Editing Strike Out (section)

==Racing career==
As a two-year-old pacer, Strike Out earned more money than any horse in his age group and was named  by Harness Tracks of America (HTA) and the [[United States Trotting Association]] (USTA) as the top harness horse his age in North America. In 1972 he became the first horse to win a Canadian harness race with a $100,000 purse. That year he went on to race in the United States, capturing the important [[Adios (racehorse)|Adios Stakes]] in a dead heat with Jay Time,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=u2BVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oj4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4490,3389644&dq=strike+out+adios+stakes&hl=en Rare dead heat in Adios Stakes]</ref> the Fox Stake, the Roosevelt Futurity,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/02/archives/strike-out-wins-81216-futurity-silent-majority-1110-pick-fourth-in.html Strike Out wins $81,216 Futurity]</ref> the Beaver Pace and other major races all over North America, including the [[Prix d'Été]] at Montreal's [[Blue Bonnets Raceway]]. By the end of the summer, his owners had set their sights on the most prestigious race of all, the [[Little Brown Jug (horse racing)|Little Brown Jug]] in [[Delaware, Ohio]]. Strike Out, was trained by [[Bruce Nickells|Bruce K. Nickells]] for two months the previous winter, before he won the Jug with a time of 1:56.3 which set a world record for a three-year-old pacer on a half mile track.

On September 21, 1972, driven by [[Keith Waples]], Strike Out became the first [[Canadians|Canadian]] owned horse to win the [[Little Brown Jug (horse racing)|Little Brown Jug]]. Not only did he do it in straight heats, but he won setting a world record<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ysYdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qSgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2752,1139870&dq=strike+out+little+brown+jug&hl=en Strike Out wins Little Brown Jug]</ref> over a half-mile track for a 3-year-old pacer in a time of 1:56 3/5. Strike Out was named by the HTA and USTA as top three-year-old.