Black Tie Affair
Black Tie Affair | |
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Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1991) (1991)
Washington Park Handicap Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Classic (1991) | |
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American Horse of the Year (1991) | |
Last updated on August 6, 2006 |
Black Tie Affair (April 1, 1986 – July 1, 2010) was a
Black Tie Affair was brought to the United States, where he was kept as a yearling at Cynthia and Walter Reese's Timber Creek Farm in New Jersey. Reese trained the colt as a 2-year-old for Edward P. Sawyer of Hudson River Farm before Black Tie Affair was sold to Jeffrey Sullivan in 1989 for $125,000 as a three-year-old on the advice of trainer Ernie T. Poulos.
Black Tie Affair was a
Retirement
Black Tie Affair was originally retired in 1992 to Kentucky and then was sent to Japan in 1997 for stud duty. In 2003, there was some worry that he might meet the same fate as the great Ferdinand, who was reportedly sent to the slaughterhouse in Japan when his stud career was over. Instead, with the help of several people, from turf enthusiasts to prominent businessmen, Black Tie Affair's ex-trainer's wife, Dee Poulos, started a campaign to bring him back to the United States.
Black Tie Affair was retired to Old Friends Equine in Georgetown, Ky. He was humanely euthanized at Old Friends on July 1, 2010, due to laminitis.[1]
His best-known progeny are Evening Attire, Formal Gold, and the multiple stakes-winning filly License Fee, along with the Japanese winners Washington Color and Today's Affair.
References
- ^ 1991 Horse of the Year Black Tie Affair Dead from Bloodhorse.com
Notes
- Pedigree & Partial Stats
- TB Times Stallion Directory
- Black Tie Affair Heads Home
- TB Times Black Tie Affair is Back
- Video at YouTube of Black Tie Affair's win in the 1991 Breeders Cup Classic