Arise (horse)

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Arise
Sire
Excelsior Handicap (1950)
Carter Handicap (1951)
Monmouth Handicap (1951)
Questionnaire Handicap (1951)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1983)

Arise (foaled 1946 at

Hamburg Place in Kentucky) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse
.

Background

Arise was sired by the 1936 Santa Anita Derby winner, He Did, a son of the 1928 Preakness Stakes winner, Victorian. Out of the dam Coralie B., his damsire Apprehension was a grandson of English Triple Crown champion, Rock Sand.

Breeder R. M. Wood sold Arise in 1946 to Torontonians Harry Addison, Sr. and Mrs. Jack Addison. They entrusted the colt's race conditioning to future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Jim Bentley.

Racing career

In 1948 the two-year-old Arise was sent south to race in

Excelsior Handicap and the Fall Highweight Handicap plus the American Legion Handicap
at Saratoga Race Course.

Arise was sent back to the track at age six and won the 1951 Monmouth Handicap, the Questionnaire Handicap and defeated Piet in winning the Carter Handicap.

Stud record

Retired from racing, in 1953 Arise was sent to stand at stud at Kentucky's renowned Claiborne Farm. His time as a stallion was limited as he produced only a few offspring in 1954 and 1955, non of which met with racing success.

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