Traffic Judge
| Traffic Judge | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Suburban Handicap (1957) |
Traffic Judge (1952–1972) was an American
heart attack at New York City's LaGuardia Airport while en route to see Traffic Judge compete in the Narragansett Special.[1] His estate auctioned the horse and on December 24 he was purchased for $362,345.70 by Louis P. Doherty, owner of The Stallion Station on Muir Station Road in Lexington, Kentucky.[2] Traffic Judge's race conditioning was then taken over by another Hall of Fame inductee, James W. Maloney
.
Traffic Judge showed some promise at age two when he won the 1954 Prairie State Stakes at
Jerome Handicap[7] for three-year-olds as well as the Woodward Stakes, a major weight-for-age race against older horses.[8]
Traffic Judge won the
Suburban Handicaps.[citation needed
]
Retired to stud, Traffic Judge was the sire of Traffic, the 1963 Hopeful Stakes winner in the United States who went on to stand at stud in France where he was the 1971 Leading sire. Other of Traffic Judge's progeny who were successful in racing included multiple stakes winners Green Ticket (1959), Traffic Mark (1966), Judgeable (1969) and Grade 1 winner Court Ruling (1970). In addition, he sired Best In Show (1965) who was voted Kentucky Broodmare of the Year in 1982.
Traffic Judge died at age twenty in 1972 and was buried at The Stallion Station now known as 505 Farm.[9]
Pedigree
| Sire Alibhai |
Hyperion | Gainsborough | Bayardo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosedrop | |||
| Selene | Chaucer | ||
| Serenissima | |||
| Teresina | Tracery | Rock Sand | |
| Topiary | |||
| Blue Tit | Wildfowler | ||
| Petit Blue | |||
| Dam Traffic Court |
Discovery | Display | Fair Play |
| Cicuta | |||
| Ariadne | Light Brigade | ||
| Adrienne | |||
| Traffic | Broomstick | Ben Brush | |
| Elf | |||
| Traverse | Tracery | ||
| Perverse (family: 3-n) |
References
- ^ Miami News - November 14, 1956
- ^ New York Times – December 25, 1956
- ^ New York Times – August 19, 1954
- ^ Miami News – May 29, 1955
- ^ Reading Eagle – June 26, 1955
- ^ New York Times – September 4, 1955
- ^ Modesto Bee – September 30, 1955
- ^ New York Times – October 2, 1955
- ^ Grave Matters, Thoroughbred Heritage