Nuncio (horse)

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Nuncio
Breed	Standardbred
Sire	Andover Hall
Grandsire	Garland Lobell
Dam	Nicole Isabelle
Maternal grandsire	Lindy Lane
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	17 April 2011
Country	United States
Color	Black
Breeder	Russell C. Williams, Hanover Shoe Farms
Owner	Stefan Melander
Record
51: 37-12-2
Earnings
USD 3,035,094 SEK 27,573,230
Major wins
Yonkers Trot (2014) Kentucky Futurity (2014) Sprintermästaren (2015) Elitloppet (2016) Jubileumspokalen (2016) Sundsvall Open Trot (2016)

Nuncio (foaled in Hanover, Pennsylvania, 17 April 2011) is a dark racing trotter by Andover Hall out of Nicole Isabelle by Lindy Lane. Nuncio is owned and trained by Stefan Melander at Åby-Farm, Enköping, Sweden.

With Swedish driver Örjan Kihlström, Nuncio won the most prestigious harness race in Scandinavia, the Swedish Elitloppet at Solvalla, on the 29th day of May, 2016, carrying a 3 million Swedish kronor ($360.000) first prize purse.^[1]

Furthermore, Nuncio has won several other races, most prominent of which are Kentucky Futurity (2014), Yonkers Trot (2014), Sprintermästaren (2015), the Swedish Breeders Crown (2015), Jubileumspokalen (2016) and Sundsvall Open Trot (2016). Nuncio was also a valiant runner-up at one of the greatest harness racing events in the world, the Hambletonian Stakes (2014).^[2]

The combined earnings of the US-born stallion now exceeds 27 million Swedish kronor.^[2]