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Win Approval
Win Approval (29 January 1992 – 19 July 2021) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and "Blue Hen" broodmare. She was the daughter of With Approval, who was the winner of the Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and a Champion turf racer. She had an unremarkable racing career, running for her breeder between 1994 and 1996. After her retirement from racing, she became an exceptional broodmare, producing four graded stakes race winners from ten foals. Her progeny earned $8,936,808. She was named the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Broodmare of the Year for 2017. She was euthanized at age 29 in 2021. Notable Progeny Eight of Win Approval's foals would be winners. Her 1998 foal, Stakes winner Revved Up, would retire at 11 with $1,548,653 in earnings. Her 1999 foal, the multi-millionaire Miesque's Approval won the Breeders Cup Mile. Her 2008 foal, Za Approval earned $1,394,666 and was second in the Breeders' Cup Mile to two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With Approval
With Approval (May 9, 1986 – June 21, 2010) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1989 under jockey Don Seymour. Even though he missed the rest of his three-year-old season due to injury, he was named the 1989 Canadian Horse of the Year. At four, With Approval set a new world record of 2:10.26 for miles on turf while winning the Bowling Green Handicap. He also finished second in the 1990 Breeders' Cup Turf and the Arlington Million. In 1993, With Approval was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Background With Approval raced as a homebred for Donald G. Willmot's Kinghaven Farms. He inherited his gray coat from his sire Caro, an Irish-bred stallion who raced in France and was later imported into the United States. Caro was an important sire whose offspring included Kentucky Derby winning filly Winning Colors and Breeders' Cup Mile winner Cozzene. With Approval's dam was Passing Mood, a stakes-winning mare by lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |