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Damsire
  
Misty Flight

Country
  
United States

Breeder
  
Pen-Y-Bryn Farm

Species
  
Equus caballus

Parents
  
Damascus

Earnings
  
998,888 USD

Foaled
  
1978

Colour
  
Dark Bay

Owner
  
Pen-Y-Bryn Farm

Trainer
  
David A. Whiteley

Sex
  
Stallion

Grandsire
  

Highland Blade (April 26, 1978 - November 4, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won Grade I stakes on both dirt and turf, taking the Brooklyn, Marlboro Cup Invitational, and Pa7 American Handicaps. He was owned by Pen-Y-Bryn Farm, a partnership founded in 1971 by brothers William W. and Thomas M. Bancroft, Jr. of Muttontown, New York. They were sons of Edith Woodward Bancroft, who owned Highland Blade's sire, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Damascus, and their grandfather was William Woodward, Sr., who owned the famous Belair Stud.

Trained by David Whiteley, as a three-year-old Highland Blade ran second by a neck to Summing in the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown series. In winning the 1983 Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap under jockey Jacinto Vasquez, he defeated U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Slew o' Gold, Kentucky Derby winner Gato Del Sol, and Preakness Stakes winner Deputed Testamony.

At stud

Highland Blade met with good success as a sire. Among his top runners was the multiple stakes winner Highland Penny.

References

Highland Blade Wikipedia


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