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1983 Hambletonian winner Duenna dead at age 28

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May 19, 2008

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Duenna, the 1983 Hambletonian winner for Norman Woolworth�s Clearview Stables and trainer-driver Stanley Dancer, was found dead Monday morning in the field affectionately known as �Menopause Manor� at Hunterton Farm at Stoner Creek in Paris, Ky. The daughter of Green Speed was 28 year old.

Hunterton Farm�s Steve Stewart said Duenna, �died peacefully of old age. She had not been ill. She was just fine yesterday afternoon, and this morning she had passed away during the night.�

Duenna was retired from breeding after failing to get in foal in 2003. Her last of 12 foals was born in 2001. For the past five years she has lived peacefully in the 80-acre field at the back of the farm the late Woolworth owned.

In 1983 Stanley Dancer was the trainer and co-owner of the Hambletonian favorite Dancer�s Crown, a Speedy Crown colt Dancer said was the best he had ever trained. But two weeks before the Hambletonian Dancer�s Crown died while in surgery for colic.

But then he drove Woolworth�s homebred filly, Duenna, to a record 16-length victory in a New York Sire Stakes at Buffalo and Woolworth told Dancer in the winner�s circle that he would put the filly in the Hambletonian.

She responded with a 1:57.3 mile in her elimination and dominated the final in 1:57.2, giving Dancer a cherished victory in his home state of New Jersey and the popular Woolworth his only Hambletonian triumph.

Duenna went on to win 13 of 23 starts at three and take a record of 1:56.3 that year at Syracuse. She retired from racing at age five with $1,131,920 in career earnings.

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