Hanover Shoe Farms

Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc.
P.O. Box 339,
Route 194 South
Hanover, Pa. 17331
717-637-8931/Fax 637-6766
(hanover@hanoverpa.com)

DONATO HANOVER

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2007 Horse of the Year, Trotter of the Year and Three Year Old Trotter of the Year! World Champion! Kentucky Futurity winner (straight heats) in a world record time of 1:50.1m! 2007 Hambletonian, Canadian Trotting Classic & World Trotting Derby Winner! 2006 Breeders Crown Champion & Dan Patch Two Year Old Colt Trotter of the Year! National Season’s Leader at two & three. Leader of three year old and all age trotters by record and money earnings in 2007!

t,2,1:55m; 3,1:50.1m $2,998,777
Andover Hall- D Train by Donerail
2004 bay horse

last updated 1-28-08

At Two- 2006 Dan Patch Award recipient for Two Year Old Colt Trotter of the Year! 9 starts with 8 wins including the $456,000 Peter Haughton Memorial in a stakes record of 1:55 making him 2006’s National Season’s Leader for 2 year old colt trotters, the $55,675 Harriman Cup, the $82,800 Bluegrass Stake by 6 lengths over a sloppy track, the $79,500 International Stallion Stake, the 2006 Breeders Crown (2YOCT) elimination in 1:56.2 and $600,000 Breeders Crown (2YOCT) Final in a stakes record of 1:56 by 4 lengths!

From the sensational first crop of the #1 Leading Money Winning Sire of freshman trotters in 2006 (over $3 million in earnings), Andover Hall 2,1:56.2, 3,1:51.3 $870,510 (Garland Lobell-Amour Angus by Magna Force) -himself 2002’s fastest 3 year old trotter with a world record t,1:51.3 at the World Trotting Derby and 2001’s 2 year old “Trotter of The Year” winning 8 of 9 starts and $450,920.

Out of the 100% producing mare, D Train (1998-Donerail). Half-brother to Here Comes Herbie (2003-Credit Winner) t,3,1:52m $365,541. At two winner of Reynolds, Landmark Stakes & NYSS; at three winner of $45,000 Goodtimes at Woodbine in 1:54.2, Stanley Dancer Memorial elimination at The Meadowlands in 1:53.2 (3^rd in final), Hambletonian elimination in a lifetime mark of 1:52 (6^th in final after cutting blistering early fractions); 2^nd to Glidemaster in the 2006 3YOCT Breeders Crown elimination and final and 2^nd in Matron elimination & final.

At Three- 2007’s Horse of The Year, Trotter of the Year and Three Year Old Trotter of the Year! Winner of 11 races in 13 starts (19 straight lifetime wins) and $2,336,190 in 2007 including the $356,160 Kentucky Futurity in straight heats! (1:51.1 in elimination and a world record 1:50.1 in final), $1.5 million Hambletonian (elimination & final), the $970,000 Canadian Trotting Classic (elimination & final), the $600,000 World Trotting Derby (in a three year old National Season’s best t,1:51.2 and tying the All Age fastest trotting record for 2007), the $400,000 Stanley Dancer (elimination & final) and the $85,000 Dickerson; second in 3YOCT Breeders Crown elimination and third in the $610,000 final.

Three year old trotting colt National Season’s Leader with a 1:53.1m in the Hambletonian elimination on 7-28-07, bested that record on 8-23-07 in a qualifying mile at The Red Mile in Lexington, KY with a 1:51.3 effort over the clay surface then topped that with a 1:51.2 mile in the World Trotting Derby on 9-1-07 at Duquoin State Fair in Illinois tying the fastest All Age trotting mile of 2007!

10-6-07 Set a world record for 3YO trotting colts with his win in Kentucky Futurity Final 1:50.1m and tied the all age trotting record set on the same afternoon! The only trotter to surpass $2.5 million in lifetime earnings during his sophomore season.

Donato Hanover is USTA’s Horse of The Month for October!

Two Year Old Colt Trotter Donato Hanover (Andover Hall-D Train) t,1:55 $662,587 has been named the United States Trotting Association’s October “Horse of The Month” with wins in the $79,500 International Stallion Stake at the Red Mile on 10-5-06 in t,1:57.2, $25,000 Breeders Crown Elimination at Woodbine on 10-20-06 in t,1:56.2 and $600,000 Breeders Crown Final on 10-28-06 with a stakes record of 1:56!

Congratulations to owners David Scharf, Golden Touch Stb. & Steven Arnold, trainer Steve Elliot and driver Ron Pierce.

2008 stud fee $20,000

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Andover Hall 3,1:51.3M	Garland Lobell 3,1:55.3M	ABC Freight 3,T 1:56.3M
		Gamin Lobell 3,T 2:05.0M

	Amour Angus 3,2:03.1F	Magna Force
		Kenwood Scamper

D Train	Donerail 2,1:55.4M	Valley Victory 3,1:55.3M
		Bedell 3,Q2:06.2M

	Aldyth Hanover 2,Q2:00.4M	Giant Victory 3,1:54.4M
		Another Geisha 3,Q2:00.1M

"Welcome Home Donato" Video

"An Unbelieveable Feeling"
story courtesy of Hoof Beats Magazine 09/2007

Donato Hanover to be syndicated

OUTSTANDING TROTTING COLT TO STAND AT HANOVER IN 2008

Jim Simpson, President of Hanover Shoe Farms and David Scharf representing the partnership which owns the sensational two year Donato Hanover have announced that an agreement to syndicate this year's Peter Haughton Winner has been reached.

The son of the highly regarded Andover Hall has now won seven straight starts, earned $350,087, has set a new track record of 1.55 at The Meadowlands and is thus far the leading candidate for Two Year Old Trotting Colt of 2006. He is trained by Steve Elliott and has been driven by Ron Pierce.

He will race next Friday night in an elimination of the Breeders Crown with an eye on the Breeders Crown final at Woodbine on Saturday, October 28.

Donato Hanover is just the second foal from the Donerail mare D Train, whose first foal is the World Champion and multiple Stakes Winner Here Comes Herbie who will also be competing in this year's Breeders Crown events.

Numerous leading North American and International breeders have expressed an interest in Donato Hanover and will share in the ownership of the son of Andover Hall.

Present plans call for Donato Hanover to compete in all of the major three year old Classics events in 2007 and retire to the breeding shed alongside his illustrious father beginning with the 2008 breeding season.

Picture Courtesy of the USTA & Ken Weingartner