direct scooter
Over two years of racing, Direct Scooter developed into one of the top free-for-all pacers of all time. Unraced at two, Direct Scooter won 36 of 60 races over his two-year career. Lightly staked at three, he won 21 of 32 starts and earned $298,162, setting his lifetime mark at Hollywood Park in 1:54.
At four, Direct Scooter was voted 1980 Aged Pacing Horse of the Year after winning 15 of 28 starts and earning $502,289 - a record single-season earnings by an older horse. That year he also set world records on two five-eighths-mile tracks of 1:54.2. Major career victories included the U.S. Pacing Championship, and the R. Bruce Cornell Memorial at Freehold Raceway.
Direct Scooter retired to stud duty at Walnridge Farm in the fall of 1980, where he has sired 1,673 starters at gait with earnings of more than $102 million. His fastest and richest performer is the $2.94 million-winning Matt’s Scooter, who took a time trial mark of 1:48.2. He is also the sire of world champion In The Pocket p,3,T1:49.3 ($1,537,473). Captaintreacherous, Somebeachsomewhere, Mach Three and Matt's Scooter trace their tail male line back to Direct Scooter.
As a broodmare sire, Direct Scooter has sired the dams of winners of over $153 million, with 1,428 in 2:00 and 445 $100,000 winners including Hall of Famer Rocknroll Hanover p,3,1:48.3 ($2,754,038) and world champions Pacific Rocket p,4,1:50s ($2,333,401) and Royalflush Hanover p,4,1:49.3 ($2,153,893).