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Aisco Stable was the nom de course for the Thoroughbred racing stable owned by Abraham I. "Butch" Savin, a
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native and owner of construction conglomerate Aisco Construction. The stable is best known as the owner of
Mr. Prospector Mr. Prospector (January 28, 1970 – June 1, 1999) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who became an outstanding breeding stallion and notable sire of sires. A sprinter whose career was cut short by repeated injuries, he won seven of his 14 starts, i ...
, the outstanding stallion who was the
Leading sire in North America The list below shows the leading sire of Thoroughbred racehorses in North America for each year since 1830. This is determined by the amount of prize money won by the sire's progeny during the year. It is restricted to stallions which are based in N ...
in 1987 and 1988 plus the
Leading broodmare sire in North America The list below shows the leading Thoroughbred sire of broodmares in North America for each year since 1924. This is determined by the amount of prize money won during the year by racehorses which were foaled by a daughter of the sire. The most freq ...
from 1997 through 2003 and again in 2005 and 2006. In 2007,
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published a book titled ''Gold Rush : How Mr. Prospector Became Racing's Billion-Dollar Sire'' by Avalyn Hunter, a prominent American equine author who is widely referenced at
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. On the racetrack,
Forward Gal Forward Gal (foaled 1968 in Florida) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Out of the mare, Forward Thrust, she was sired by Florida Derby winner Native Charger who also sired 1970 Belmont Stakes winner High Echelon. Bred by Abraham S ...
, bred by Savin and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee
Jimmy Croll Warren A. Croll, Jr. (March 9, 1920 – June 6, 2008), best known as Jimmy Croll, was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred race horse trainer. Croll was born in 1920 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. After finishing high school, he attended the Un ...
, was Aisco's most successful runner who was voted the 1970
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971. The award originated in 1936 when both t ...
.Monmouth Park National Champion Oaks winners
Retrieved September 30, 2018 His grandson, Scott Savin, has continued the tradition by owning his own racehorses such as Technology, the Florida Derby winner of 1992. Two of his great granddaughters, Tammy and Jessie Savin, are the youngest owners ever to win a stake race with a horse named Glory's Winner in 1992.


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{{reflist American racehorse owners and breeders