Jim Simpson, the president of Hanover Shoe Farms and Sue Grange and Jeffrey Snyder, the owners of Well Said have announced that they have reached an agreement to retire the $1,500,000 North American Cup and $1,000,000 Meadowlands Pace winner at the conclusion of the 2009 racing season.

Well Said p,2,1:51; 3,1:47.4 is a multiple Classics Winner who has thus far earned $2,515,702 and is a leading candidate for the 2009 Pacer of the Year. He is a son of Harness Racing’s leading pacing sire Western Hanover and out of the outstanding Artsplace mare Must See p,2,1:52 who earned $487,122 in her illustrious racing career.

In making the announcement Simpson said “We are absolutely thrilled to have Well Said come to Hanover. We view him as the logical replacement for his sire Western Hanover whose death was a great loss to Hanover and to the breed. The fact that he is out of an Artsplace mare combines the blood of the most dominant pacing stallions of this generation. We view him as an incredible breeding prospect. He has it all – great performance, an impeccable pedigree and he is a drop dead gorgeous colt.”

Well Said will next race in the Little Brown Jug at Delaware, Ohio on September 24.

Race Career Summary-

At Two- (12 starts- 4-4-1 and $586,688) A winner of $700,000 Breeders Crown Final in a freshman best record of 1:51m, and $152,707 Champlain division at Mohawk in 1:52.2s going 4 wide at the ¾ with a 27.1 LQ; 2^nd in $180,978 Nassagawey at Mohawk (1:51.4 individual time) and 2^nd in Governor’s Cup (1:52s) and Metro (1:51s) eliminations; 3^rd in Breeders Crown elimination (timed in 1:53 closing from 6^th at the ¾ with a 26.2LQ).

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Well Said- 1:49.2m Meadowlands Pace elimination. 

At Three- (14 starts- 10-0-1 and $1,982,654 Leading Money Earning Pacer of 2009) Took a career best record of 1:47.3m in $1 million Meadowlands Pace (6 lengths the best) ranking as the fastest sophomore pacer in 2009 and 3^rd fastest among all age pacers in 2009;  Winner of $1.3 million North America Cup Final at Mohawk in 1:48.1s; Winner of $500,000 Battle of Brandywine at Chester in 1:50f, $292,392 Little Brown Jug Final in 1:51.4h and $97,464 elimination in 1:51.1h- by 3-1/4 lengths, $126,622 Simcoe Stake division at Mohawk in 1:50.2s, and Adios elimination in 1:49f (3^rd in $677,665 Adios Final- timed in 1:49.3f).

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Well Said- Meadowlands Pace by six lengths in 1:47.3m.

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Well Said- LBJ second elimination in 1:51.1h