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Key To The Mint (USA) 1969. Bay Horse.
16,1 Hands.
TRACK RECORD
Raced in USA from 2 to 4 years (1971-73). 14 wins, $576 015.
Won Remsen Stakes (Gr I) (1600m), Woodward Stakes (Gr I) (2400m), Brooklyn Handicap (Gr. I) (1900m.), Travers Stakes (Gr. I) (2000m.), Whitney Stakes (Gr. I) (1800m.), Withers Stakes (Gr. II) (1600m.), Derby Trial Stakes (Gr. III) (1600m.), Suburban Handicap (Gr. I) (2000m.), Excelsior Handicap (Gr. II) (1800m.); 2nd Jockey Club Gold Cup (Gr. I) (3200m.), 2nd Cowdin Stakes (Gr. I) (1400m.), 2nd Metropolitan Handicap (Gr. III) (1600m.); 3rd Garden State Stakes, 3rd Preaknesss Stakes (Gr. I).
Voted Champion Three-Year-Old Colt 1972.
STUD RECORD
At stud USA since 1974. Sire through 1984 of 8 crops, 239 foals, 175 runners (73%), 121 winners (51%), 24 stakes-winners (10%). A.E.I. 2,79. Progeny have won over 320 races and over $5,8 million.
PRINCIPAL MALE RUNNERS:
PLUGGED NICKLE (Buckpasser) - c. 1977: 11 wins, $647 206. Champion Sprinter USA. Won Florida Derby (Gr. I), Laurel Futurity (Gr. I), Wood Memorial (Gr. I), Remsen Stakes (Gr. II), Vosburgh Stakes (Gr. I), Stuyvesant Hcp (Gr. III), Jim Dandy Stakes (Gr. III), Tom Fool Stakes Hutcheson Stakes; 4th Travers Stakes (Gr. I).
BELLE'S GOLD (Gallant Man) - c. 1976: 10 wins, $284 629. Won Bay Shore Hcp (Gr. III), Jamaica Hcp (Gr. III), Discovery Hcp (Gr. III), Palisades Hcp, Keystone Stakes, Tallahassee Stakes, Hialeah Sprint Championship; 2nd Gotham Stakes (Gr. II), 2nd Swift Stakes (Gr. I).
SAUCE BOAT (My Babu) - f. 1975: 3 wins, $144 465. Won Arlington-Washington Futurity (Gr. I).
GOLD AND IVORY (Sir Ivor) - c. 1981: 4 wins in England, Italy and Germany. Won Preis Von Europa (Gp. I), Royal Lodge Stakes (Gp. II); 2nd Great Voltigeur Stakes (Gp. II), 2nd September Stakes (Gp. III); 3rd Gordon Stakes (Gp. III). T.F.R. 124.
MOLEOLUS (Admirals Voyage) - c. 1975: 6 wins, $93 270. Won True North Hcp.
PRINCIPAL FEMALE RUNNERS:
KAMAR (Quadrangle) - f. 1976: 7 wins, $140 747. Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Canada. Won Canadian Oaks (Gr. I), Yearling Sales Stakes, Duchess Stakes; 2nd Princess Elizabeth Stakes.
SUGAR AND SPICE (On and On) - f. 1977: 5 wins, $257 046. Won Mother Goose Stakes (Gr. I), Ashland Stakes (Gr. II), Cotillion Stakes (Gr. II); 2nd Ladies Hcp (Gr. I), 2nd Gazelle Hcp (Gr. II), 2nd Firenze Hcp (Gr. II); 3rd Acorn Stakes (Gr. I), 3rd Delaware Oaks, 3rd Alabama Stakes (Gr. I).
FONDRE (Gallant Man) - f. 1975: 11 wins, $227 340. Won Golden Poppy Hcp, Monrovia Hcp, Hillsborough Hcp, Miss America Hcp; 3rd Milady Hcp.
SPARK OF LIFE (Cornish Prince) - f. 1975: Won Ladies Hcp (Gr. I), Chrysanthemum Hcp (Gr. III).
TROVE (Pappa Fourway) - f. 1979: 7 wins, $205 379. Won Treetop Stakes.
CHRISTMAS BONUS (Bold Ruler) - f. 1978: 7 wins, $140 557. Won Poquessing Hcp.
COUNT PENNIES (Hail To Reason) - f. 1982: Won Busanda Stakes, Coleen Stakes.
SIRE OF SIRES: PLUGGED NICKEL (at stud USA), SAUCE BOAT (USA), PRESENT (South Africa), MOLEOLUS, KING OF THE MINT, EMPERORS KEY, ZIAD.
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