In 2009 sire of $4,682,578 in 3YO earnings (as of 11-12-09) including leading performers Multiple Stakes winner Vintage Master p,3,1:49.2f $1,399,507 lifetime ($1,302,811 in ’09 including $677,665 Adios Final in a stakes record of 1:49.4f, $325,000 Cane Pace, $289,500 Tattersalls Pace, and $125,500 Bluegrass Stake); $350,000 Valley Forge and NJSS winner Special Sweetheart p,3,1:50.4m $643,411 lifetime ($478,125 in ‘09); $125,500 Bluegrass Stake and Jersey Cup winner Vertical Horizon p,3,1:51.1m $377,722 lifetime ($375,214 in ’09 and 3^rd in Breeders Crown Final); and $200,000 NJSS Champion Dial Or Nodial p,3,1:50.1m $774,389 lifetime ($360,265 in ’09).   

Two year old performers include stakes winner Casino Nights p,2,1:52.3m $263,467 and BJ’s Canouan p,2,1:54m $109,412.

 Sire of 2005 Horse of the Year and World Champion Rocknroll Hanover p,3,1:48.3m $2,754,038 (2009’s leading freshman sire by earnings).

 

 Foals by Earnings - As of 6-10-2010
                            

Leading Foals by Earning	Total Earning	Life Record	Gender
1. ROCKNROLL HANOVER	$2,754,038	P 3, 1:48.3 M	H
2. WESTERN ACE	$1,853,092	P 4, 1:48.4 M	G
3. VINTAGE MASTER	$1,477,048	P 3, 1:48.4 F	H
4. CABRINI HANOVER	$1,303,790	P 2, 1:51.0 S	M
5. PALONE RANGER	$1,259,545	P 4, 1:49.4 F	H
6. ALWAYS A VIRGIN	$1,135,559	P 3, 1:48.4 M	H
7. IDEAL WEATHER	$   850,128	P 4, 1:49.3 S	M
8. DIAL OR NODIAL	$   790,650	P 3, 1:50.1 M	G
9. AMERICAN IDEAL	$   786,055	P 3, 1:47.4 M	H
10. GOOD NEWS LADY	$    775,760	P 3, 1:51.1 M	M

Western Ideal sires NJSS Freshman Honorees and 2008 NJSS Horse of the Year!

Western Ideal congratulates his son Dial Or Nodial p,2,1:51.2m $414,124 on being named 2008’s NJSS Horse of the Year and Two Year Old Pacing Colt of the Year!  Dial Or Nodial won 8 of 12 starts and $414,124 his freshman season with the $175,000 NJSS Final at The Meadowlands on 7-10-08 and the $85,000 NJSS Final at Freehold on 9-20-08 among his victories.  On the Grand Circuit the talented pacing colt scored wins in the $85,350 Bluegrass Stake, $89,320 International Stallion Stake, and was most recently 3^rd in the $700,000 2YOCP Breeders Crown Final at The Meadowlands!  Congratulations to owners/breeders Arlene and Jules Siegel, trainer Jim Campbell, and regular drivers Brian Sears and Dave Palone.

Western Ideal also sired 2008’s NJSS Two Year Old Filly Pacer of the Year- Twist N Clout p,2,1:53.2m $496,297 who captured her $175,000 NJSS Final at The Meadowlands on 7-9-08.  Twist N Clout produced 5 wins, 1 second and 1 third in her freshman career and scored major victories in the $104,900 Kentuckiana at Indianapolis and the $107,300 International Stallion Stake at The Red Mile.  She was most recently second in the $700,000 2YOFP Breeders Crown Final at The Meadowlands!  Congratulations to owners Val D’Or Farms, trainer Joe Holloway, regular drivers John Campbell and David Miller, and breeder Perretti Farms.

Western Ideal was second among 2YO Leading Money Winning Sires in 2008 with $2,408,089* earned, surpassed only by his late great sire Western Hanover.  He ranked among the top 10 Sires of Sophomore earnings in 2008 with $2,610,464* and the top 5 All Age earnings with $10,264,873*!  (* USTA statistics as of 12-2-08).

Hanover Shoe Farms of New Jersey proudly stands Western Ideal for a $15,000 fee in 2009!