Sugarcane Hanover -- 1988 March of Dimes Trot

[BCTMarcus]

Great memories of this legendary race. Ourasi was a diesel. Mack Lobell was a sprinter. Sugarcane Hanover had 10 gears (or more). And Napoletano was a great horse, too! And No Sex Please must have been a gelding, right? And I named my cat after Friendly Face, isn' that interesting? ;-)

What a race, what a field of horses. Mind you, Ourasi is still alive, hoping to celebrate his 32nd birthday in April. Thumbs up for the old hero's health!

[WAPT31]

en face quand il revient sur mack lobell je sait pas sur quel pied il devais etre....

[WAPT31]

OURASI rend 50m a MACK LOBELL,....tourne en 2 eme epaisseur de lui tout le tournant et lui prend l avantage....irréel !! sans enlever la victoire a SUGARCANE HANOVER, ce dernier s est fait aspiré toute la course.... OURASI : Le Dernier des Géants

[Greenvegan828]

I caught this exacta and Sugarcane that day. That dope Bergstein did not even talk to the winners. He instead went over and talked to John Campbell. Mack Lobell had a HUGE show bet on him. It is a shame he did not go on a break.

[pequatre]

Ourasi was the best, it has to raise the defi by going to trot in used(wore out), not ca prefere, with the hourly decalage, according to the conditions outstrip lobell

Why ever lobell or sugarcane (France, Germany in ........) has to dare to go in Europe simply parcequ' they did not have the level or they became afraid????????????????????????­?

HAVE pleased never seen lobell apres this running(race) the best ourasi of the UNIVERSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ramierechristiane]

Quelle course ! Celui qui a gagné a profité du duel entre Ourasi et Mack Lobell comme c'est souvent le cas. Cette course m'a rappelé celle qui a opposé Nevele Pride à Une de Mai. Comme Mack Lobell, Nevele Pride était considéré comme invincible. Et pourtant, tous deux ont été battus. Ourasi, à mon avis aura été le plus grand trotteur du siècle dernier. Ce trotteur était capable de courir sur tous les hippodromes alors que Mack Lobell et Nevele Pride ne sont jamais venus en Europe. Dommage...

[AgenceFMC]

hi everybody,

something important to know is that ourasi used to run on a longer distance (2100m) not the mile. Th american staff wanted a confrontation between those two exceptionnal horses but in usa and in the distance of predilection of mack lobell, that s what we call fair play isnt'it.

[KarenOGabby]

Sugarcane hanover is the dad of my horse cabby Queen

[MrKentam]

R.I..P CAMP;)

[MrKentam]

R.IP CAMP;)

[Ouellette1978]

Ourasi is really the best horse in the field, still going strong today in Normandie

[70sepe]

sucarcane was the best,he was the gratest !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw him first race in europe and it was something speciall...

[ohearn22]

It's amazing how Sugarcane Hanover brushed toward the lead past the quarter, never quite reached it, then drifted along behind Ourasi's cover on the outside in a traffic jam and found another burst of speed to the far outside to win it. A horse has to have a lot of gears to pull that off, especially in the kind of company featured in this race. Hats off to the very canny driver, too. A race truly befitting a superstar field of trotters. Races of this caliber are far too few nowadays.

[abetts00]

That was an absolute slugfest. SCH goes three wide then throttles down and gets passed so he is second over instead of first over. You never see that sort of driving any more.

[barryAmsterdam]

what a race.....goosebumps all the way....

[MrDimi76]

Sugarcane Hanover win and he did a great race but Ourasi is the true winner what magnificent race.

[melvinstrike]

What a race! Gougeon taking Ourasi three wide, past Sugarcane Hanover, and Mack Lobell, with Campbell, not letting him go by. Then the surprise, Sugarcane going by at the wire.

[JoeGoldsteinPR]

Arguably the greatest trotting race ever -- unarguably, one of the greatest trotting races ever -- thanks for posting this important Classic moment in racing history, USTA....RIP, Garden State Park.