
Odds On Charmaine
Odds On Ruthless
One Ace Too Many
Pan Hanover
Panned Out
Pasta Lavista
Pilgrims Witchie
R Ellen Hanover
R N Artist
Red Hot Dame
Red In The Face
Restive Hanover
Righteous Renee
Rocknroll Cameo
Sami Cam
Savoya Hanover
Silky
Singnoevil Hanover
Skinny Dip
Smarty Pans
So Artsi
Special Beauty
Speed Date
Stolly Up Bluechip
Stonebridge Kisses
Style
Stylish Artist
Sub Rosa Hanover
Sunone
Sunshine Sister
Sweet Paprika
Sweet Work Of Art
Table For Seven
Tatras
Terri Hall
Thats The Plan
Thong
Tremendous
Tricky Tooshie
Trinity Islands
Twist N Clout
Unblemished
Up Front Gal
Vaudeville Margie
Venusinbluejeans
Vesta Blue Chip
Warrawee Kay
West Of L A
Western Babe
Western Dancer
Western Duel
Western Montana
Western Spring
Whatsupcuz
Wild West Show
Worldly Treasure
Yankee Scandal

It can be argued that Somebeachsomewhere and Bunny Lake are the best male and female pacers of all time, respectively. They both cultivated big followings, with fans tuning in virtually every time they stepped on the track for battle. The two are now celebrating the birth of a foal, which occurred this past weekend.

According to Hanover Shoe Farms, the duo’s offspring, a yet-to-be-named bay filly, hit the ground Saturday, May 8 at the Pennsylvania nursery.

]]> http://www.somebeachsomewhere.ca/sbswblog/2010/05/somebeachsomewhere-bunny-lake-foal/feed/ 0 http://www.somebeachsomewhere.ca/sbswblog/2009/08/looking-for-a-good-beach-book-check-out-the-mares-bred-to-sbsw-standardbred-canada/ http://www.somebeachsomewhere.ca/sbswblog/2009/08/looking-for-a-good-beach-book-check-out-the-mares-bred-to-sbsw-standardbred-canada/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:09:38 +0000 SBSW Admin http://www.somebeachsomewhere.ca/sbswblog/?p=164 Looking for a good ‘Beach’ book? Check out the mares bred to SBSW | Standardbred Canada.

The reigning Horse of the Year Somebeachsomewhere has completed his first season in the stud at Hanover Shoe Farms and served a book of 160 mares, the limit introduced by the U.S. Trotting Association starting in 2009. There was never any question that he would receive a royal harem, but I thought that readers might like to know what individual mares were bred to him…