PHILANTHROPIST: (Sire) LTE $266,430. Black Type Offspring. G3 winner. Canadian stallion Philanthropist has been sold to Drakenstein Stud in South Africa. Philanthropist was the second leading freshman sire in Canada in 2010 and the third leading sire in the country in 2011 with progeny earnings of $2.6 million. In 2013 his colts averaged $354,000 at sales. Sire of three G1 winners. Sire of: Pender Harbour, champion 3-year-old colt in Canada, won two-thirds of the Canadian Triple Crown and is already a stakes winner as a 4-year-old in 2012. He also sired Sovereign Award finalist Bear It’s Time, a top 3-year-old filly. (2012 Canadian Thoroughbred Article). Philanthropist is an own son of KRIS S, $150,000 stud fee. (below)
NICKEL CANDY: (Dam) LTE: $37,382. Went on to be a broodmare in the USA and Canada. Progeny Earnings $505,314. Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale 2009- $45,000.
KRIS S: (Grand-Sire) LTE $53,530. At his peak, the stallion commanded $150,000 for his services. A leading sire and sire of four different Breeders' Cup winners. His runners earned in excess of $48 million. As a commercial sire, his yearlings sold for more than $36.8 million--an average of $169,091. He has sold four yearlings for more than $1-million, including the $3.9 million Keeneland September sale topper of 1999, out of the Mr. Prospector mare Mr. P's Princess. Kris S stood 17 hands, he was a massive, coarse, big-boned horse with an excellent shoulder. Kris S. was clearly bred for classic stamina but never had the chance to display his full ability as he was felled by injury after only five starts. His stallion career suggests that he was cut out to be a good one as he became a successful sire who reliably transmitted staying power. SIRE RANKINGS: Led the American general sire list in 1993 and 2003. 8th on the Irish broodmare sire list in 2011. 7th on the North American broodmare sire list in 2011. 4th on the American general sire list in 2003. 4th on the American broodmare sire list in 2009. 2nd on the American general sire list in 1993 4th in 2003 7th in 1999. 5th on the combined English/Irish general sire list in 2003. Led the Korean general sire list in 1999.
HIDDEN RESERVE: (Grand-Dam) LTE: $203,629. Progeny Earnings over $1.5 Million. 14 Starts, 4 firsts, 4 seconds and 2 thirds. Hidden Reserve was a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies participant - 1996. At 2: 2nd Demoiselle S.(G2,Aqu) At 4: 2nd Bed o' Roses Breeders' Cup H.(G3,Aqu), Monmouth Beach S. 3rd Shuvee H.(G2,Bel). After Racing, she went on to be a broodmare in KY and is the dam of PHILANTHROPIST, DEFER and RELOAD. Hidden Reserve is an own daughter of MR. PROSPECTOR (below).
SILVER DEPUTY: (Grand-Sire) 2 starts, 2 wins, LTE $41,820, career ending knee injury. Progeny earnings in excess of $88 Million. He was among the leading sires of 1998 and 1999, Silver Deputy stud fee was $75,000 in 2000. Sire of: 694 winners and he was represented by seven champions and 88 stakes winners. Foaled in Ontario, Canada, Silver Deputy was bred by International Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc., which sold him for US$200,000 through the 1986 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky yearling sale. The colt was bought by Windfields Farm. He was trained by MacDonald Benson. He entered stud at Windfields’ Canadian division in 1989. In 1993, he relocated to Brookfield Farm in Kentucky. Silver Deputy was undefeated in two career starts, including the Swynford Stakes at Woodbine, before being retired due to a knee injury. (American Classic Pedigrees).
SUGAR HILL CHICK: (Grand-Dam) LTE $125,930. Progeny Earnings over $1 million. Stakes Placed. Sold in the NY Yearling Sale, Saratoga for $65,000.
ROBERTO: LTE US$339,902. (in converted foreign earnings) Raced in England & Ireland. Born in Kentucky and sold to Ireland for a syndicated valuation of US$3.2 million. Producer of black type winners. Progeny Earnings in excess of 8.3 million. Won: Derby S. (Eng-G1), Benson And Hedges Gold Cup (Eng-G1), Coronation Cup (Eng-G1), National S. (Ire-G2), Anglesey S. (Ire-G3), Vauxhall Trial S. (Ire-G3). Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in Ireland. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt in Ireland. Champion Three-Year-Old Colt in England.
