It has been announced that Mister Big, the richest Canadian-sired Standardbred of all time and a member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, will stand stud at Abby Stables in Ohio starting with the upcoming 2015 breeding season.
It has been announced that his introductory fee will be $2,500.
Ohio is quickly becoming one of the most desirable jurisdictions in which to race, and Mister Big has a history in the state having been conditioned by Columbus Ohio’s Virgil Morgan Jr. for most of his racing career. He also dominated at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in 2008 by easily winning the Winbak Farms Pace on Little Brown Jug Day in 1:51. He is not only the richest stallion in the state, but of all harness racing.
A winner of $4,143,492 in purses, Mister Big was a remarkably consistent and competitive racehorse throughout his impressive career which saw him winning stakes races from age two to six. His career record of 1:47.4 came in the US Pacing Championship as a four-year-old.
Mister Big – 2008 Breeders Crown Open Pace
Mister Big not only won major stakes races, he captured several of them more than once, including the Allerage, William Haughton Memorial, US Pacing Championship, and Levy series over Yonkers’ half-mile oval. Other stakes victories came in the Canadian Pacing Derby, Breeders Crown, Winbak Pace, Ontario Sires Stakes, etc. He faced and defeated some of the greatest free for all pacers ever, including Foiled Again, Shadow Play, Won The West, Boulder Creek, Lis Mara, Artistic Fella, Always A Virgin and the list goes on.
A half-brother to $526,000 winner World Away, Mister Big’s second dam is the $409,000 winning Cam Fella mare Before Hours. Mister Big is already the sire of the winners of $1.2 million, led by stakes winners Crafty Master p, 2, 1:54s, Falcon Justice p, 3, 1:50.3s, Stellllllla p, 3, 1:54f, Missy Tap Tina p, 2, 1:56.2s, etc.
Mister Big will stand at Abby Stables in Sugarcreek, Ohio.
For further information please call 330-852-0789, email [email protected] or visit abbystables.com.
(With files from Abby Stables)