Prospectors Delite (March 19, 1989 - June 21, 2001) was a Kentucky-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of a Hoist the Flag mare, Up the Flagpole, and the daughter of one of the century's greatest sires,

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, she was a Grade 1 winner and the 2003 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year.

Racing career

Prospectors Delite was a leading three-year-old female and won many of the U.S.'s most notable filly stakes, some of which include the G1 Acorn Stakes and the G1

Ashland Stakes The Ashland Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It and the Ashland Oaks, the Kentucky Association racetrack's predecessor race, were named for ...

. She also finished third in the Kentucky Oaks and became a successful broodmare.

Breeding career

While Prospector's Delite was a grade one winner on the track, she is best known for her role as a

broodmare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...

. Her first foal, sired by

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, was a Grade 1 winner and sold for $575,000 at a Keeneland July yearling sale. Tomisue's Delight eventually earned over $1,000,000, with victories in stakes races including the G1

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and the G1 Personal Ensign Handicap. Bred back to A.P Indy, Prospector's Delite produced another stakes winner, Rock Slide, who is currently standing at stud in Woodbine, Maryland, at Shamrock Farms. Prospector's Delite also produced the European stakes winner Monashee Mountain (who was bought in a 1998 Keeneland sale for $1,000,000) and stakes winner Delta Music, who earned over $200,000. Prospector's Delite is best known for producing the 2003 Horse of the Year, Mineshaft who earned over $2,000,000 and won the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Mineshaft currently stands at stud at

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. At the start of his breeding career, his fee was $100,000.

Death

Prospector's Delite died in 2001 at the age of 12 after suffering complications during the birth of a Storm Cat colt. She developed laminitis and had to be put down; her newborn colt survived only three weeks after his mother's death.Prospector's Delite Kentucky Broodmare Champ
Retrieved: November 25, 2011

References

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