WCC Hawker 850 made quite a splash in his first year in the show ring. Registered as Neely Trainer, but showing under the name Outer Banks, he was crowned 2020 USTA World’s Champion in only his third horse show appearance. He is by Neely Dunn, a Standardbred stallion known for having a lot of speed and whose offspring have topped many sales. The big bay gelding was purchased by Hagan Saddlebreds for the Amateur Roadster To Bike Division. Due to his extreme speed, classic good looks and high quality, he was renamed Hawker 850 after the popular corporate jet. Trainer Shane Mullens put the new team in the ring at the 2021 Mercer County Fair where they debuted to win the Amateur Roadster To Bike Stake. Mullens had the pair sitting on ready at the 2021 World’s Championship Horse Show. They started the week by winning the Amateur Roadster To Bike Division I class and finished it by earning the title World’s Champion of Champions in Amateur Roadster To Bike.  In 2022, he earned the titles of Roadster To Wagon Reserve Champion and Roadster To Wagon Grand Champion at the 2022 Midwest Charity Horse Show with Scott Hagan, whip, and Reserve World Champion in the Open Roadster To Wagon Stake qualifier at the World’s Championship Horse Show, also with Scott Hagan, whip.  In 2023, Hawker won the Amateur Roadster To Bike division at the Mercer County Fair with Scott Hagan, whip, was the World’s Champion in the Amateur Gentlemen’s Roadster To Bike, Division II and was the Reserve World’s Champion of Champions in the Amateur Roadster To Bike Championship with Scott Hagan, whip, both at the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show!  In 2024, this duo were the Reserve winners in the Amateur Roadster To Bike division at the Shelby County Dogwood Classic, Amateur Roadster To Bike Reserve winners and earned first place in the Amateur Roadster To Bike Championship at the Midwest Charity Horse show, Amateur Roadster To Bike winners at the Mercer County Fair and last but not least, World’s Champions in the Amateur Gentlemen’s Roadster To Bike Section I division and World’s Champion of  Champions in the Amateur Roadster To Bike Championship at the Kentucky State Fair World’s Championship Horse Show.  What a great year for Scott and Hawker!

Look for Scott and Hawker again in 2025 to compete in the Amateur Roadster division!

A former owner described “Hawker” as a smart horse that loves attention, is 100% natural and is the epitome of a Standardbred.