has a there ever a horse that was bred as a trotter that has raced well as a pacer?

[Varro 244]

ask out of curiosity as i was having a look at the biog pick 6 at forbury. i came across a horse called shinglestar in race number 11, it says it was bred to trot, but having a go as a pacer.  i have seen the odd one that use to be a pacer and won a few as a trotter but never the other way round.  has there been any successfull trotters that have done well as a pacer?

[globederby12 1,495]

Miss Debra. Easton Lights sister and qualified as a pacer. Cant remember her pacing record, but was a dual winner and a very good trotter .

[jayar 114]

3 hours ago, globederby12 said:

Miss Debra. Easton Lights sister and qualified as a pacer. Cant remember her pacing record, but was a dual winner and a very good trotter .

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[tasman man 11 979]

A horse from McCormick stable called Charlie Wood used to race at Forbury as both a trotter and a pacer and he was a stallion who bred a number of horses.

From memory a good trotting sire Tuft bred some pacers .He was the sire of Tussle who must have won over 30 races

[Sickopunter 403]

Don Pierre?

[Sickopunter 403]

Basically though, if I had a horse trotting bred and my trainer told me it wanted to pace I would be trying to get out of it. Fast.

[We're Doomed 4,855]

I have this vague recollection of Te Puke Expects and Te Puke Aspires. Both out of the same mare, the first by a trotting stallion and paced, and the latter by a pacing stallion and trotted. As I said that is relying totally on memory and it was probably in the late 80s early 90s so I might be wrong.

And yes, I recall Charlie Wood racing as a trotter and pacer on the same programme. There was another around the same time. Was it called Brother something?

[Shad 1,554]

Piper Mcardy raced in both gaits, for Mr Negus some years back, was only a battler but i think he may have won in both gaits.

[Swede 67]

Scarrymcleary won a good few as a pacer here and in Australia before he started trotting

[Racey180 6]

Strietross not sure of spelling but Kerry Orieley drove it.it won 7 or 8 pacing and went to open class trotting.