Broad Brush

Broad Brush
Broad Brush
Sire	Suburban Handicap (1987); John B. Campbell Handicap (1987); Trenton Handicap (1987)
Awards
	Leading sire in North America (1994)

Broad Brush (April 16, 1983 – May 15, 2009) was an American

racehorse foaled in Maryland. He was by the Hall of Fame stallion Ack Ack out of the Hoist The Flag

Bred and owned by

Richard W. Small, Broad Brush won a number of stakes races at age two before being prepped for the 1986 Kentucky Derby

Three-year-old season

At age three, Broad Brush won a number of stakes races, including the Inner Harbor Stakes at

Broad Brush also placed third in two of the most coveted races in the country in the

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, showing in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. He finished a close third behind Ferdinand two lengths back and Bold Arrangement (by a head) in the grade one Kentucky Derby in 1986 in a field of 16 colts. Broad Brush also was third as the local Maryland favorite in the $1,000,000 grade one Preakness Stakes behind eventual Eclipse Award winner Snow Chief and Derby champ Ferdinand. Snow Chief was named the American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse

At age four, Broad Brush won some of the most prestigious races in the handicap division, including the $1,000,000 grade one

After his retirement in April 1988, Broad Brush became a very successful sire, being awarded

Fort Larned). Broad Brush was pensioned in 2004 and was euthanized

Broad Brush is inbred 3x3 to Turn-to, meaning this stallion appears twice in the third generation of his pedigree.