Fappiano
Fappiano | |
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Sire | Forego Handicap (1981) |
Fappiano (May 19, 1977 – September 3, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose most important win was the 1981 Metropolitan Handicap. When retired to stud, he became a major sire whose offspring included Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled. He was named for Joseph C. Nichols (1905–1984), a long-time sportswriter for The New York Times, who was born Giuseppe Carmine Fappiano.[2]
Background
Fappiano was bred and raced by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud and trained by his son, Jan. Bred in Florida, he was from one of the first crops of Mr. Prospector, then based in Florida, and helped establish Mr. Prospector's reputation as one of North America's leading sires. Fappiano was out Killaloe, an allowance race-winning daughter of Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Fager. Killaloe also produced stakes winners Torrential (FR-G1), Portroe (US-G3), Jedina and Royal Troon.[3] Nerud had also bred Dr. Fager and Fappiano's second dam, Grand Splendor, while managing Tartan Farms.[4] The family traces to the highly influential broodmare, Plucky Liege.[5]
Racing career
At age two in 1979, Fappiano went undefeated in four starts. Among those wins was the
At stud
While successful in racing, Fappiano is best known as a sire and a sire of sires. At the end of 1981, he was retired and syndicated for a reported $300,000 per share. He stood at
Fappiano was the grandsire of two different horses that combined to win all three
In early September 1990, Fappiano was humanely euthanized when laminitis set in while he was recovering from a fractured leg.[3]
Fappiano notably sired:
- American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt;
- Cryptoclearance (b. 1984) – multiple Grade 1 stakes winner with career earnings of US$3,376,327, sired Victory Gallop, Volponi;
- Matron Stakes, career earnings of US$1,305,522;
- Aptostar (b. 1985) - won Grade 1 Acorn Stakes.
- Quiet American (b. 1986) – won NYRA Mile Handicap, sire of Real Quiet;
- Matron Stakes;
- Defensive Play (b. 1987) – won Sandown Classic Trial and Rose of Lancaster Stakes in U.K. and Man o' War Stakes, Strub Stakes in U.S., career earnings of US$1,695,557;
- Norfolk Stakes, career earnings of $1,019,540;
- Rubiano (b. 1987) – multiple stakes winner with career earnings US$1,203,457, voted American Champion Sprint Horse in 1992;
- Unbridled (b. 1987) – won 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic, voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse, career earnings of US$4,489,475. sire of Empire Maker, Grindstone, Halfbridled, and Unbridled's Song;
- Serape (b. 1988) - won Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap
- Cahill Road (b. 1988) – won Wood Memorial Stakes.
- Hum Along (b. 1989) Dam of Storm Song American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly
- Comet Shine (b. 1991) won Summer Stakes and Cup and Saucer Stakes. Champion at 2 in Can.
Pedigree
Sire Mr. Prospector 1970 |
Raise a Native | Native Dancer | Polynesian |
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Geisha | |||
Raise You | Case Ace | ||
Lady Glory | |||
Gold Digger | Nashua | Nasrullah | |
Segula | |||
Sequence | Count Fleet | ||
Miss Dogwood | |||
Dam Killaloe 1970 |
Dr. Fager | Rough'n Tumble | Free For All |
Roused | |||
Aspidistra | Better Self | ||
Tilly Rose | |||
Grand Splendor | Correlation | Free America | |
Braydore | |||
Cequillo | Princequillo | ||
Boldness (family 16-a)[5] |
References
- ^ "Equibase profile". Equibase. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Joseph C. Nichols, 79;Sportswriter for Times". The New York Times. December 24, 1984.
- ^ a b c Hunter, Avalyn. "Fappiano (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ a b Hunter, Avalyn. "Fappiano's Follow Through". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Miss Agnes - Family 16-a". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Cordero Wns 5th Big M stake". The Record, page 72. 1982-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ "Runhappy Metropolitan". NYRA. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Pedigree of Fappiano". Equineline. Retrieved 25 October 2022.