Codex (horse)

Codex
Codex
Sire	Tartan Stable
Owner	Tartan Stable
Trainer	D. Wayne Lukas
Record	15: 6-2-1
Earnings	$534,576
Major wins
	Santa Anita Derby (1980); Hollywood Derby (1980); American Classic Race wins:; Preakness Stakes (1980)

Codex (February 28, 1977 – August 20, 1984) was an American

Arts And Letters.^[1]

Triple Crown races

Trained by

Triple Crown races could harm a horse and did not allow Lukas to nominate Codex for the 1980 Kentucky Derby.^[3]

Lukas initially declined to nominate Codex for the 1980 Preakness Stakes but the horse was entered accidentally by Lukas' 22-year-old son, Jeff, who worked as the assistant trainer.

Triple Crown-race winner.^[2] The victory was challenged by Genuine Risk's owners on grounds of deliberate interference by Cordero. Television replays showed Cordero swing Codex wide and possibly brush against Genuine Risk.^[2] One of Codex's lawyers, Arnold M. Weiner, displayed photos showing the horses almost feet apart in contrast to the television footage.^[3] After testimony by dozens of witnesses, the Maryland Racing Commission ruled that any contact was incidental and allowed the result to stand.^[3] The controversy increased media attention on the upcoming Belmont Stakes as a rivalry between Codex and Genuine Risk.^[3]

At the 1980 Belmont Stakes in sloppy conditions, Codex finished in seventh place.[3] to Temperence Hill; Genuine Risk finished second.

Retirement

Codex was retired after a career of six wins in fifteen starts.^[4] Codex produced three good crops of foals before being found in his stall, paralyzed. On August 20, 1984, he was euthanized.

From Codex's 1982 (first) crop came

Grade I races. From his 1983 crop, came the Grade I winner Badger Land. The 1984 (last) crop was highlighted by Lost Code, who won several Graded Stakes including 2 Grade 1 races.^[4]

Breeding

Pedigree of Codex
Sire Arts and Letters ch. 1966	Ribot brown 1952	Tenerani	Bellini
		Tenerani	Tofanella
		Romanella	El Greco
		Romanella	Barbara Burrini
	All Beautiful ch. 1959	Battlefield	War Relic
		Battlefield	Dark Display
		Parlo	Heliopolis
		Parlo	Fairy Palace
Dam Roundup Rose bay 1971	Minnesota Mac bay 1964	Rough'n Tumble	Free for All
		Rough'n Tumble	Roused
		Cow Girl	Mustang
		Cow Girl	Ate
	Minnetonka bay 1967	Chieftain	Bold Ruler
		Chieftain	Pocahontas
		Heliolight	Helioscope
		Heliolight	Real Delight

References

^ "Codex", Thoroughbred Database, Pedigree Online, accessdate 17 September 2010
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Nack, William (May 26, 1980). "Bump and Run in the Preakness". Sports Illustrated. 52 (22): 26–31. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
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ISBN 0-07-138737-4
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^ ^a ^b Hunter, Avalyn (May 2003). American classic pedigrees (1914–2002). Eclipse Press. p. 440.

[1] "Codex", Thoroughbred Database, Pedigree Online, accessdate 17 September 2010

[SI-2] Nack, William (May 26, 1980). "Bump and Run in the Preakness". Sports Illustrated. 52 (22): 26–31. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.

[Devito-3] 
ISBN 0-07-138737-4
.

[Hunter-4] Hunter, Avalyn (May 2003). American classic pedigrees (1914–2002). Eclipse Press. p. 440.

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