Smart Strike

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Smart Strike


caption =
sire = Mr. Prospector
grandsire = Raise a Native
dam = Classy 'n Smart
damsire = Smarten
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1992
country = Canada flagicon|Canada
colour = Bay
breeder = Sam-Son Farm
owner = Sam-Son Farm
trainer = Mark Frostad
record = 8: 6-1-0
earnings = $337,376
race = Salvator Mile Handicap (1996)
Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1996)
awards= Leading sire in North America (2007)
honours = Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2008)
updated= CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAME CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC)

Smart Strike (foaled 1992 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. The son of the Champion sire, Mr. Prospector, and out of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame mare, Classy 'n Smart, Smart Strike is a half-brother to 1991 Canadian Triple Crown champion, Dance Smartly.

Owned and bred by Sam-Son Farm, on the racetrack, Smart Strikes' most important win came in the Grade I Philip H. Iselin Handicap. However, he was just developing into a top-flight horse when his career was cut short by injury. He suffered a condylar fracture during a workout while preparing for the Breeder's Cup.

Retirement

Retired to stud duty at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky in 1997, Smart Strike's value as a stallion has risen dramatically as a result of the performance of his offspring.

* Fleetstreet Dancer (b. 1998) - won Japan Cup Dirt
* Tenpins (b. 1998) - Philip H. Iselin Handicap
* Soaring Free (b. 1999) - Canadian Horse of the Year (2004), set North American record for 7 furlongs on turf
* Portcullis (b. 1999) - 2002 Champion Grass Horse in Canada
* Added Edge (b. 2000) - Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Colt (2002)
* English Channel (b. 2002) - American Champion Male Turf Horse (2007), winner of the Grade I United Nations Handicap, Woodford Reserve Turf Classic, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap, Breeders' Cup Turf
* Fabulous Strike (b. 2003) - earned a "huge" 118 Beyer Speed Figure in his first race of 2007 [http://www.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=news&id=25794] then won the Aristides Breeders' Cup Stakes
* Strike a Deal (b. 2004) - won the Laurel Futurity (2006), Straight Deal Stakes (2007)
* Curlin (b. 2004) - 2007 American Horse of the Year, won 2007 Arkansas Derby, Preakness Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Breeders' Cup Classic, Dubai World Cup

For his contribution to Thoroughbred racing, Smart Strike was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/smart+strike Smart Strike's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/stallion-directory/stallion.aspx?stallion_no=1365869 TB Times Stallion Directory Smart Strike]

External links

* [http://www.thespec.com/article/200741 Smart Strike Sought After]