Dan Patch was the “Greatest harness horse in the history of the two-wheel sulky”. Dan Patch was born April 29, 1896 in Oxford Indiana, but was purchased in 1902 by Minneapolis businessman Marion W. Savage for the then fabulous price of $60,000. Dan then lived in the stables in Savage, MN. On September 8, 1906 in a race against time on the Minnesota State Fair race track. Here Dan Patch electrified the turf world with his record of 1:55 for the mile to set a new world mark for pacers, and had some 93,000 people gathered that day at the MN State Fair grounds to witness the event. Read more about Dan Patch at www.danpatch.com.