Jate Lobell, a recent (2004) inductee into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame, is one of the finest horses to ever gaze through a bridle.  Bred by Lana Lobell Frams of New Jersey, this indomitable pacer is owned by Kentuckiana Farms of Lexington, Kentucky and I.M. McCluskey of Battle Creek, Michigan.  He was trained and driven throughout his career by Mark O'Mara.

Jate won 30 of 40 career starts and over $2.2 million in career earnings. He has proved to be just as successful in the breeding shed as he was on the racetrack.  In 2002 he was ranked in the top ten of money-winning sires in North America, all-time leading money-wnning sires, leading sires of career $100,000 winners and leading sires of 2:00 performers.

At two Jate Lobell was undefeated in 15 starts, earning $585,804. His average margin of victory in Jate's 15 wins was nearly five lengths. At two he equallyed Barberry Spur's world record of 1:55.2 for a freshman pacer on a half-mile track and set a two-heat pacing record of 3:52.2 in the Kentucky Pacing Derby. He also scored victories in the International Stallion Stakes, the Lou Babic Memorial, the Abe Lincoln, the Little Pat, the Fox Stake, the Review Futurity and the American National.  He was voted Two-Year-Old Pacing of the Year for 1986 and was second in the Horse of the Year balloting to aged champion Forrest Skipper.

Just prior to his three-year-old campaign Jate Lobell was syndicated and that year (1987) would win 15 of 25 starts, with over $1.6 million in seasonal earnings.   He was voted Three-Year-Old Pacer of the Year and recorded a mark of 1:51.2 while winning the New Jersey Classic. He also scored wins in the North America Cup, the Confederation Cup, the American National, the New Jersey Futurity and the Prix d'Ete elimination. He retired that season as the third richest pacer of all time behind Nihilator and On The Road Again.

To date (November 2004) Jate Lobell is the sire of four millionaire pacers:  Riyadh p, 1:48.4s ($2.7 million); David's Pass p, 3, 1:50 ($1.6 million); Gothic Dream p,3,1:50 ($1.5 million); and Village Jasper p, 1:50 ($1 million). He is the sire of nine in 1:50 and 317 in 1:55, with 218 $100,000 winners and total get earnings surpassing $81 million.

Jate Lobell is also considered tops in the broodmare sire department, with total earnings over $46 million; four in 1:50 and three with earnings of one million. Those include Sign of Success p, 4, 1:49, Yankee Cruiser p,3,1:49.3 ($1.1 million); Cam Swifty p,3,1:50 ($1.1 million); Starter Hanover p, 1:50 and Precious Delight p,3,1:51.1 ($1.1 million).

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