MR PROSPECTOR: LTE: $112,171. Progeny Earnings: $400 Million. $150,000 stud fee in 1997. 1987-1988 Leading Sire. 1997-2003 & 2005-2006 Leading Broodmare Sire. 1979, 1987,1989 Leading Juvenile Sire. 1978 Leading Freshman Sire. Mr. Prospector was bred in Kentucky by Leslie Combs II. He was owned by Abraham “Butch” Savin, who paid $225,000 for the colt at the 1971 Keeneland July yearling sale. The Keeneland July sale topper in a crop that also included Secretariat, Mr. Prospector distinguished himself on the racetrack as a record-setting sprinter. His ability to throw a high percentage of stakes horses elevated him from the status of great sire to one of the four most influential sires of the late twentieth century. The other three dominant sires were Nasrullah, Northern Dancer, and Bold Ruler. He was trained by Jimmy Croll. Mr. Prospector entered stud at Aisco Farm near Ocala, Florida, in 1975. He moved to Claiborne Farm after the 1980 breeding season. Mr. Prospector was originally syndicated for $50,000 a share. Six years later, when he moved to Claiborne, his value had jumped to $500,000 a share. Mr. Prospector Sired 1 winner of each of the Triple Crown races, a feat his grandson, Unbridled, has also accomplished. His Triple Crown race winners were the 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, 1985 Preakness Stakes winner Tank`s Prospect, and 1982 Belmont Stakes winner and Horse of the Year, Conquistador Cielo. Mr. Prospector died in June 1999, He is buried in the Claiborne Farm equine cemetery. Many online articles about the legendary Mr. Prospector are available. (Article excerpts from: Claiborne Farm and American Classic Pedigrees).
PURE PROFIT: LTE $55,080. Progeny earnings: In excess of $1 million. Won debut race. Broodmare in KY at Claiborne Farm, dam of Hidden Reserve (above), Inside Information and Educated Risk. Designated Reine de Course and a Double Copy Mare.
DEPUTY MINISTER: LTE: $696,964. 1999-2002 stud fee $150,000. Deputy Minister became one of the great sires of recent times. He sired 90 stakes winners, including 17 grade I winners, for $72 million in progeny earnings. He also topped the broodmare sire list in 2007. Canadian-bred Horse Racing Champion. 1981 Canadian Horse of the Year. Champion 2yo colt Canada & USA. Won: Laurel Futurity(G1), Young America S.(G1), Victoria S., Youthful S., Clarendon S., Colin S., Bull Page S., Tom Fool S.(G2), Donn H.(G2), Gulfstream Sprint Championship 2nd: Meadowlands Cup(G1), Stuyvesant H.(G2) 3rd: Vosburgh S.(G1) won debut, last raced 11/17/1983. Entered stud in 1984 at Windfields, MD in 1989 at Brookdale Farm died Sept. 10, 2004, from heart failure after receiving treatments for cancer that was blocking his breathing. Buried in the equine cemetery at Brookdale. In 1995 he was the #2 ranking juvenile sire. Sire of SILVER DEPUTY (above) and champions Awesome Again, Dehere, Touch Gold, Open Mind.
SILVER VALLEY: LTE $105,731. Black-Type Producer. Multiple stakes winner. Silver Valley, a half sister to multiple stakes winners Coolin It (by North Pole), Fappavalley (by Fappiano), and Regal Valley (by Regal and Royal). She is also a half sister to Twelve Tribes (by Fifth Marine), dam of multiple listed stakes winner Goldminer’s Dream (by Crafty Prospector). Silver Valley and her siblings were produced from stakes-placed Seven Valleys, by the stakes-winning Bald Eagle horse Road At Sea. (American Classic Pedigrees).
FIT TO FIGHT: LTE $1,042,075. Multiple Graded Stakes Winner. Fit to Fight sired 82 stakes horses, including 40 stakes winners, with total progeny earnings in excess of $39 million. He was consistently ranked among the leading sires of winners and was the sire of grade I winners Key Contender and Fit to Scout. (Article excerpt from Blood Horse). Fit To Fight- FT New York Yearling Sale $175,000.
SAY WHAT YOU MEAN: LTE: $20,520. Broodmare in Kentucky. Dam of SUGAR HILL CHICK (above).
HAIL TO REASON: LTE: $328,434. Eclipse Award 1960 Champion 2 year old colt. WON: Worlds Playground S., Hopeful S., Sapling S., Tremont S., Sanford S., Great American S., Youthful S. Set a new track record for 5 furlongs on dirt of :58-1/5 in his maiden victory at Aqueduct. Hail to Reason is the second horse to have sired winners of all three American Triple Crown races and the Derby Stakes in England and is the first American-bred to have done so. Leading sire 1970. Hail to Reason is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World.
