Dam Gdynia Foaled 1983 Sex Stallion | Children Iktamal Parents Danzig Earnings 1.003 million USD | |
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1986 belmont stakes danzig connection
Danzig Connection (April 6, 1983 – December 1, 2010) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning an American Classic race.
Contents
- 1986 belmont stakes danzig connection
- Danzig connection 1986 belmont stakes
- Background
- Racing career
- Stud record
- References
Danzig connection 1986 belmont stakes
Background
Owned and bred by Henryk de Kwiatkowski under his Kennelot Stables banner, Danzig Connection was sired by Kwaitkowski's champion, Danzig, and out of the mare Gdynia. His grandsire was the great Northern Dancer and his damsire was the 1968 United Kingdom Horse of the Year and Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor.
He was trained by Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens,
Racing career
Danzig Connection raced at age two in 1985. At the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey, he defeated Storm Cat to capture the World Appeal Stakes. The two colts then reversed positions in the Meadowlands' Young America Stakes.
As a three-year-old, in May 1986 Danzig Connection won the Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park under jockey Pat Day. The biggest win of his career came under jockey Chris McCarron when he won the 1986 Belmont Stakes, defeating Ferdinand and giving trainer Stephens his record fifth straight Belmont victory. From there, the colt went on to finish fourth in the Suburban Handicap. He was third to winner Wise Times in the Haskell Invitational Handicap at Monmouth Park and second to him in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. In the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Danzig Connection was third to winner Creme Fraiche. Back at the Meadowlands, he won October's Pegasus Stakes.
Stud record
Retired to stud, his progeny met with limited success and in 2003 he was sent to stand at a breeding operation in Italy. His offspring included Iktamal. He died in Sicily in 2010.