A group of owners have gone all-in on unbeaten two-year-old trotter Swandre The Giant, with a reported price tag in the seven-figure range.
Diamond Creek Farm, Jerry Silva and Howard Taylor have reportedly purchased Swandre The Giant in a transaction brokered by Ernie Martinez, the agent who was instrumental in Taylor Made Stallions' acquisition of pacing dynamo Lazarus N earlier this year.
"He'll be in Takter's barn in Canada [Saturday] morning," Martinez told harnessracing.com. "He is a hell of a horse."
Swandre The Giant, en route to his career-best 1:54.2 win on July 31
Swandre The Giant was purchased as a yearling for $17,000 by Anthony and Amy MacDonald of TheStable.ca and received his conditioning at the Tomiko Training Centre in Campbellville, Ont. before being acquired by Chicago-area interests in October of 2017. This year, the son of Swan For All has proven a force on the Indiana Sires Stakes circuit this year with a perfect seven-for-seven record under the tutelage of trainer-driver Brandon Bates, taking a mark of 1:54.2 and earning nearly $150,000 in purses for the Panic Stable, Terry Ehardt, Brian Hochman and Richard Barone.
"He always showed an abundance of talent and intelligence," Anthony MacDonald said of Swandre The Giant, whose likely debut for new trainer Jimmy Takter will occur in the William Wellwood Memorial at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The Indiana Sires Stakes Super Final and Breeders Crown, both in October, are likely on the talented two-year-old's radar as well.
Swandre The Giant was born
Swandre The Giant was born and raised at Ruddick Stables in Southern Indiana. Swandre was a big colt... so big in fact that is how he got his name. When he first stood I made the comment..."He is a Giant - Dean should name him Swandre The giant." The name stuck.