BRAMALEA: LTE: $192,396. Black Type Producer. Own daughter of the legendary Nashua.
PRINCEQUILLO: LTE: $96,550. Fair Grounds HALL OF FAME. Grandsire of Secretariat and Kris S. 1957-58 Leading Sire. Leading Broodmare Sire 1957-58, 1966-70, 1972-73, 1976. Winner of the 1943 Jockey Club Gold Cup. He became the sire of Horses of the Year Hill Prince, Dedicate, and Round Table champion Misty Morn and influential sire Prince John. Princequillo was leading broodmare sire eight times, and his daughters are responsible for half brothers Secretariat and Sir Gaylord half brothers Key to the Mint and Fort Marcy full brothers Bold Lad and Successor Sham High Echelon Mill Reef Kris S. and many more. (Blood Horse Article).Article from Claiborne Farm Website: Bred by an American in Paris, *Princequillo was conceived in France, but when World War II broke out, his pregnant dam was shipped to Ireland where he was foaled. While his sire remained in France and became a casualty of German air fire, *Princequillo and his dam were shipped over high seas and smuggled through a German submarine blockade to safety. Eventually shipped to the United States for his racing career, *Princequillo arrived in poor condition after his dangerous journey. Sold shortly after arriving in New Orleans, he was subsequently claimed by Horatio Luro for the Boone Hall Stable. In Luro’s capable hands, *Princequillo developed into an effective distance horse winning the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Saratoga H., and Saratoga Cup. He was retired to the Hancock family’s Ellerslie in Virginia. Although Princequillo probably would have earned his way to Claiborne after the success of his first two crops, he was moved to Kentucky after his second season at stud. A welcomed addition to the Claiborne stallion ranks, A. B. (Bulll) Hancock later recalled that he had been quite keen on the horse because he won at six furlongs and then continued to prove himself as a stayer. Referred to as “Mr. Fixit” at stud for his ability to sire sound, correct foals, Princequillo is most recognized as the sire of 1958 Horse of the Year, three-time Turf Champion, and leading money winner Round Table. The leader of the General Sire List in 1957 and 1958, Princequillo also sired Champions Misty Morn, Hill Prince, Dedicate, and Quill. His greatest legacy, however, is as a top broodmare sire as his daughters cemented his immense influence on the breed. He lead the Broodmare Sire List eight times and had some 170 stakes winners to his credit. They include the dams of Secretariat, as well as his rival Sham, Mill Reef, Sir Gaylord, Key to the Mint, and Kris S. Buried at Claiborne. Carries the X Factor gene.
RAISE A NATIVE: LTE: $45,955. Won: Great American S., Juvenile S. Set or equaled 3 track records. Retired due to bowed tendon. Raise A Native is one of the most influential Thoroughbred sires of all time, like his sire Native Dancer. Raise A Native sired Alydar, the only horse to finish second in all three Triple Crown Races (1978). Raise A Native is the grandsire of Affirmed, the 11th and latest Triple Crown Winner in America. Raise A Native sired Mr. Prospector, who sired 1 winner of each of the Triple Crown races, and is one of the most influential sires. Raise A Native's sire Native Dancer sired Nijinsky, (AKA Nijinsky II in USA) one of the English Triple Crown winners, and a champion sire. Raise A Natives 4xGreat Grandsire Phalaris is the 4xGreat Grandsire of Bold Ruler, the sire of the legendary 9th American Triple Crown Winner Secretariat. Raise a Native is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World.
GOLD DIGGER: LTE: $127,256. Dam of important sire, Mr. Prospector. Designated Reine-de-Course mare. Won: 1965 Gallorette Stakes, 1965 Yo Tambien Handicap, 1965 Marigold Stakes,1966 Gallorette Stakes, 1966 Columbiana Handicap. 2nd: 1965 Kentucky Oaks-G1. 3rd: 1964 Matron Stakes. A tough, durable mare who won two editions of the Gallorette Stakes. The Dam of Me. Prospector (above) who became something even better than a good racehorse: a great sire and broodmare sire. She also produced two more stakes winners by other sires as well as two other daughters of significance as producers. (Article excerpts: American Classic Pedigrees).
