by Kimberly French, USTA Web Newsroom Senior Correspondent

Williamsport, PA — She’s so quiet in the barn, her trainer almost forgets about her, but when Upmarket Hanover hits the track she leaves quite an impression.

The 3-year-old trotter, owned by William B. Weaver III of Freehold, New Jersey and conditioned by Doug Miller of Lake Worth, Florida, has amassed a bankroll of $125,686 with ten victories and three seconds from 15 career starts. The bay daughter of S J’S Photo-Up The Rail, was bred by Hanover Shoe Farms and has raced almost exclusively on the Pennsylvania circuit, where purses are steadily rising due to the addition of slot machines.

“A lot of trotting fillies can be a little bit tough,” Miller said. “But this filly is so quiet around the barn you don’t even know she is there most of the time.”

The filly’s mellow temperament and business-like demeanor make her exceptionally easy to train.

“She is professional, has a great attitude and is beautifully gaited,” Miller said. “You can drive her with two fingers and train her without a check on. Her head is down between her knees and she never breaks. She is a pleasure to work with and a young child could train her.”

Purchased for $8,000 by Heather Wilder and Dan Altmeyer as a yearling, Upmarket Hanover was transferred to Miller’s barn over the winter after being sold privately to Weaver.

“Mr. Weaver bought her at the end of January or the beginning of February, somewhere around there,” Miller said. “He was looking for a Pennsylvania bred 3-year-old filly with a certain kind of pedigree and she kind of fit the bill. Also, I love the fact she was in Danny’s barn. I know he took good care of her.”

The filly began her sophomore season on May 5 at the Meadows by annexing a division of the Pennsylvania Sires Stake. Off for six months, Upmarket Hanover never extended herself and stopped the teletimer in 1:58.1.

She was scheduled to start in a division of the Currier & Ives on June 2, but Miller scratched the filly because of a sore hip.

“We took her out to The Meadows a couple weeks ago and we think she got hurt on the truck out there,” Miller said. “She hurt her hip so she hadn’t raced in a couple weeks but she is okay now.”

On June 23, Upmarket Hanover captured another division of the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes in 1:59.1. While her time was not remarkable, her winning move eradicated nine lengths in the blink of an eye.

“Whatever was wrong with her, she got better on her own,” Miller said. “I trained her the Monday before the race and she was good so we put her in. She was awesome.”

Miller intends to race his charge primarily in Pennsylvania for 2007 but thinks Upmarket Hanover will be changing careers in 2008.

“We are going to race her mostly in Pennsylvania,” Miller said. “Mr. Weaver has a sizable broodmare band and my guess is after this year she is going to be a broodmare. She has the credentials and the pedigree.”