{{Short description|Standardbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Armbro Dallas | image = | caption = | sire = Abercrombie | grandsire = Silent Majority | dam = Armbro Trixie | damsire = Most Happy Fella | sex = Gelding | foaled = 1982 | death_date = 2001 | country = North America | color = Bay | breeder = | owner = Waples Stable, Archie McNeil, Lothlorien Equestrian (Audrey Thomson Campbell) | trainer = Ron Waples | record = World record: 1:52 3/5 | earnings = $1,401,201 | race = Prix de l'Avenir Pace (1984)<br>Batavia Downs Stake (1985)<br>Pilgrim Pace (1985)<br>Gold Cup Invitational Pace (1986) | awards = | honors = | updated = October 30, 2016 }} '''Armbro Dallas''' (1982–2001) was a standardbred millionaire and world record setting racehorse who competed in harness racing in Canada and the United States. He was trained, driven and co-owned by Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fame inductee, Ron Waples.<ref>[http://horseracinghalloffame.com/1986/01/01/ron-waples/ Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame bio for Ron Waples] Retrieved October 17, 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.harnessmuseum.com/content/ronald-w-waples United States Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame bio for Ron Waples] Retrieved October 17, 2016</ref>
Armbro Dallas is best remembered for beating Nihilator and Forest Skipper in the 1985 running of the Pilgrim Pace at Garden State Park Racetrack in New Jersey.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/22/sports/armbro-dallas-beats-nihilator.html ''New York Times'' November 22, 1985 article titled "Armbro Dallas Beats Nihilator"] Retrieved October 28, 2016</ref> Both Nihilator in 1985 and Forest Skipper in 1986 went on to win Harness Horse of the Year honors.<ref>[http://www.hambletonian.org/resources/HeydensBCNOTES2012.html Hambletonian Society, Inc. articled titled Major Upset"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030202444/http://www.hambletonian.org/resources/HeydensBCNOTES2012.html |date=2016-10-30 }} Retrieved October 28, 2016</ref>
On November 21, 1985 Armbro Dallas set a new world record for gelded pacers with a win at Garden State Park in a time of 1:52 3/5.<ref>[http://www.harnesslink.com/News/STANDARDBRED-HISTORY-HIGHLIGHTS-18955 Harnesslink.com article titled STANDARDBRED HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS - This week in harness history.] Retrieved October 30, 2016</ref>
Armbro Dallas died at age 19 at the farm of co-owner Ron Waples.
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Category:1982 racehorse births Category:2001 racehorse deaths Category:Canadian Standardbred racehorses