KEY TO THE MINT: LTE: $576,015. Eclipse Award, American champion 3-year-old male (1972). Key to the Mint became the first of five twentieth-century colts to win honors as champion 3-year-old male without having won a Triple Crown race since Eclipse Award voting began in 1971. The others are Wajima (1975), Slew o' Gold (1983), Holy Bull (1994), and Skip Away (1996). At 2: 1st Remsen S. 2nd Cowdin S. 3rd Garden State S. At 3: 1st Derby Trial S., Withers S., Brooklyn H., Whitney S., Travers S., Woodward S. 2nd Jockey Club Gold Cup. At 4: 1st Suburban H.(G1), Excelsior H.(G2) 2nd Metropolitan H.(G1).
CLEAR CEILING: LTE: $41,575. Broodmare in KY, Claiborne Farm. An own daughter of Bold Ruler. Half Sister of Secretariat. Dam of Quick as Lightning. Produced a European Classic winner during her own broodmare career and founding a branch of Grey Flight's family that includes three American champions. Designated Reine-de-Course mare.
VICE REGENT: LTE: $6,215. HALL OF FAME. Career ended by an accident off track. Won more Canadian sire titles than any other horse in history. Vice Regent led the Canadian general sire list 13 consecutive times. He was honored by induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame based on his performance as a stallion. According to The Jockey Club, Vice Regent sired 469 winners (68.5%) and 103 (15.0%) stakes winners from 685 named foals. The Blood-Horse credits Vice Regent with 105 stakes winners (15.3%). Vice Regent is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Vice Regent is honored by a stakes race at Woodbine Race Track, part of the Ontario Sires Stakes series.
MINT COPY: LTE: $53,945. Dam of 7 foals, 4 winners including Deputy Minister, Temptor, Copy To Minister, Lady Of My Art, Carousel Baby.
SEVEN VALLEYS: LTE: $114,744. At 3 2nd New Hope Stakes(G3), Pinafore Stakes. Dam of 15 foals, 14 to race, 13 winners, including stakes winners Coolin It, Fappavalley, Regal Valley, and Silver Valley. Silver Valley is the dam of successful sire Silver Deputy. Seven Valleys is also the second dam of grade II winner Da Devil, plus Belgian Horse of the Year Yakousa and $511,261-earner Goldminer's Dream.
CHIEFTAIN: LTE: $405,256. Progeny Earnings $15,269,585. Set a track record of 1:21 for 7 furlongs on dirt at Arlington Park. Half brother of SECRETARIAT. An own son of Bold Ruler. 1963: Won Cowdin Stakes (first division) (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct), Won Tremont Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Aqueduct), Won Tyro Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Monmouth), 2nd Arlington-Washington Futurity (USA, 7FD, Arlington Park), 2nd Hyde Park Stakes (USA, 6FD, Arlington Park), 2nd Youthful Stakes (USA, 5FD, Aqueduct), 3rd Great American Stakes (USA, 5.5FD, Aqueduct). 1964: Won Governor's Gold Cup (USA, 7FD, Bowie). 1965: Won Arlington Handicap (USA, 9FD, Arlington Park), Won Laurel Turf Cup Handicap (USA, 9FT, Laurel), Won Capitol Handicap (USA, 6FD, Laurel), 2nd Metropolitan Handicap (USA, 8FD, Aqueduct), 2nd Washington Park Handicap (USA, 8FD, Arlington Park), 2nd Roseben Handicap (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct), 2nd Toboggan Handicap (USA, 6FD, Aqueduct), 2nd Longfellow Handicap (USA, 8.5FT, Monmouth), 3rd United Nations Handicap (USA, 9.5FT, Atlantic City), 3rd Carter Handicap (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct), 3rd Spring Handicap (USA, 8FD, Monmouth).
HASTY QUEEN: Unraced. 1984 BROODMARE OF THE YEAR. Designated Reine-de-Course mare. Broodmare in KY. Dam of Fit to Fight (above).
JUDGER: LTE: $240,271. At 2: 3rd Futurity S.(G1). At 3: 1st Florida Derby(G1), Blue Grass S.(G1), 2nd Hutcheson S.(G3), Fountain of Youth S.(G3), 3rd Flamingo S.(G1). Entered stud in 1975 at Claiborne Farm, KY died November 1992 in Japan.
CALL THE QUEEN: LTE: $14,340. Sold for $175,000 at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Broodmare in KY. She is an own daughter of Hail To Reason (below). Her Dam was a half sister of Secretariat and an own daughter of Bold Ruler.
