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Rambling Willie was born on a farm in Monroeville, Indiana . He won 128 races in 304 starts, both records and won the U. S. Pacing Championship in 1976 . At the 1975 Canadian Pacing Derby he tied for first in a Dead Heat with Pickwick Baron , and won outright in 1976 and 1977 , setting a best time for the mile of 1:54.3. Rambling Willie was Put Down in 1995 and was buried in the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky . AWARDS AND RECOGNITION He was voted North American Aged Pacer of the year in 1975 , 1976 , and 1977 , and was retired in 1983 as the leading standardbred money winner of all time, earning over $2 million. He was inducted into the Indiana Standardbred Hall Of Fame in 2003. A biography of the horse was published: ''Rambling Willie: The Horse that God Loved!'' (ISBN 0910119422). EXTERNAL LINKS
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