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Thornfield House
Thornfield (foaled 1994 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Sovereign Award, Champion horse racing, racehorse. Background Thornfield was bred by Steve Stavro, Steve Stavro's Knob Hill Farm, he was sired by Eclipse Award, Eclipse and Sovereign Award and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Sky Classic, a son of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky II, Nijinsky. Thornfield's dam was Alexandrina, a daughter of 1982 American Horse of the Year, Conquistador Cielo. Racing career In 1999, under trainer Phil England, five-year-old Thornfield won the Grade 2 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes, Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap. Ridden by Richard Dos Ramos, they then won the $1.5 million Canadian International Stakes, Canadian International as the longest shot in the field. The win made Thornfield the first winner sired by an International winner. His 1999 performances earned him Canadian Horse of the Year and Sovereign Award for Champion Male Turf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Classic
Sky Classic (March 17, 1987 – April 30, 2015) was a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame racehorse. A son of U.K. Triple Crown champion Nijinsky, in 1989 Sky Classic won the Sovereign Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Male Horse in Canada but injuries kept him out for the most of the 1990 racing season. Back racing on grass in 1991, Sky Classic won six of his nine starts including the prestigious Rothmans International in course record time. The following year with Pat Day riding, he set a new race record in the Arlington Handicap, defeated Fraise in the Turf Classic Invitational at Belmont Park, but lost his two biggest races that year, a second in the Arlington Million to Dear Doctor, and another second by a nose to Fraise in the Breeders' Cup Turf. However, his five other wins that year earned him the 1992 United States Eclipse Award for Outstanding Male Turf Horse. Retired in 1993, Sky Classic stood stud at Pin Oak Stud, LLC in Versailles, KentuckyHe has sired more than 50 G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |