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                                      Presidential Ball
                         Brown Horse, foaled 1990
                      By Cam Fella–I Marilyn–Mountain Skipper
                               p,2,1:54.2f; 3,1:50 ($3,021,363)

Presidential Ball’s tremendous success at the track not only made him victorious in some of the sport’s most prestigious pacing races, but also earned him the title of Leading Moneywinning Pacer of 1993. In his two year career, he became a two-time USTA honoree as both Two-Year-Old and Three-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year.

Presidential Ball debuted at Ontario’s Greenwood Raceway in the 1992 Kindergarten Series with a 2:00.3 win. Winning would become habit for Presidential Ball, with nine wins out of thirteen starts in his freshman season. These victories included the Lawrence B. Sheppard Pace, the Nassagaweya, and The Niatross. His two-year-old season concluded with the privilege of being elected USTA’s Two-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year and earnings of $799,197.

Presidential Ball’s three-year-old season cemented his legacy. Not only did he take the $1 million North American Cup and Meadowlands Pace, he was victorious in the Provincial Cup (equaling the track and stakes record), the New Jersey Classic, and the New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship. His results showed an impressive seventeen wins out of twenty-five starts and purse winnings totaling $2,222,166. That year he claimed the titles of Leading Moneywinning Pacer, New Jersey Standardbred of the Year and was again honored by the USTA--this time as 1993 Three-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year.

Presidential Ball won twenty-six out of thirty-eight lifetime starts and amassed more than $3 million in lifetime earnings, ranking seventh among Leading Moneywinning Pacers of All Time. At the conclusion of his sophomore season, Presidential Ball began his breeding career. His offspring have earned nearly $52 million and two have topped the million-dollar mark: Cathedra Dot Com p,3,1:51 ($1,520,487) and Allamerican Native p,3,1:49.4 ($1,296,304).