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Secretariat - Mine Only by Mr. Prospector
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Obit:
Academy Award, a graded stakes-winning son of Secretariat, was euthanized Aug. 24 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement near Georgetown, Ky., because of complications from chronic laminitis. He was 24.
A foot injury prevented Kentucky-bred Academy Award from competing until age 4. Campaigned as a homebred by Peter Blum, Academy Award won the 1991 Early Times Manhattan Handicap (gr. IIT) at Belmont Park. He retired with five wins from 19 starts and earnings of $226,943. He was produced from the Mr Prospector mare Mine Only.
Academy Award originally stood at the Hancock family’s Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky. He ended his breeding career at Win Row Farm in Lebanon, Ohio. He is represented as a stallion by 10 stakes winners, including Canadian grade I winner Four On the Floor and Brazil champion Mr. McCartney.
Academy Award was retired from stud duty and relocated to Old Friends with the help of Win Row’s Chris Rosell; Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery through the Secretariat Foundation; actress Angie Dickinson; and television producer Barbara Bowen.
“Academy Award had a perfect disposition for Old Friends,” said Old Friends founder and president Michael Blowen. “And visitors loved the idea that he was Secretariat’s son. He was a lot smaller than his sire. We called him Little Red.”
History:
One of the last sons of the magnificent Secretariat, greatest race horse of modern times, Academy Award was bred and raced by Peter E. Blum, and trained by Richard DeStasio. He began racing at 4 years old and showed particular talent on the turf. That ran in the blood—his famous sire won on both surfaces.
Academy Award is a small horse, but he could make big moves. The most impressive of his victories was his win in the 1991 Early Times Manhattan Handicap (G2). With Craig Perret up, he prevailed over Stage Colony, an Old Friends resident who passed away in 2009. In 19 starts, Academy Award earned $226,943. At stud in Ohio at Win Row Farm, Academy Award sired 9 stakes winners.
Academy Award’s retirement to Old Friends was enabled by a cast of sponsors befitting his name: Golden Globe winning actress Angie Dickinson, Secretariat’s owner Penny Chenery, and TV producer Barbara Bowen.
SECRETARIAT
ch 1970 |
BOLD RULER
dkbbr 1954 |
NASRULLAH
b 1940 |
NEARCO |
| MUMTAZ BEGUM |
MISS DISCO
b 1944 |
DISCOVERY |
| OUTDONE |
SOMETHINGROYAL
b 1952 |
PRINCEQUILLO
b 1940 |
PRINCE ROSE |
| COSQUILLA |
IMPERATRICE
dkbbr 1938 |
CARUSO |
| CINQUEPACE |
MINE ONLY
b 1981 |
MR. PROSPECTOR
b 1970 |
RAISE A NATIVE
ch 1961 |
NATIVE DANCER |
| RAISE YOU |
GOLD DIGGER
b 1962 |
NASHUA |
| SEQUENCE |
MONO
b 1963 |
BETTER SELF
b 1945 |
BIMELECH |
| BEE MAC |
SIN IGUAL
ch 1952 |
BOLD VENTURE |
| IGUAL |
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