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Jate Lobell
American-bred Standardbred racehorse From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jate Lobell (1984 – 2015) was an American Standardbred pacer who was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2004.
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Origin and early years
Jate Lobell's breeder was Lana Lobell Farms in New Jersey, United States.[2]
Foaled in 1984, he was sired by No Nukes (by Oil Burner) out of J. R. Amy (by Blaze Pick), with ancestry tracing to the famed Dan Patch.[3] The tight, muscular colt was named after Jate Connor, the son of Lana Lobell Farms manager J. T. Connor.[4]
He was owned by Joe M. McCluskey, a bowling alley proprietor from Battle Creek, Michigan.[3] The No Nukes colt was purchased by McCluskey at the annual Harrisburg horse sale in October 1985.[5] McCluskey used winnings from his racing mare Annie's Surprise to buy the yearling at Garden State Park.[6]
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Racing record
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Jate Lobell was broken by Frank O'Mara in Florida in December 1985 and then sent to Judy and Henry Lunsford in Harrodsburg for early training.[7]
The racehorse, owned by Joe McCluskey, was later trained and driven in the sulky by Mark O'Mara.[2] At Maywood Park, O'Mara trained Jate Lobell behind the starting gate.[5] Jate Lobell began his juvenile campaign in 1986 at the Chicago track.[6]
As a juvenile, Jate Lobell posted an unbeaten 15-race season.[2] His breakthrough on the Grand Circuit came August 13, 1986, when he won the $100,000 Review Futurity at Springfield, Illinois in straight heats, clocking 1:53+3⁄5.[7] After his Springfield win, he claimed victories in the $195,000 Fox Stake in Indianapolis and the $435,000 Kentucky Pacing Derby at Louisville Downs.[8] The colt paced the mile in 1:55+2⁄5 at the Kentucky Pacing Derby, tying the half-mile-track world record for 2-year-olds and taking home $204,785.[9] He added the $106,000 American National in Chicago to his victories on September 13, 1986.[8]
At Lexington's Red Mile on September 23, 1986, Jate Lobell won the $104,350 International Stallion Stake in 1:53 on an off track, missing Nihilator's two-year-old record by only a fifth of a second.[10]
On October 4 at Freehold, he won an elimination race in 1:56, a track record for 2-year-old pacing colts. It was his fourteenth straight win and the fourth consecutive track record he broke, netting $7,500.[11] He wrapped up a perfect 15-for-15 freshman campaign on October 11, 1986, with a victory in Freehold Raceway's Lou Babic Memorial Stake.[12] With the win, his season earnings for Joe McCluskey reached $585,804.[12]
His undefeated record secured a $12 million syndication, with Tom Crouch of Kentuckiana Farms in Georgetown, Kentucky acquiring 25%. Jate Lobell was slated to cover 135 mares in 1988.[6]
His 1987 season began May 1 in the New Jersey Sire Stakes' opening leg for 3-year-old pacing colts.[13] Jate Lobell's 19-race winning streak ended on May 22, 1987, with his first career loss in the New Jersey Sires Stakes at the New Jersey Meadowlands, which he later avenged.[3] By June 1987, Jate Lobell had 19 wins in 20 starts, his only loss coming to Run the Table.[14]
He captured the American National Stake for 3-year-olds at Sportsman's Park on July 3, 1987, earning $353,700 with a 1:53 track record.[15] When Jate Lobell won the 1987 North America Cup, Canada's first million-dollar harness race at Toronto's Greenwood Raceway, he became the 10th richest pacer of all time. With his 22nd win in 23 races, Jate Lobell's $500,000 winner's share increased his career earnings to $1.475 million, edging out Frugal Gourmet by a nose in 1:52+3⁄5.[16]
By July 1987, the 3-year-old bay colt had won 23 of 25 races, including a run of 18 straight, earning over $1,600,000 and the title "Jate the Great."[17]
He raced in the Messenger Stakes at Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury, New York in October 1987.[18]
During the 1987 season, the world champion colt won 15 of 25 starts, had seven second-place and two third-place finishes, and led the sport with $1,645,598 in earnings. He wrapped up his career with third-place finishes in both heats of the Breeders Crown at Pompano Park.[1]
Jate Lobell's 30 victories in 40 races earned him $2,231,402, yet he is most celebrated as a top sire and broodmare sire.[2]
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Stud record
Beginning in 1988, Jate Lobell stood at stud at Kentuckiana Farms for 22 years until retiring in 2009. As a broodmare sire, his progeny earned more than $205 million, featuring 67 in 1:50, 977 in 1:55, and 553 winners over $100,000, including 12 millionaires.[2]
Death
Jate Lobell died in September 2015, at age 31.[2]
Legacy
During the 1986 season, he broke two world records and four track records.[1] Jate Lobell became the first top 2-year-old to finish undefeated since Niatross's 13-for-13 season in 1979.[12] Early comparisons were drawn to the legendary pacers Niatross and Nihilator.[4] For the 1986 American Harness Horse of the Year, 2-year-old Jate Lobell placed second to 4-year-old Forrest Skipper.[3] He received the award for 2-year-old pacing colt of the year.[19] The United States Harness Writers Association named him 3-year-old colt Pacer of the Year in 1987.[1]
Jate Lobell was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame as a racehorse and stallion in 2004.[20]
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