Hall of Fame

Bred by Alan Ritchie and Herb Liverman, broodmare Fireworks Hanover was foaled on February 27, 2001 in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

As of her induction into the Hall of Fame, Fireworks Hanover had fourteen registered foals with ten starters and $2,706,961 in total North American earnings. Fireworks Hanover’s most successful foals are world champion trotter Explosive Matter 3,1:52.3 ($1,510,542), winner of the 2008 Matron and the 2009 Colonial and Bluegrass; 2018 Breeders Crown winner and Dan Patch Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year, world champion Woodside Charm 2,1:53f ($531,658) and Winning Fireworks 4,1:54.2f ($349,057).

Owned by Lester Beechy, Fireworks Hanover lived out the rest of her life at his Woodside Farm in Indiana. She died in April 2025.