Fast Clip
| Fast Clip | |
|---|---|
 Fast Clip at Sportsmans Park July 1972 | |
| Sire | Good Time |
| Dam | Hoot Suite |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1969 |
| Died | unknown |
| Colour | Bay |
| Owner | Bru-Bil Farm and Messenger Stables[1] |
| Trainer | Bruce Nickells |
| Major wins | |
| American National (1971) Geer Stakes (1972) Matron Stakes (1973) Single G Pace (1973) | |
Fast Clip (foaled 1969) was a Standardbred champion harness racing horse. He is considered one of the outstanding horses trained and driven by 2016 Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bruce Nickells.[2]
Fast Clip made his stakes race debut at the 1971 American National for two-year-old pacers at Sportsman's Park. He won the race by a nose[3] over Dancer George in a time of 2:04.3.[4]
In August 1972, Fast Clip won the Geer Stakes in Du Quoin, Illinois with a time of 1:56.3. At the time that was one of dozen fastest winning miles in harness racing history.[5]
Fast Clip was entered to race in the 1972 Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio, the second leg of Harness racing's Triple Crown.[6] In the 1972 Jug's second heat, Fast Clip finished second, one and one quarter lengths behind the winner Strike Out who broke the then record for a three-year-old pacer on a half mile track with a mark of 1:56.3.[7] Later in 1972, Fast Clip finished second to Silent Majority in the L.K. Shapiro Stakes held at Hollywood Park in California.[8]
As a four-year-old, Fast Clip finished fourth behind winner Keystone Pebble in the Realization Pace at Roosevelt Raceway.[9] One month later, he won the Matron Stakes at Wolverine Raceway in a time of 1:58.3 while pre-race favorite Keystone Pebble finished fourth.[10]
Fast Clip, who won purse money totaling $231,581,[11] was retired from racing in 1974.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Holl's Town Leader entered in Scarlet & Grey Cup Series". The Logan Daily News. August 16, 1972. p. 6. Retrieved January 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Bruce Nickells selected for Hall of Fame induction
- ↑ Sportsman's Results
- ↑ The Circleville Herald, July 27, 1971, page 11
- ↑ Hoof Beats Magazine, September 1972
- ↑ 'Jay Time' is favorite
- ↑ Strike Out breaks record
- ↑ A roundup of the week Nov. 14-20[dead link]
- ↑ Keystone Pebble early in Realization
- ↑ Fast Clip surprises in rich trot
- ↑ Fast Clip at allbreedpedigree.com