Paleface Adios

Paleface Adios
Paleface Adios Memorial in Temora.
BreedStandardbred
DisciplinePacing
SireDeep Adios (USA)
GrandsireAdios (USA)
DamRayjen
Maternal grandsireBrigade Command
SexStallion
Foaled1 November 1969
CountryAustralia
ColorChestnut
OwnerShirley Pike
TrainerColin Pike (and driver)
Record
240: 108-43-25
Earnings
$535,640
Major wins
1973 Victoria Derby
1973 New South Wales Derby
1973 Queensland Derby
1974 & 1976 Lord Mayors Cup
1975 & 1977 Sir Clive Uhr Championship
1976 Miracle Mile Pace
1977 Winfield Cup
Awards
Youngest Australian pacer to earn $100,000
World record 2:02.3 standing start 2,400m
First Australian 3yo to break 2:00[1]
Other awards
Best mile rate: 1:57.6
Honors
1976/77 Aged Pacer of the Year & Australian Harness Horse of the Year
1976/77 Australian Pacers Grand Circuit Champion
Last updated on: 28 July 2011.
Front of the Memorial Statue

Paleface Adios (1969–1989) was an Australian harness racing horse which competed as a pacer throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. He raced from 1972 to 1981, (from the age of two years until he was retired at the age of 11 years) when there was top competition from the likes of the Hondo Grattan and Pure Steel.

He was a chestnut Standardbred pacer with a white blaze and feet, and a golden mane. Paleface Adios was foaled on 1 November 1969, at Temora, NSW and was by Deep Adios (by Adios) out of Rayjen by Brigade Command. Rayjen was the dam of several full siblings to Paleface Adios, but they failed to match his ability as racehorses.

  1. ^ Classic Families Retrieved 28 July 2011