Lyon’s Sentinel-Bulldog Hanover foal arrives

The fantastically successful harness racing mare Lyons Sentinel p, 4, 1:48 ($2,139,086), a daughter of Captainreacherous, has delivered her first foal, a strapping, light bay by colt by world champion and 2022 Dan Patch Horse of the Year Bulldog Hanover p, 4, 1:45.4 ($2,419,000).

The baby arrived in the wee hours of Sunday, April 14 at Ola Yoder’s Kountry Lane Standardbreds in Wakarusa, Indiana, taking his first breath at approximately 1:30 am, according to farm and foaling manager Duane Miller.

While the royally bred colt stood and nursed not long after being born, his initial entrance into this world was a little tenacious according to Miller.

“He baffled us at first,” Miller explained. “His two front feet were upside down, but the rest of his body was not, and he was twisted around inside the mare, so it was a bit of a struggle getting him out, but with the help of our vet, we did get him out, and he wasted no time standing after that, and has had no problems.

“He seems very happy to be alive and is enjoying life right now with his mother,” Miller added about the one-week-old youngster and his famous dam.

Bred by Hanover Shoe Farms, Lyons Sentinel is a foal of 2017, is out of the prolific Western Ideal mare Tutu Hanover p, 3, 1:52s ($117,687), with all eight of her foals making it to the races. Besides Lyons Sentinel, Tutu Hanover has produced Trillons Hanover (by Somebeachsomewhere) p, 4, 1:49.3 ($344,741) and Thrillonthe beach (by Somebeachsomewhere) p, 4, 1:50.2s ($120,577), among others.

LYONS SENTINEL REPLAY

A $55,000 yearling purchase at Harrisburg in 2018, Lyons Sentinel was conditioned throughout her career by Jim King, Jr., with a prolific race career that spanned from 2019 through 2022, earning $801,809 as a 2-year-old and taking a mark of p, 2, 1:49.3 when she won the $405,000 She’s A Great Lady at Woodbine on Sept. 21, 2019.

As a sophomore Lyons Sentinel stormed to a 1:49.2 clocking in the $94,341 Romola Hanover Pennsylvania Sire Stake on July 25, 2020, at The Meadows, during a season that saw her earn another $434,552. At age 4, she lowered her career mark to 1:48 on July 3, 2021, in the $160,000 Artiscape Mares Open at The Meadowlands, adding another $767,233 to her coffers.

BULLDOG HANOVER REPLAY

In 2022, as a 5-year-old Lyons Sentinel paced to a winning 1:49 in a Filly & Mares Open at The Big M on June 4 and from just nine starts that season earned $135,492. She retired with 25 wins, 14 seconds, and five thirds in 56 career trips postward.  This Bulldog Hanover youngster is her first foal.

by Kimberly Rinker, for Harnesslink