Danzig (1977- 2006) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who is best know as a Champion sire. Danzig was purchased for $310,000 by Henryk de Kwiatkowski at the 1978 Saratoga Yearling Sale. Danzig won all of three races he was entered in before knee joint problems ended his racing career. Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Sire can refer to several things: Sire is how one spells Eris backwords. ... Henryk Richard de Kwiatkowski (February 22, 1924 - March 17, 2003) was a Polish-born member of the Royal Air Force who became an aeronautical engineer and made a fortune in business in North America and who owned Calumet Farm, one of the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse breeding and racing farms... The Fasig-Tipton Company, Inc. ...

The son of Hall of Famer Northern Dancer, the most important sire of the second half of the 20th century, Danzig was retired to stand at stud at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Kentucky where he became one of the world's most important sires. He lead the U.S. general sires list from 1991 to 1993 and topped the sires list in Spain, and the United Arab Emirates. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... Northern Dancer (May 27, 1961 - November 16, 1990) was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire of the 20th Century. ... Horse breeding is the process of using selective breeding to produce additional individuals of a given phenotype, that is, continuing a breed. ... Claiborne Farm is located in Paris, Kentucky, USA, and is one of the most famous thoroughbred horse farms in the state and in the nation. ... Paris is a city that was settled in 1775 and is in Bourbon County, Kentucky, 113 miles (182 km) east of Louisville Ky. ...

Danzig sired 188 graded stakes race winners and 10 Champions. His foals who have earned more than $100 million in purse money and include Breeders' Cup winners Chief's Crown, Lure, Dance Smartly and War Chant. As well, Danzig sired 1992 Preakness Stakes winner Pine Bluff and is the grandsire of Canadian Triple Crown winner and Horse Of The Year, Wando. A leading sire of sires, Danzig's son Danehill is the first Thoroughbred in history to sire 300 stakes race winners. Danzig was also the damsire of Fusaichi Pegasus and Dancethruthedawn. A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... The Eclipse Award is a thoroughbred racing award. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ... Lure (b. ... Dance Smartly (born 1988) is a champion thoroughbred racehorse and the first Canadian-bred to ever win a Breeders Cup race. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Sovereign Award for Horse of the Year is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. ... Wando County (Wando-gun) is a county in South Jeolla Province, South Korea. ... Danehill was a thoroughbred racehorse bred in the United States and born on March 26, 1986. ... Fusaichi Pegasus(pronounced Foo-sa-EE-chee) was purchased as a yearling for $4 million by Fusao Sekiguchi. ...

Pensioned at the age of twenty-seven in 2004, on January 3, 2006 Danzig was humanely euthanized due to the infirmities of old age. He was buried at Claiborne Farm's equine cemetery. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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• Danzig's pedigree and racing stats