Courtesy of Becky Johnston
Remembering some of those that have left us recently and the offspring they produced.
Cryptoclearance (Fappiano - Naval Orange by Hoist the Flag) 1984 - 2009
Cryptoclearance in the 1987 Pegasus
Cryptoclearance in the 1990 Widener
Sons and Daughters of Cryptoclearance:
Victory Gallop in the 1998 Belmont Stakes
Volponi in the 2002 Breeders' Cup Classic
Millenium Wind in the 2001 Blue Grass Stakes
Traitor in the 1996 Futurity
Ride the Rails in a 1994 Allowance
Ride the Tails may leave the longest shadow on this sport for the Cryptoclearance line. He is the sire of Candy Ride.
Candy Ride, by Ride the Rails, in the 2003 Pacific Classic
Strategic Maneuver in the 1993 Spinaway
El Prado (Sadler's Wells - LadyCapulet) 1989 - 2009
As a stallion
Sons and Daughters of El Prado:
Kitten's Joy in the 2004 Secretariat
Medaglia d'Oro in the 2002 Travers
Rachel Alexandra, by Medaglia d'Oro in the 2009 Woodward
Borrego in the 2005 Pacific Classic
Artie Schiller in the 2005 Breeders' Cup Turf Mile
Asi Siempre in the 2006 Spinster
Mi Pradera Puerto Rican champion
Summer Squall (Storm Bird-Weekend Surprise) 1987-2009
Summer Squall in the 1990 Bluegrass Stakes
Sons and Daughters of Summer Squall:
Charismatic in the 1999 Kentucky Derby
Storm Song in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Postponed and Globalize in the 2000 Peter Pan Stakes
Deputy Commander (Deputy Minister - Anka Germania) 1994-2009
Deputy Commander in the 1997 Travers Stakes
Deputy Commander in the 1997 Super Derby
Son of Deputy Commander:
Ten Most Wanted in the 2003 Illinois Derby
Goulash (Mari's Book - Wise Bridge) 1993-2009
Dam of:
Ashado in the 2004 Breeders' Cup Distaff
and Sunriver
Laughing Look (Damascus - Laughter) 1986 - 2009
Coronado's Quest in the 1998 Travers Stakes
Warning Glance in the 1996 Fort Marcy
Now, add your memories and videos of those Thoroughbreds we have lost.
I didn't see or know much about the aforementioned horses but try to learn about as many as possible but it always makes me sad when one pases away. Some are still pretty young and that makes it sader.We just try to remember all they accomplished in their times.
Goulash's 2yo colt Drover (by Storm Cat) broke his maiden today at Belmont.
Becky,
What a fitting tribute to these Champions that left us to early, Thank You...
God I loved Coronado's Quest, I really thought he would have one of the triple crown races in 1998.
And with all that you didn't have the room to oh I don't know have one clip of KONA GOLD, maybe the one where he won that little breeder's cup sprint thing! So what if he was a gelding, HE HAD A FOLLOWING BECAUSE HE WAS A STAR, not because his sperm was worth money. STARS are what this businuss needs right now, not sperm...the breeding industry right now is like the self inflicted gunshot wound to the head for horseracing, horses like KONA are the bandaids and you can well imagine it is going to take a lot of bandaids to cover the wounds, especially the sucking chest wound of racing, racetrack attendence!!!
How about Uran Sea. dam of Sea The Stars. Galileo, My Typhoon and more..."foaling complications" at 20...
It's always so sad when we lose a champion but the loss of Goulash was hard to take. One minute she's improving and then laminitis wins again, just like Barbaro. When are we going to find a cure for this insidious disease? I watched Drover win his race and it was so bitter sweet. Thanks Becky for this walk down memory road, like Mrs Jackson said "Grief is the price of love". We love and we grieve but our memories live on.
THank you for this blog, Cryptoclarence was one of my favorites and it was special to see all he and the others left behind. So many fans today are younger and only know of the horses of today. They will never know the iron horses of yesterday.
thanks again for the memories.
Here you go jmewill, was hoping others might add on.
www.youtube.com/watch
I didn't see anything about Alysheba. I was so excited to see him coming to the Kentucky Horse Park. I had even planned a trip to see him this summer. This was the horse that won the first Kentucky Derby that I ever watched and caused my love of horse racing. I was so saddened to hear of his passing.
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