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Smart Strike (May 21, 1992, in Ontario – March 25, 2015) was 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 Strike's 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 Breeders' Cup.
At maturity, he reached 16 hands (64 inches, 163 cm) high.




Stud record


Since he was retired to stud duty at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, in 1997, Smart Strike's value as a stallion rose dramatically as a result of the performance of his offspring. Twice honored as the leading Sire in North America, he was the sire of 113 stakes winners, 12 champions, five Breeders' Cup winners, and two Classic victors. He has also found international success, both as a sire and broodmare sire, producing champions in several different countries.

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)
Eye of the Sphynx (b. 2001) - Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, dam of Eye of the Leopard
English Channel (b. 2002) - American Champion Male Turf Horse (2007), multiple Grade 1 winner including the Breeders' Cup Turf
Gold Strike (b. 2002) - wins included the Woodbine Oaks. Voted 2005 Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (2005). Dam of 2022 Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike
Fabulous Strike (b. 2003) - earned a "huge" 118 Beyer Speed Figure in his first race of 2007 [1] 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 / 2008 American Horse of the Year, wins include Preakness Stakes, Breeders' Cup Classic, Dubai World Cup.
Furthest Land (b. 2005) - winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and Kentucky Cup Classic
Square Eddie (b. 2006) - won 2008 Breeders' Futurity Stakes, 2nd Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Papa Clem (b. 2006) - won 2009 Arkansas Derby
Lookin at Lucky (b. 2007) - at two, won three Grade 1 races. 2010 Champion Preakness Stakes Winner. Winner of over 2 million dollars at the age of 3. Voted 2009 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
My Miss Aurelia (b. 2009) - undefeated as winner of the 2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
Battle of Midway (b. 2014) - won the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Affirmed Stakes, and Shared Belief Stakes. 3rd in 2017 Kentucky Derby
Damsire:

Mine That Bird (b. 2006) - won 2009 Kentucky Derby
Shared Account (b. 2006) - won 2010 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
Eye of the Leopard (b. 2006) - won 2009 Queen's Plate and Plate Trial Stakes
First Dude (b. 2007) - won 2011 Hollywood Gold Cup, second in 2010 Preakness Stakes, Pennsylvania Derby, 3rd in 2010 Belmont Stakes
Inglorious (b. 2008) - won 2011 Queen's Plate, Woodbine Oaks, La Lorgnette Stakes
Dullahan (b. 2009) - won 2012 Pacific Classic Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, 2011 Breeders' Futurity Stakes, half-brother to Mine That Bird
Rich Strike (b. 2019) - won 2022 Kentucky Derby
Stars on Earth (b. 2019) - won 2022 Oka Sho, Yushun Himba
Seize the Grey (b. 2021) - won 2024 Preakness Stakes




Death and honors


For his contribution to Thoroughbred racing, Smart Strike was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.
While remarkably healthy and fertile until early 2015, Smart Strike was humanely euthanized on March 25, 2015, as a result of complications due to laminitis.




Pedigree






References



Smart Strike's pedigree and racing stats
TB Times Stallion Directory Smart Strike




External links


Smart Strike Sought After

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