TURN-TO: LTE $280,032. Turn-to led the American juvenile sire list in 1958 by progeny earnings. 3rd on the American general sire list in 1960. Turn-to is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. At 2: 1st Garden State S., Saratoga Special S. 3rd Hopeful S. At 3: 1st Flamingo S. Entered stud in 1955 at Claiborne Farm, KY in 1960 at Spendthrift Farm, KY.
NOTHIRDCHANCE: LTE: $112,660. Black Type Producer. At 3: 1st Acorn S. 2nd Comely H. At 5: 2nd Ladies H. 3rd: Wissahicken Purse(Bel,1mi.). At 6: 3rd San Marcos H. Dam of Hail To Reason (above).
NASHUA: LTE: $1,288,565. HALL OF FAME. HORSE OF THE YEAR. National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 1965). Monmouth Park Hall of Champions American Horse of the Year (1955). American champion 2-year-old male (1954). American champion 3-year-old male (1955). Nashua was rated #24 among the top 100 American racehorses of the 20th century by an expert panel assembled by The Blood-Horse. Nashua is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Nashua is one of 50 Thoroughbreds profiled in Royal Blood: Fifty Years of Classic Thoroughbreds. Nashua set a single-season earnings record of US$752,550 at 3 and was the world's leading money-winning Thoroughbred at the time of his retirement. Nashua was a rugged racer who could compete in top company from five furlongs to two miles, he became the object of a bidding war following the accidental shooting death of owner William Woodward, Jr., and was sold to a syndicate headed by Leslie Combs II for a record US$1,251,200. He went on to a long and honorable career at stud before dying at the age of 30. Nashua made his final public appearance at Keeneland on October 18, 1956, a date officially proclaimed “Nashua Day” by Lexington mayor Shelby Kinkead. Leslie Combs II estimated that some 20,000 people a year came to see Nashua at Spendthrift Farm. Spendthrift Farm named its main stallion barn the “Nashua Motel” in the great horse's honor. (Informational excerpts credited to American Classic Pedigrees).
PRINCE ROSE: LTE: $59,267. Sire of the famous Princequillo (above). Bred by Lord Durham, (GB). At 3: 1st Grand Prix de Bruxelles, Grand Prix d'Ostende, Grand Prix International d'Ostende 3rd Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. At 4: 1st Prix du President de la Republique. Foaled 1928, sold at Newmarket for 260gns, retired due to injury, he stood briefly in Belgium. Entered stud in 1938 at Haras de Cheffreville, France, in 1940 moved to Haras du Petit Tellier after a failed kidnapping attempt. In 1944 as the war approached attempts were made to move him to safety, he refused to leave and was subsequently killed by a bomb which struck his stable.
COSQUILLA: LTE: $260,185. Raced in France, broodmare in France, GB and US, dam of the famous Princequillo (above). At 3: 1st Prix Pauline, Prix des Chenettes, Prix Colombes, Prix Maurice de Waldner 2nd Prix de Fervacques, Prix Joubert 3rd Prix de Pomone. At 4: 1st Prix Fille-de-l'Air, Prix de Chantilly 2nd Prix Hypothese Prix Dollar, Prix Auguste du Bos, Prix Massine, Grand Prix de Deauville 3rd Handicap d'Ete. At 5: 1st Prix du Duc d'Aoste.
OCCUPY: LTE: $217,214. 1943 US Champion 2 Year Old Colt. Notable progeny: Bridgework (USA) (above), Little Hut (USA), Wonder Where (CAN). Won: Futurity Stakes, Washington Park Futurity, Jerome Handicap, Autumn Handicap, Shriners Handicap, Argonaut Handicap, and Coral Gables Handicap. 2nd Place: Arlington Futurity, Prairie State Stakes, Primer Stakes, Breeders` Futurity, Phoenix Handicap, Double Event Stakes, and Santa Clara Handicap. 3rd Place: Double Event Stakes and Art Sparks Handicap.
FEALE BRIDGE: Raced in GB. Foaled in India, sent to US in 1950. Broodmare in KY, the dam of Bridgework (in pedigree above).
