Capote (horse)
| Capote | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Norfolk Stakes (1986)
U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1986) |
| Last updated on September 5, 2007 | |
Capote (March 25, 1984–August 24, 2007) was an American
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
.
Background
Bred by
Eugene V. Klein
.
Racing career
At age two in 1986, Capote made four starts, winning three times. He won the Grade I
Laffit Pincay, Jr.
, Capote took the lead early in the race and held it throughout to win by 1¼ lengths.
Capote's performances in 1986 earned him
U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt honors, and he went into the 1987 racing season as the winter book favorite for the 1987 Kentucky Derby
. However, the colt's three-year-old campaign was not a success. Out of six starts, his best finish was a third. Capote also finished sixteenth in a seventeen-horse field in the Kentucky Derby.
Stud record
Retired to stud duty, from 1989 through to the end of 1991, Capote stood at the famed Calumet Farm, which had purchased a fifty percent interest in him. The bankruptcy of Calumet resulted in Morven Stud of Charlottesville, Virginia, eventually acquiring the fifty percent share as an equal partner with Capote's original owners. His owners then moved him to Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky.
Before being pensioned in November 2003 as a result of
neurological
problems, Capote was the sire of 21 graded stakes winners among 62 stakes winners. His progeny included Grade I winners Capote Belle, Matty G., Agincourt, and:
- Basim - won the 1992 Anglesey Stakes and was voted Ireland's 2-year-old Champion;
- Boston Harbor - in 1996 he duplicated Capote's success, winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and earning U.S. Champion 2-year-old honors;
- Surfing Home - multiple Grade I winner, 1995 Horse of the Year in South Africa.
Death
Capote died at age twenty-three on August 24, 2007, and is buried at Three Chimneys Farm.
Pedigree
| Sire Seattle Slew (USA) 1974 |
Bold Reasoning (USA) (USA) 1968 |
Boldnesian (USA) | Bold Ruler (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alanesian (USA) | |||
| Reason To Earn (USA) | Hail To Reason (USA) | ||
| Sailing Home (USA) | |||
| My Charmer (USA) 1969 |
Poker (USA) | Round Table (USA) | |
| Glamour (USA) | |||
| Fair Charmer (USA) | Jet Action (USA) | ||
| Myrtle Charm (USA) | |||
| Dam Too Bald (USA) 1964 |
Bald Eagle (USA) 1955 |
Nasrullah (GB)† | Nearco (ITY) |
| Mumtaz Begum (FRA) | |||
| Siama (USA) | Tiger (USA) | ||
| China Face (USA) | |||
| Hidden Talent (USA) 1956 |
Dark Star (USA) | Royal Gem (AUS) | |
| Isolde (USA) | |||
| Dangerous Dame (GB) | Nasrullah (GB)† | ||
| Lady Kells (IRE) |
- † indicates inbreeding