PRINTER'S NO. 1858
No. 310 Session of 2004
INTRODUCED BY WAUGH, PUNT AND O'PAKE, OCTOBER 5, 2004
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 5, 2004
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing October 9, 2004, as "Windsong's Legacy Day" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Windsong's Legacy, a Pennsylvania-bred three-year-
4 old colt, is seeking to become the harness horse racing
5 industry's Triple Crown winner by finishing first in the October
6 9, 2004, Kentucky Futurity race; and
7 WHEREAS, On August 7, 2004, Windsong's Legacy outraced a
8 field of ten in the 79th Hambletonian at the Meadowlands; and
9 WHEREAS, On August 28, 2004, Windsong's Legacy continued his
10 winning streak in the Yonkers Trot at Hawthorne Race Course,
11 outrunning the field and winning in a record time that
12 established a new Hawthorne all-age standard; and
13 WHEREAS, Windsong's Legacy was bred and born at Windsong
14 Stable, which is owned by the Spears family and located in
15 Hanover, York County; and
16 WHEREAS, Windsong's Legacy lost his mother and was raised as
17 an orphan, stacking the odds against a successful racing career;
1 and
2 WHEREAS, Windsong's Legacy, along with his trainer-driver
3 Trond Smedshammer and his owners Frederik Lindegaard, Claire
4 Chappell and Ted Gewertz, and Patricia Spinelli, represents the
5 very best the horse racing industry has to offer; and
6 WHEREAS, Securing a win on October 9, 2004, would make
7 Windsong's Legacy the first trotting horse to capture the Triple
8 Crown since Super Bowl in 1972; and
9 WHEREAS, Even without a Triple Crown, Windsong's Legacy
10 already has staked his claim as one of the greatest standardbred
11 horses of all time, becoming the top money earner in harness
12 racing; and
13 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's thriving equine industry plays an
14 important role in this State's economy, heritage and quality of
15 life; and
16 WHEREAS, The equine industry is a major component of this
17 State's agriculture industry, employing more than 20,000
18 Pennsylvanians and generating millions of dollars in revenue and
19 taxes; and
20 WHEREAS, Windsong's Legacy and his accomplishments have
21 proven and demonstrated the worth and value of Pennsylvania's
22 equine industry to people all over the world; therefore be it
23 RESOLVED, That the Senate recognize October 9, 2004, as
24 "Windsong's Legacy Day" in Pennsylvania and pay tribute to the
25 incredible racing victories of Windsong's Legacy, his
26 contributions to the future of horse racing in this Commonwealth
27 and the achievements of his owners and trainers.
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