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1993 Bay Thoroughbred Mare 16.1hh

Thoroughbred Mare Family 3-o

A winning race horse, a preliminary-level eventer and a 2nd level dressage horse before soundly retiring to motherhood at the age of 12, Gracie exemplifies the athleticism, conformation and heart sought by today's sporthorse breeders.

With her Warmblood exterior, correct conformation, substance and bone, "Gracie" had EU judges doing double-takes. Accordingly, she received premium status with the 4th highest overall mare score and the highest Thoroughbred mare score in the BWP registry in 2005.

Although bred to run, Gracie was born to be a sporthorse competitor and producer, a fact recognized by legendary horse salesman, Ira Schulman, who purchased her off the track after her 4-year old season. Gracie's pedigree combines: 1) a prized mare family that has revolutionized Warmblood breeding with its production and won Olympic medals with its performance, 2) a high degree of linebreeding to internationlly proven sporthorse sires and dams who have shaped the modern sporthorse and 3) proven and sought-after nicks in both the sire and dam's female families. 

Gracie descends from Thoroughbred family 3, which is the damline of many of the most significant dams who founded the modern Thoroughbred. Her branch, 3-o, is the line that produced the sporthorse progenitor Bay Ronald (sire of Dark Ronald and Bayardo). She is highly linebred to the Thoroughbreds to which most of today's sporthorses can be traced. In her extended pedigree, she has 11 crosses to the French sire Teddy (nine from his famous sons Sir Gallahad and Bull Dog), 12 to Phalaris, 10 to Gainsborough, 10 to St. Simon, 8 to Sweep, 6 to Blandford, 5 to Bay Ronald, 5 to Man O'War, 5 to The Tetrarch, 3 to Black Toney, 3 to Ksar, etc. With respect to significant matriarchs, she has 7 crosses to Plucky Liege, 5 crosses to the "Flying Filly" Mumtaz Mahal, 5 crosses to Lady Josephine and even 2 crosses to Black Duchess, the mare who began the Bay Ronald dynasty.The true strength of Gracie's pedigree is the synergy of her sire and dam as both are from female families comprised of powerful nicks for sporthorse production. While her sire's female family is distinguished by the nicks of Sir Gallahad-Man O'War and Man O'War-The Tetrarch, it's the duplication of these two nicks in her tail female line through the mare Beauty Spot closely positioned in her 3rd generation that sets Gracie apart. This mare can be found up close in the pedigrees of Selle Francais sire, Dark Tiger xx, the Selle Francais sire and Grand Prix competitor, Alligator Fontaine, the Pan Am Silver Medal winner, A Little Bit, the Olympic Team Gold Medal winner, Albany, and the legendary Jet Run (ridden by Michael Matz), Pan American Gold Medal team and individual winner and FEI World Cup Final winner.

Gracie is the proud and devoted mother of the premium BWP foals Graczi (v. Aslan) and Hannah (v. Coconut Grove).

Gracie is in foal for 2010 to Cobra One, a Capitol-Caletto nick stallion that is a perfect type-to-type cross with Gracie. A colt-only in-utero option is available for pre-sale.