Rambling Willie
Rambling Willie (1970 - 1995) was a bay pacing gelding by Rambling Fury out of Meadow Belle by Meadow Gold. He was trained and driven by Bob Farrington.He won a record 128 races in a record 304 starts, including the U. S. Pacing Championship in 1976, and the Canadian Pacing Derby in 1976 and 1977 (he also dead-heated for first with Pickwick Baron in this race in 1975), setting a best time for the mile of 1:54.3. He was voted North American aged pacer of the year in 1975, 1976, and 1977 (an aged standardbred is at least 4 years old), and was retired in 1983 as the leading standardbred money winner of all time.
Rambling Willie died in 1995 and was buried in the Kentucky Horse Park, in Lexington, Kentucky.
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