Many trainers go to the annual yearling sales looking for brothers or sisters to horses they have trained. Tim Twaddle, on the other hand, has had a different kind of family tradition that has propelled him for the second time in the past three years into the $300,000 Max Hempt Memorial at Pocono. Twaddle picked up the training of the then 3-year-old Macharoundtheclock after the filly had raced in stakes action in Ontario for the first two years of her racing career. It was 2013 and Twaddle would continue to race the daughter of Mach Three to 40 more starts during the two-plus years that followed, seeing the mare amass 19 of her 22 career wins under his care. Macharoundtheclock's Sweet Lou offspring Fourever Boy finished fourth in the 2022 edition of the Hempt, and Twaddle is hopeful for better this Saturday when Timeisonmyside starts in this year's edition. "They are totally different horses with no similarities," Twaddle said when asked to compare the 2022 Hempt starter with his Captain Crunch-sired brother racing on Saturday. "Timeisonemyside is a bigger horse and I believe he's faster too." Twaddle has been fortunate to have had more than his share of offspring from Macharoundtheclock race in his stable and explained the circumstances surrounding their arrival. "Actually, her first foal was an embryo transplant," said Twaddle of the Ponder-sired Like Clockwork, born in 2015 from an embryo taken during the mare's best racing season. In 2014, Macharoundtheclock earned $141K on the track with her first foal arriving the following campaign. "Seth (Rosenfeld, Birnam Wood Farms) didn't think it was a good idea to try to sell the foal, and he sent him to me to race," said Twaddle. Like Clockwork had a strong first season for Twaddle and would go on to do well for a host of owners in the future. Twaddle was outbid on Macharoundtheclock's next foal but bought Betty Clocker, a Betting Line filly the following year. "We raced her a little bit and bred her to our stallion (Dapper Dude). They tell me she's got a nice-looking colt that's the spitting image of Fourever Boy," said Twaddle. Following Fourever Boy, Twaddle was outbid once again at the sales, with the renamed Joemikiyoursofine selling for $90K and nearly doubling that total on the racetrack thus far. Timeisonmyside was even more expensive, but fate and long-term relationships brought the Captain Crunch sophomore into Twaddle's stable this year. "Anthony (MacDonald's) group bought him for more than we could spend ($165,000), and they trained him as a 2-year-old, but he was a big, growthy horse and still growing. They raced him four times and stopped with him," said Twaddle. ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Following some time off and being gelded, Timeisonmyside shipped to Twaddle at The Meadows and prepped for his sophomore season. "He raced really well early for me but when he got to the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes he was having trouble competing," said Twaddle. "There was a five-week gap between the Sire Stakes legs and The Adios, so Anthony decided to turn him out. I think that's what turned him around." The mid-season vacation made a world of difference. "He was a little stronger and a little slicker going," said Twaddle. Timeisonmyside was a solid second behind Captain Albano in the Adios eliminations and a strong third in the final, coming off-the-pace from post six. Following the Adios, Twaddle wasn't certain whether he would go in the Milstein or not. "After some of the trips earlier in the year over the five-eighths, I was worried if he would get around Northfield," said Twaddle. "The older track there was banked differently. He's eligible for the Jug, and we needed to find out if he'd get over the half-miler." For those who witnessed the $300,000 Milstein on August 10, it was rather clear that Timeisonmyside was not only capable of racing on the small track but was rather impressive handling the turns as well. A sterling second-place finish in the race made the decision to send him to the Hempt easier for the connections, though it seems the Jug may suit the horse better in September. "He went a terrific trip in the Milstein," said Twaddle. "I thought after the first quarter (25 4/5) and then the pressure he was under that he had every reason to get tired." What happened was Timeisonmyside battled gamely, holding off favored Wish You Well for the place spot behind the fast-closing winner Sabonis. Timeisonmyside picks up Mark MacDonald for the Hempt and starts from post four. MacDonald pulled off a major upset on Hambletonian Day in the Sam McKee Memorial, but this time may find the challenge more daunting with his brother James driving the probable favorite Legendary Hanover (post seven). The Hempt will also be a rematch of sorts with Adios winner Captain Albano (post five) making his first start since that July 27 test for trainer Noel Daley while adding Lasix for the first time. Legendary Hanover will be looking for his fourth straight stakes victory, coming off a record-setting 1:46 2/5 mile in the Cane Pace at the Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day. This will be Legendary Hanover's 18th career start and first over a five-eighths mile track. Also coming out of the Cane Pace but making a change is Captain's Quarters. The North America Cup runner-up finished third behind Legendary Hanover in the August 3 contest and will pick up Scott Zeron, replacing regular pilot Jody Jamieson for the first time. A son of Captaintreacherous, Captain's Quarters drew post two for the Hempt. Wish You Well (post one), Gem Quality (post three), Sweet Beach Life (post six) and Mirage Hanover (post eight) round out the star-studded field that goes as race 12 of 14 on the Sun Stakes program. Twaddle will have Timeisonmyside shipping to Pocono on Friday, a day after he raced his 2-year-old little sister named Time Of The Season in a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes race at Harrah's Philadelphia. She finished fifth in her division. "She's a nice filly," said Twaddle of the Bettor's Wish lass. "Seth retained her as a future broodmare." Time Of The Season looked sharp in her first two career starts at The Meadows with a win in 1:55 in her second start on August 7. "We chose the Sire Stakes rather than the Stallion Series because she was never going to qualify for the Stallion Series consolation. Hopefully she gets some money so we can race her in the Sire Stakes consolation," said Twaddle of the decision. Much like her racing career, Macharoundtheclock continues to thrive as a broodmare no matter what sire she's bred to, and trainer Tim Twaddle has been getting the best out of the breed.