Raise a Native
| Raise a Native | |
|---|---|
TSD American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1963) | |
| Last updated on July 17, 2007 |
Raise a Native (April 18, 1961 – July 28, 1988) was an undefeated Thoroughbred racehorse that was named 1963 champion two-year-old colt in the Turf and Sport Digest poll and was the highest rated juvenile in the Experimental Free Handicap. He sired 74 stakes winners, including Majestic Prince and Alydar. In its 1988 obituary for the horse, The New York Times called him "the most influential sire of American Thoroughbred stallions over the last 20 years".
Breeding
Raise a Native was bred by
Racing record
Trained by future
Stud record
After ending his racing career due to a bowed tendon in 1963, Raise a Native was bought by Spendthrift Farm, a breeding syndicate in Lexington, Kentucky. Although the descendants of Raise a Native have had success racing on turf in Europe, they generally have been more attuned to running on dirt.
Among his offspring, he sired Alydar (who was a close second to Affirmed in all three Triple Crown races), Crowned Prince (who won the Dewhurst Stakes), Exclusive Native (who won the Arlington Classic), Mr. Prospector (who is a leading sire), and Majestic Prince (who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes).[2]
He is notably the grandsire of
Raise A Native is also the great-great-grandsire of two champions. The first is two time
As of 2023, 23
On July 28, 1988, Raise a Native was humanely euthanized at Spendthrift Farm due to spinal deterioration.
Pedigree
| Sire Native Dancer 1950 |
Polynesian 1942 |
Unbreakable | Sickle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Glass | |||
| Black Polly | Polymelian | ||
| Black Queen | |||
| Geisha 1943 |
Discovery | Display | |
| Ariadne | |||
| Miyako | John P. Grier | ||
| La Chica | |||
| Dam Raise You 1946 |
Case Ace 1934 |
Teddy | Ajax |
| Rondeau | |||
| Sweetheart | Ultimus | ||
| Humanity | |||
| Lady Glory 1934 |
American Flag | Man o' War | |
| Lady Comfey | |||
| Beloved | Whisk Broom | ||
| Bill and Coo (Family: 8-f) |
See also
References
- ^ Morris, Simon; Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World, Syntax Software
- ^ Australian Stud Book: Raise A Native (USA) Retrieved 2011-2-15
External links
- "Raise a Native Destroyed." The New York Times 30 July 1988 - Retrieved 11 July 2007
- "Parke's Patience a Classic For All Time" Thoroughbred Times - April 24, 2004 Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- "Wolfson...Dead at 95" Thoroughbred Times - December 31, 2007 Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine