Iwon’t Backdown As stands his ground

At 0h21, on June 24, 2023 By Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

Over the years, trainer Anette Lorentzon has named some of her family’s homebred horses after songs, but Iwon’t Backdown As is more than a nod to a Tom Petty hit. It fits her 4-year-old trotter to a T.

“When he was growing up, whether against horses or people, he would not back off if you went in the paddock,” Lorentzon said. “He was very tough. That’s where it came from, that ‘I won’t back down.’ I usually name them from songs, but this one came because of the way he was as a baby.”

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