NATIVE DANCER: LTE $785,240. HALL OF FAME. HORSE OF THE YEAR. American racing's first television idol, the “Gray Ghost” was easy to pick out even in the days of black-and-white TV sets thanks to his striking dapple-gray coat. He was known for both blazing speed and stirring come-from-behind charges. Through his son Raise a Native and maternal grandsons Northern Dancer and Icecapade, he has wielded a huge influence on the Thoroughbred. Native Dancer's HONORS: National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 1963), Saratoga Hoofprints Walk of Fame (inducted as part of the inaugural class in 2013), Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted in 2014), American Horse of the Year (1952, 1954 co-champion with One Count in 1952), American champion 2-year-old male (1952), American champion 3-year-old male (1953), American champion handicap male (1954). Native Dancer was rated #6 among the top 100 American racehorses of the 20th century by a panel of experts assembled by The Blood-Horse. In their book A Century of Champions (1999, Portway Press Ltd.), British experts John Randall and Tony Morris rated Native Dancer as the fifth best North American racehorse of the 20th century. Native Dancer is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Native Dancer is one of 50 Thoroughbreds profiled in Royal Blood: Fifty Years of Classic Thoroughbreds. Native Dancer was the fourth stallion to sire winners of the Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks in the same year, accomplishing the feat in 1966 when Kauai King took the Derby and Native Street won the Oaks. Native Dancer appeared on the cover of the May 31, 1954, issue of Time magazine. Native Dancer's Preakness trophy was sold at auction through Doyle Auctions for US$100,000 in May 2018. Fittingly, the trophy's new owner---Baltimore-based developer Edward St. John---witnessed Native Dancer's victory as a child and owns Rolling Ridge Farm, which is on land that was once part of Vanderbilt's Sagamore Farm. Native Dancer was the first horse to be inducted into the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame. The only other horse to be accorded this honor is his maternal grandson, Northern Dancer, who entered in 2023. (Credit: American Classic Pedigrees).
RAISE YOU: LTE $37,220. Black-Type Producer. Dam of the prolific Raise A Native (above).
SEQUENCE: LTE $54,850. Broodmare in KY, dam of the famous Gold Digger (above).
GRAUSTARK: LTE $75,904. Graustark was Injured during the Blue Grass S., retired syndicated for a then record $2.4-million stood at Darby Dan Farm for his stud career died August 21, 1988, buried near his sire at Darby Dan. Graustark is the Sire of the notable Avatar, Glowing Tribute, and Key to the Mint (above). Led the American broodmare sire list in 1988 5th in 1985 6th in 1986. Led the combined English/Irish broodmare sire list in 1985. Graustark is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Although Graustark won only two stakes races during his short racing career, he made such an impression that there was serious debate as to whether he was the superior of his contemporary Buckpasser, winner of four championships including honors as 1966 Horse of the Year. The question must remain unanswered as the two never met on the track before a foot injury ended Graustark's racing career. At stud, Graustark became a notable influence for stamina, particularly through his daughters. Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza, who rode both Buckpasser and Graustark, once asserted that Graustark would have beaten Buckpasser easily had they met in later years, however, he gave the nod to Buckpasser. (Reference Credit: American Classic Pedigrees).
KEY BRIDGE: BROODMARE OF THE YEAR. Unraced. Broodmare in KY, dam of Key to the Mint (above). 1980 KY Broodmare of the Year, designated Reine-de-Course mare.
BOLD RULER: LTE $764,204. HALL OF FAME. HORSE OF THE YEAR. CHIEF-DE-RACE. Sire of Triple Crown Winner SECRETARIAT. Sire of Clear Ceiling and Chieftain (above). Great- Grandsire of Triple Crown Winner SEATTLE SLEW. 3yo Champion colt, 1957 Horse of the Year, 1958 Champion Sprint Horse, entered stud in 1959 at Claiborne Farm. 1973 Racing Hall of Fame, designated chef-de-race, sire of Triple Crown winner Secretariat. Bold Ruler is the 24th book in the Thoroughbred Legends series from Eclipse Press. Bold Ruler is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Bold Ruler is one of 50 Thoroughbreds profiled in Royal Blood: Fifty Years of Classic Thoroughbreds. Bold Ruler was the sixth and last of jockey Eddie Arcaro's record six Preakness Stakes winners. Bold Ruler stands at the head of one of two three-generation chains of Preakness Stakes winners in American racing history. After winning the Preakness in 1957, he sired 1973 winner Secretariat, who in turn sired 1988 winner Risen Star. The other such chain begins with 1945 Preakness winner Polynesian, who sired 1953 winner Native Dancer, in turn the sire of 1966 winner Kauai King. In 1966, Bold Ruler became the first stallion with progeny earnings of over US$2 million in a single season. Bold Ruler Honors: National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 1973), Monmouth Park Hall of Champions, American co-Horse of the Year (1957), American champion 3-year-old male (1957), American champion sprinter (1958). Led the American general sire list in 1963-1969 and 1973 2nd in 1970 4th in 1975 7th in 1972. Led the American broodmare sire list in 1972 4th in 1974 5th in 1977, 1981, and 1982 6th in 1979 and 1980 7th in 1976 Led the American juvenile sire list in 1963, 1964, 1966-1968, and 1972. 6th on the combined English/Irish broodmare sire list in 1980. (Reference credit: American Classic Pedigrees).
