What is the Stallion Spotlight you may ask? Well once a week (normally on Fridays, although this week it‘s Tuesday), I will spotlight a stallion that I like and tell you a little bit about his foals. This week I will be talking about 2 time leading sire Smart Strike.
Name: Smart Strike
Stallion Register: Link
Year of Birth: 1992
Pedigree: Mr. Prospector x Classy n’ Smart by Smarten
Color: Bay
Stands at: Lane’s End Farm
Stakes wins: Philip H. Iselin Handicap [G1], Salvator Mile Handicap [G3].
Earnings: $337,376
Awards: 2008 inductee into the Canadian Hall of Fame
Smart Strike is by Mr. Prospector out of the Smarten mare Classy n’ Smart. When he was racing, Smart Strike was overshadowed by his sister, the great Dance Smartly. Even with that, he won two stakes wins including beating the great filly Serena’s Song in the Iselin when it was a G1, this is the video that is posted below.
The shed is where he shines. His most famous foal is Curlin (out of a Deputy Minister mare), the winner of the 2007 AR Derby, Preakness Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup (He won that race again in 2008) and Breeder’s Cup Classic. Plus he won the 2008 Dubai World Cup, Stephen Foster Handicap, he even finished second on the grass in the Man O War. But he’s not the video I’m going to show you. It’s of another pretty nice horse that Smart Strike sired, and honestly one that I was so excited to see win when he won the 2007 BC Turf. I’m talking about English Channel.
Smart Strike also has G1 winner Square Eddie, G2 winner Tenpins (who was bred on the same cross as Curlin), G1 winner Soaring Free and Japan Cup winner Fleetstreet Dancer among his other foals. Smart Strike finished 2008 #1 in the country with Curlin his leading earner. He is standing for $125,000 this year at Lanes End. Also in 2008 he joined his late sister in the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame.
Next week: Invasor
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