{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Horometer , image = , caption = , sire =

Hourless Hourless (1914–1935) was a British-born Thoroughbred racehorse who raced in the United States where he won the 1917 Belmont Stakes. Background Bred at August Belmont, Jr.'s Haras de Villers in Foucarmont in Upper Normandy, France, he was foa ...

, grandsire = Negofol , dam = Star Pal , damsire = North Star , sex =

Gelding A gelding is a castration, castrated male horse or other equine, such as a pony, donkey or a mule. Castration, as well as the elimination of hormonally driven horse behavior, behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male equine to be calmer a ...

, foaled = 1931 , country =

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, colour = Dark Bay/Brown , breeder = Col. Sam McLaughlin , owner = Parkwood Stable , trainer =

Harry Giddings, Jr. Harry Giddings Jr. (May 18, 1884 – June 15, 1949) was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame owner, breeder, and trainer of thoroughbred racehorses. He was born in Trafalgar Township in Halton County, Ontario now at the outskirts of the town ...

, record = 9: 8-1-0 , earnings = $14,605 , race = Goodwood Plate (1933)
Clarendon Stakes (1933)

Coronation Futurity Stakes The Coronation Futurity Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old horses foaled in Canada. It is run annually in mid-November at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at a distance of miles. Along with its turf counterpart, the ...

(1933)
Grey Stakes Handicap (1933) Canadian Classic Race wins:

Queen's Plate The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate between 1860 to 1901 and 1952 to 2022) is Canada's oldest Thoroughbred horse race, having been founded in 1860. It is also the oldest continuously run race in North America. It is run at a distance of ...

(1934)

Breeders' Stakes The Breeders' Stakes is a stakes race for Thoroughbred race horses foaled in Canada, first run in 1889. Since 1959, it has been the third race in the Canadian Triple Crown for three-year-olds. Held annually in August at Woodbine Racetrack in To ...

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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to honour those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and Thoroughbred horse racing in Canada. It is located at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. The ...

(1976) , updated= July 15, 2008 Horometer (1931–1935) was a Canadian Hall of Fame

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racehorse Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic ...

. Bred and raced by Col. Sam McLaughlin's Parkwood Stable, he was out of the mare Star Pal and sired by

, the 1917 American Co-Champion 3-Yr-Old Male Horse and winner of the Belmont Stakes. Trained by Canadian Hall of Fame trainer

, Horometer was ridden by future Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Frankie Mann throughout his career. Racing at age two, he won all five of his starts and at age three broke the

King's Plate The King's Plate (known as the Queen's Plate between 1860 to 1901 and 1952 to 2022) is Canada's oldest Thoroughbred horse race, having been founded in 1860. It is also the oldest continuously run race in North America. It is run at a distance of ...

race record by a second in winning Canada's most prestigious race. In an era when horses often raced once a week or even more often, just four days after Horometer won the King's Plate, he claimed victory in the

. Three days after that, he was sent to the track again and suffered the only loss of his career when he finished second by a nose in the William Hendrie Memorial Handicap. In his final race in June 1934, Horometer won the Canadian Breeders' Handicap at the now-defunct

Long Branch Racetrack Long Branch Racetrack was a horse-racing facility in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. It was situated in Etobicoke, then a township, just north of the village of Long Branch and just west of the city of Toronto. It operated from 1924 until 1955 at a loc ...

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but came out of the race with an injury and, after apparently recovering, went lame following a training workout. According to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, in 1935 jockey Frankie Mann said, "In those days they weren't able to repair a horse's foot like they can today, so he'd had it. He orometerwas a gelding and had no

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value, so they put him down." Horometer was part of the inaugural class inducted into the

on its formation in 1976.

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Horometer's pedigree and partial racing stats

1931 racehorse births 1935 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in Ontario Racehorses trained in Canada King's Plate winners Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductees Thoroughbred family 23-b

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