$700,000 Breeders Crown
Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace
Kyle Major
Breeding 2, bay, colt by Art Major - So Clear - Die Laughing
Breeder(s) Robert L Hamather
Owner(s) Robert L Hamather
Sales Info Homebred
Trainer Shawn Robinson
Driver Jody Jamieson
Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings Mark
2009 6 2 1 0 $35,730 2,1:52.4s Moh
Quotes & Notes
Kyle Major has been in stakes company once this year, finishing fourth in a division of the
Champlain at Mohawk. The race was won by Sportswriter.
Trainer Shawn Robinson is seeking his first Breeders Crown winner, but has worked with
numerous well-known horses over the years, including Mach Three and Red River Hanover.
Owner Bob Hamather has owned and bred more than 150 horses in his career. His most notable
horse was 1993 Breeders Crown Open Pace winner and Horse of the Year Staying Together.
In 2008, Hamather won the O’Brien
Award in the Armstrong Breeder of
the Year category. His broodmare
band is comprised of a select few
mares he has acquired as well as
some of his homebreds which have
been integrated into the breeding
program. Based out of Exeter, ON,
Robert Hamather is often on hand
at Ontario Sires Stakes events to
watch his horses in action and can
frequently be found in the winner's
circle at racetracks across Ontario.
Kyle Major lead the band
His 23 starters reached the winner’s circle 79 times and earned more than $1.3 million last year.
Dam So Clear is a full sister to Serious Smile, who is the mother of Artbitration ($708,454; 1:52).
Kyle Major’s great-grandmother (Circle Home) is the dam of the great Follow My Star, who won
the 1987 Breeders Crown Mare Pace.
Sire Art Major was a two-time Breeders Crown champion, winning the 3-year-old colt pace in
2002 and the open pace in 2003.