Miswaki

Miswaki (February 22, 1978 – December 17, 2004) was an American-bred

Bred in Florida, Miswaki was sired by the very important Mr. Prospector that became a two-time leading sire in North America and a nine-time leading broodmare sire in North America. His dam was Hopespringseternal, a daughter of Buckpasser, the 1966 American Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee that became a four-time leading broodmare sire in North America.^[3]

Miswaki was purchased and raced by Etti Plesch, a prominent horsewoman in Europe, who as at the end of 2011, is the only female to have won The Derby twice, doing it first in 1961 with Psidium then with Henbit in 1980. In addition, she won the 1970 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with Sassafras.^[4]

Racing career

Miswaki was conditioned for racing by one of France's leading trainers, François Boutin. Raced at age two, he made four starts on grass in 1980, winning the Prix Yacowlef at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse in his debut. After a runner-up finish in Deauville's Group One Prix Morny, he won the Group One Prix de la Salamandre at Longchamp. Sent to England's Newmarket Racecourse for the Group One Dewhurst Stakes, Miswaki ran third to winner, Storm Bird. For his three-year-old campaign in 1981, Miswaki was sent to race in the United States, where he made nine starts for Hall of Fame trainer

Beginning in 1982, Miswaki spent his entire 22-year stud career at Walmac International Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Pensioned in August 2004,^[6] he died on December 17 that same year^[7] and was buried in the equine cemetery at Walmac International.^[8]

The two most notable of Miswaki's successful progeny are the great racing mare

• Bachelor Duke, won the 2004 Irish 2,000 Guineas
• Black Tie Affair, 1991 American Horse of the Year & Breeders' Cup Classic winner
• Etoile Montante, filly whose wins include the 2003 G1
  Palomar Handicap
  in the United States.
• Germignaga, won the 1996 Oaks d'Italia
• Kistena, multiple stakes winner in France including the Group One Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp
• Marvelous Crown, won 1994 Japan Cup
• Misil, won three Group One races including the 1993 Gran Premio del Jockey Club
• Umatilla, won Karrakatta Plate, successful sire in Australia
• Urban Sea, 1993 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner

Miswaki was the damsire of:

• Dalakhani, won the 2003 G1 Prix du Jockey Club
• European Horse of the Year, winner of the G1 Breeders' Cup Turf
• European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt
• Hernando, won the 1993 G1 Prix du Jockey Club
• Jimwaki, won the 1997 Grande Premio Brasil [1]
• Landseer, won 2002 G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains
• My Typhoon, multiple stakes winner
• Sadowa, won the 2002 Premio Regina Elena
• European Horse of the Year, winner of The Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
• Talkin Man, 1994 Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
• Silence Suzuka, won 1998 Takarazuka Kinen

References

• Horses & Husbands -The Memoirs of Etti Plesch (2007) Dovecote Press
  ISBN 978-1-904349-54-9