ROB ROY MATTGREGOR - 1:49.6
ROB ROY MATTGREGOR, a 1:49.6 two-year-old who paced 1:52.6 at three,
was injured at the height of his three-year-old season.
He subsequently returned to the track where he competed with great distinction in free-for-all and invitational company at The Meadowlands and the half-mile tracks at Freehold and Yonkers, retiring with 43 wins and $612,751 to his credit.
His sire, Matt’s Scooter 1:48.4, one of the greatest pacers of all time, is a brilliantly-performed ‘outcross’ siring son of Direct Scooter, with his credits including Mach Three.
Cheer Me Up 1:56.4, the dam of Rob Roy Mattgregor, is a three-quarter sister to Western Ideal 1:48, one of the world’s greatest sires, with 460 in 2:00 and 344 in 1:55, including champions Rocknroll Hanover (1:48.6), Vintage Master (1:48.2), Western Ace (1:48.4) and American Ideal (1:47.8).
A daughter of No Nukes 1:52.2, Cheer Me Up was out of the world champion race and broodmare Leah Almahurst (1:52.6; $1,053,201), the dam of four in 1:57 from five foals, with winners including the successful sire, Make A Deal 1:50.4 and the Little Brown Jug, A.G. Hunter Cup and Inter Dominion champion and proven sire, Mr Feelgood 1:49.
He subsequently returned to the track where he competed with great distinction in free-for-all and invitational company at The Meadowlands and the half-mile tracks at Freehold and Yonkers, retiring with 43 wins and $612,751 to his credit.
His sire, Matt’s Scooter 1:48.4, one of the greatest pacers of all time, is a brilliantly-performed ‘outcross’ siring son of Direct Scooter, with his credits including Mach Three.
Cheer Me Up 1:56.4, the dam of Rob Roy Mattgregor, is a three-quarter sister to Western Ideal 1:48, one of the world’s greatest sires, with 460 in 2:00 and 344 in 1:55, including champions Rocknroll Hanover (1:48.6), Vintage Master (1:48.2), Western Ace (1:48.4) and American Ideal (1:47.8).
A daughter of No Nukes 1:52.2, Cheer Me Up was out of the world champion race and broodmare Leah Almahurst (1:52.6; $1,053,201), the dam of four in 1:57 from five foals, with winners including the successful sire, Make A Deal 1:50.4 and the Little Brown Jug, A.G. Hunter Cup and Inter Dominion champion and proven sire, Mr Feelgood 1:49.
| Matt's Scooter 1985 - 1:48.4TT |
Direct Scooter 1976 - 1:54.0MS |
Sampson Direct - 1957 - 1:56.0TT |
| Noble Claire - 1969 | ||
| Ellens Glory 1978 |
Meadow Skipper - 1960 - 1:55.2MS | |
| Gloria Barmin - 1968 | ||
| Cheer Me Up 1992 |
No Nukes -
1:52.2TT 1979 |
Oil Burner - 1973 - 1:54.4MS |
| Gidget Lobell - 1974 - 2:00.6 | ||
| Leah Almahurst 1985 |
Abercrombie - 1975 - 1:53.0MS | |
| Liberated Angel - 1978 |