GREY FLIGHT: LTE $68,990. Black Type Producer. Designated Reine De Course mare. Dam of 9 stakes winners. Dam of Clear Ceiling (above). Foaled in Kentucky, Grey Flight was bred by J. T. Taylor, who sold her privately as a weanling to Abram S. Hewitt. Hewitt, in turn, consigned the filly to the Saratoga yearling sale, where she was purchased for US$35,000 (the sale-topping price for a filly) by Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps for her Wheatley Stable. Grey Flight was trained by James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons. A gray mare, Grey Flight was small but very attractive and was commonly held to bear a close resemblance to her sire, Mahmoud. Neatly made, well-balanced and close-coupled with a feminine head, she had a good shoulder and powerful hindquarters. Trainer "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons clearly considered her a pure sprinter, starting her only once at a distance beyond six furlongs. Grey Flight is one of 24 important broodmares profiles in Edward Bowen's Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century.
NORTHERN DANCER: LTE $580,647. HALL OF FAME. HORSE OF THE YEAR. CHIEF-DE-RACE. Considered the most successful sire in racing history leading US sire list in 1971 & English list in 70, 77, 83 & 84. Became the 1st non-human to be inducted into Canada Sports Hall of Fame. 1964 Champion 3 year old & Horse Of The Year in Canada. At the peak of Northern Dancer's stud career, “no guarantee” seasons to the stallion were selling for as much as US$1 million. At the age of 20, Northern Dancer was the subject of a US$40 million dollar offer from a European syndicate. The offer was turned down. One of the smallest Kentucky Derby winners ever, Northern Dancer was also the youngest to date, winning the great race 25 days before his actual third birthday. A first-class racehorse up to 1¼ miles with the versatility to win on both dirt and turf, he was an even better stallion despite standing in Canada and then Maryland. A great sire of sires, he is the leading male-line progenitor of modern Thoroughbreds. The first North American-based stallion to sire 100 or more stakes winners, Northern Dancer proved an excellent sire of sires and had seven sons that also sired over 100 stakes winners. Northern Dancer is a Brilliant/Classic chef-de-race in the Roman-Miller dosage system. Northern Dancer was the first Canadian-bred to win the Kentucky Derby. He remains the only horse to win both the Kentucky Derby and the Queen's Plate, Canada's most important Classic race. Won: Remsen S, Coronation Futurity, Summer S, Carleton S, Preakness S, Kentucky Derby, Flamingo S, Florida Derby, Queens Plate, Blue Grass S. Northern Dancer: The Legend and His Legacy was written by Muriel Lennox and was published in 1995 by Beach House Books. The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty was written by Avalyn Hunter and was published in 2006 by Eclipse Press. Northern Dancer is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Northern Dancer is one of 50 Thoroughbreds profiled in Royal Blood: Fifty Years of Classic Thoroughbreds. SIRE of Vice Regent (above). (Reference Credit: American Classic Pedigrees).
VICTORIA REGINA: LTE $45,480. At 2: 1st Princess Elizabeth S., My Dear S. 2nd Carleton S., Clarendon S. 3rd Coronation Futurity At 3: 1st Nettie H., Star Shoot S. 3rd Canadian Oaks, Maple Leaf S. Broodmare in US & Canada, dam of Viceregal and Vice Regent (above). Died in a 1968 barn fire at Windfields MD while in foal to Northern Dancer.
BUNTYS FLIGHT: LTE $42,300. Won: Eye Opener S, Summer S, Victoria S. Sire of Mint Copy (above).
ROAD AT SEA: LTE $82,692. Won: Ventnor H., Boardwalk H., Longport S. Sire of Puerto Rico's TRIPLE CROWN WINNER, Hurley Road.
POCAHONTAS: LTE $27,835. DESIGNATED REINE DE COURSE. BROODMARE OF THE YEAR. Dam of Chieftain (above). "GENETIC GEM" Pocahontas was a stakes-winning juvenile on the track, but her primary contributions to the history of the Thoroughbred were in the paddocks rather than on the race course. The dam of five stakes winners, she was named the 1965 Broodmare of the Year by the Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders. Her family has produced several good sires and has also bred on through Pocahontas' daughters. Broodmare in KY, dam of Tom Wolfe and Chieftain. 1965 US Broodmare of the Year, exported to Ireland in 1964, broodmare in US & GB, designated Reine-De-Course mare. (Credit: American Classic Pedigrees).
