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Fast Clip

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Fast Clip
Fast Clip at Sportsmans Park July 1972
SireGood Time
DamHoot Suite
SexStallion
Foaled1969
Diedunknown
ColourBay
OwnerBru-Bil Farm and Messenger Stables[1]
TrainerBruce Nickells
Major wins
American National (1971)
Geer Stakes (1972)
Matron Stakes (1973)
Single G Pace (1973)

Fast Clip (foaled 1969) was a Standardbred champion harness racing horse. He is considered one of the outstanding horses trained and driven by 2016 Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Bruce Nickells.[2]

Fast Clip made his stakes race debut at the 1971 American National for two-year-old pacers at Sportsman's Park. He won the race by a nose[3] over Dancer George in a time of 2:04.3.[4]

In August 1972, Fast Clip won the Geer Stakes in Du Quoin, Illinois with a time of 1:56.3. At the time that was one of dozen fastest winning miles in harness racing history.[5]

Fast Clip was entered to race in the 1972 Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio, the second leg of Harness racing's Triple Crown.[6] In the 1972 Jug's second heat, Fast Clip finished second, one and one quarter lengths behind the winner Strike Out who broke the then record for a three-year-old pacer on a half mile track with a mark of 1:56.3.[7] Later in 1972, Fast Clip finished second to Silent Majority in the L.K. Shapiro Stakes held at Hollywood Park in California.[8]

As a four-year-old, Fast Clip finished fourth behind winner Keystone Pebble in the Realization Pace at Roosevelt Raceway.[9] One month later, he won the Matron Stakes at Wolverine Raceway in a time of 1:58.3 while pre-race favorite Keystone Pebble finished fourth.[10]

Fast Clip, who won purse money totaling $231,581,[11] was retired from racing in 1974.

References

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  1. ^ "Holl's Town Leader entered in Scarlet & Grey Cup Series". The Logan Daily News. August 16, 1972. p. 6. Retrieved January 15, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  2. ^ Bruce Nickells selected for Hall of Fame induction
  3. ^ Sportsman's Results
  4. ^ The Circleville Herald, July 27, 1971, page 11
  5. ^ Hoof Beats Magazine, September 1972
  6. ^ 'Jay Time' is favorite
  7. ^ Strike Out breaks record
  8. ^ A roundup of the week Nov. 14-20
  9. ^ Keystone Pebble early in Realization
  10. ^ Fast Clip surprises in rich trot
  11. ^ Fast Clip at allbreedpedigree.com