Hanover's Bertha

'''Hanover's Bertha''' (1927–1944) was a Standardbred horse and harness racing champion bred by Alexander B. Coxe and foaled at Hanover Shoe Farms in Hanover, Pennsylvania. She won the 1930 Hambletonian Stakes at Good Time Park in Goshen, New York,<ref>[http://www.hambletonian.org/resources/1930HanoversBertha.pdf Hambletonian Society, Inc. details of the 1930 Hambletonian race] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511092828/http://www.hambletonian.org/resources/1930HanoversBertha.pdf |date=2015-05-11 }} Retrieved December 2, 2016</ref> as well as the Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161203060346/http://xwebapp.ustrotting.com/absolutenm/templates/hoofbeats.aspx?articleid=34454&zoneid=43 USTA ''Hoof Beats'' November 2, 2009 magazine article by John Hervey titled "Back to old Kentucky"] Retrieved December 2, 2016</ref>

Hanover's Bertha was the first winner to go on to foal another Hambletonian winner, 1937's Shirley Hanover. In 1957 Hanover's Bertha was inducted into the United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame.<ref>[https://www.harnessmuseum.com/content/hanovers-bertha Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame bio for Hanover's Bertha] Retrieved December 2, 2016</ref>

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Category:1927 racehorse births Category:1944 racehorse deaths Category:American Standardbred racehorses Category:Racehorses bred in Pennsylvania Category:United States Harness Racing Hall of Fame inductees Category:Hambletonian Stakes winners Category:Kentucky Futurity winners