ONE COUNT: LTE $245,625. HORSE OF THE YEAR. Won: Belmont S., Jockey Club Gold Cup, Empire City Gold Cup, Travers S. US Horse of the Year and Champion 3-year-old colt, 1952. Sire of 12 Stakes Winners including Airman's Guide broodmare sire of Fit to Fight, Obeah. Sire of: HASTY QUEEN (above).
QUEEN HOPEFUL: LTE $365,044. At 2: 1st Arlington Lassie S., Princess Pat S., Mademoiselle S. 2nd Miss America S., Selima S., Matron S 3rd Alcibiades S., Pollyanna S. At 3: 1st Florida Oaks, Orchid S., Black Eyed Susan S. 2nd Ashland S., Jasmine S., Kentucky Oaks 3rd Cleopatra H., Vineland H. At 4: 1st Suwannee River H., Yo Tambien H., Beverly H. 3rd Modesty H. At 5: 1st Modesty H. 2nd Yo Tambien H., Falls City H., Spinster S., 3rd Suwannee River H., Beverly H., Arlington Matron H. At 6: 2nd Columbiana H. Broodmare in KY, dam of Hasty Queen (above).
DAMASCUS: LTE $1,176,781. HORSE OF THE YEAR. HALL OF FAME. One of three top racers and sires produced from the North American foal crop of 1964, Damascus is best remembered as the winner of the “Race of the Century” this was the 1967 Woodward Stakes, in which he defeated Buckpasser (1966 Horse of the Year) and Dr. Fager (1968 Horse of the Year). A winner in top company at distances ranging from 7 furlongs to 2 miles, Damascus became a successful sire after his retirement, continuing the male line of Teddy. Damascus was rated #16 among the top 100 American racehorses of the 20th century by an expert panel assembled by The Blood-Horse. According to Jockey Club records, Damascus sired 438 winners (57.0%) and 72 stakes winners (9.4%). Damascus is the 22nd book in the Thoroughbred Legends series from Eclipse Press. Damascus is one of 205 stallions whose accomplishments at stud are profiled in Great Thoroughbred Sires of the World. Damascus is one of 50 Thoroughbreds profiled in Royal Blood: Fifty Years of Classic Thoroughbreds. As a 3-year-old, Damascus set a North American single-season earnings record of US$817,941. Horse of the Year, Champion Handicap Horse & Champion Three Year Old Colt, 1967. Hall of Fame inductee, 1974. Ranked #16 in the Blood-Horse`s Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century. NTR Aqueduct, 10F in 1:59.1 (1968 Brooklyn H.) Breeder: Mrs. Thomas Bancroft (KY) foaled April 14, 1964 Died August 8, 1995 Buried at Claiborne Farm, where he had stood his entire stud career. Won: Remsen S., Preakness S., Belmont S., Jockey Club Gold Cup, American Derby, Aqueduct S., Wood Memorial S., Woodward S., Dwyer H., Travers S., Leonard Richards S., Bay Shore S., Brooklyn H., Aqueduct S., William Dupont Jr. H., San Fernando S., Malibu S. (Credit: American Classic Pedigrees).
FACE THE FACTS: LTE $156,695. Won: Gazelle Handicap, Comely Stakes, Santa Ynez Stakes, La Centinela Stakes, Santa Monica Handicap. 2nd: Mother Goose Stakes, Santa Susana Stakes, Correction Handicap. 3rd: Vagrancy Handicap, Acorn Stakes, Test Stakes. Breeder: Claiborne Farm. Dam of Judger (above).
QUEEN EMPRESS: LTE $431,428 DESIGNATED REINE DE COURSE. CHAMPION 2 year old filly. Own Daughter of BOLD RULER. Half sister of SECRETARIAT. Dam of CALL THE QUEEN (above). Champion 2-year-old filly and a full sister to stakes-winning sprinter and sire, KING EMPEROR (Bold Ruler) and half to G1 winner LAND OF EIRE (Herbager) Fourth dam of champion JEWEL PRINCESS (Key To The Mint). Sold at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale for $150,000 in foal to PRIVATE ACCOUNT. Sold again at the Keeneland Tom Gentry Dispersal Sale for $350,000 in foal to GRAUSTARK.
