[5] His next start was at Springfield at the Illinois State Fair track in the Review Futurity, where he suffered defeat for the first time — in the first heat, he was beaten into second place by Adios Vic.

[7][8] In September, Bret Hanover won the Little Brown Jug setting a world record in the first heat despite rain delaying the start of the race.

[9] Bret Hanover then won the Messenger Stakes at Roosevelt Raceway to claim the Pacers Triple Crown.

He also made a start in Canada winning the Autumn Classic before a record Canadian crowd for a harness race of 24,454.

Trainer and driver Frank Ervin, who was unwell, later admitted he would not have driven Bret Hanover had it not been his last race.

Bret Hanover is one of only nine horses in history to win the Triple Crown of Harness Racing for Pacers.

After his death on November 21, 1992, Bret Hanover was buried at Castleton before his grave was moved to Lexington's Kentucky Horse Park.

The bronze sculpture by Spanish sculptor Luis Sanguino that had been erected for him at Castleton Farm today stands at his gravesite.