Intentionally (horse)
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Intentionally was an American Champion
Thoroughbred
racehorse
and an important foundation sire
for the Florida
breeding
industry. Foaled at Wolf Run Farm in Lexington, Kentucky
, he was bred and raced by Baltimore, Maryland clothing manufacturer Harry Isaacs'
Brookfield Farm. His sire, Intent, won back-to-back runnings of the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Grandsire, War Relic
, was a son of the legendary U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee, Man o' War
. His dam was My Recipe, a daughter of another Hall of Fame inductee, Discovery
.
Intentionally was conditioned for racing by Brookfield Farm's long-time trainer, Eddie Kelly
. At age two in 1958 Intentionally's wins included two of the most important East Coast
races for juveniles. First, under jockey Bill Shoemaker he won the Futurity Stakes at New York's
Aqueduct Racetrack
in near track record time, defeating Christopher Chenery's
previously undefeated colt First Landing
. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60615F63D59127A93C3AB1782D85F4C8585F9 Then, in November he won the Pimlico Futurity at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course
. In the Champagne Stakes, he ran second to First Landing and at year's end First Landing was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and given top rating of 128 pounds in Frank E. Kilroe's Experimental Free Handicap weights.
At age tree, Intentionally developed into the top sprint horse in North America
. In early April he won his first start at Jamaica Racetrack
by 6½ lengths but then ran fourth to longshot winner Manassa Mauler in the Wood Memorial Stakes
. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G88NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7XYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4469,4655895&dq=intentionally+wood+memorial. Following this loss, Intentionally's handlers withdrew him from the U.S. Triple Crown
series. The colt went on to win important races in 1959 such as the Withers Stakes
and the
Jerome Handicap
. In winning the Warren Wright Memorial Stakes at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track
, Intentionally set a new track record and equaled the world record
for 8 furlong
s with a time of 1:33.20. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565152612.html?dids=565152612:565152612&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jun+28%2C+1959&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Intentionally+Ties+World+Record+in+Wright+Memorial&pqatl=google He was voted 1959 American Champion Sprint Horse.
A leg ailment resulted in Intentionally not starting his 1960 four-year-old campaign until June 29 but for the year he came back to earn wins in the Toboggan Handicap
and Equipoise Mile Handicap
.
Owner Harry Isaacs raced Intentionally at age five but in the fall of 1961 sold him to a syndicate headed by William L. McKnight
of Tartan Farm near Ocala, Florida
. The horse's training was then turned over to John Nerud
. Intentionally raced at age six, notably winning the 1962 Palm Beach
and Seminole Handicaps before being retired to stand at stud
at McKnight's Tartan Farm.
Intentionally became a stallion
of considerable import in the development of the Florida breeding industry. Among his offspring, he sired:
Intentionally died of a heart attack in 1970 at Tartan Farms and is buried there in the portion that is now Winding Oaks Farm.
Eclipse Award
The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse. The Eclipse Awards, honoring the champions of the sport, are sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association , Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers...
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
and an important foundation sire
Sire
Sire may refer to:* Father, the counterpart of a dam, particularly in animal breeding. See also stallion* James W. Sire, author on worldviews* Sire Records, a record label* Sire Advertising, an advertising agency...
for the Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
breeding
Horse breeding
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses...
industry. Foaled at Wolf Run Farm in Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
, he was bred and raced by Baltimore, Maryland clothing manufacturer Harry Isaacs'
Harry Z. Isaacs
Harry Z. Isaacs was a Baltimore, Maryland businessman, a philanthropist, and a major owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses who operated and resided at Brookfield Farm in Glyndon, Maryland...
Brookfield Farm. His sire, Intent, won back-to-back runnings of the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Grandsire, War Relic
War Relic
War Relic was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.A homebred of Samuel D. Riddle, his sire was the great Man o' War who was ranked #1 in the Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century...
, was a son of the legendary U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
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...
inductee, Man o' War
Man O' War
Man O' War, man o' war or manowar may refer to:* Man-of-war, a warship* Man of war for uses with this spelling - Places :...
. His dam was My Recipe, a daughter of another Hall of Fame inductee, Discovery
Discovery (horse)
Discovery was an American Thoroughbred racehorse about whom the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame said: "...considered one of the greatest horses of the 20th century."...
.
Intentionally was conditioned for racing by Brookfield Farm's long-time trainer, Eddie Kelly
Edward I. Kelly, Sr.
Edward Ignatius "Eddie" Kelly, Sr. was a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.-Biography:Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the younger brother, by two years, of Thomas J. Kelly. In the mid 1930s, the brothers went to work for J.W.Y. Martin, a trainer and racehorse stable proprietor who owned Snow Hill...
. At age two in 1958 Intentionally's wins included two of the most important East Coast
East Coast of the United States
The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, refers to the easternmost coastal states in the United States, which touch the Atlantic Ocean and stretch up to Canada. The term includes the U.S...
races for juveniles. First, under jockey Bill Shoemaker he won the Futurity Stakes at New York's
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack is a thoroughbred horse-racing facility and racino in Ozone Park, Queens, New York. Its racing meets usually are from late October/early November through April.-History:...
in near track record time, defeating Christopher Chenery's
Christopher Chenery
Christopher Tompkins Chenery was an American engineer, businessman, and owner/breeder of Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat....
previously undefeated colt First Landing
First Landing
First Landing is a 2002 science fiction novel by Robert Zubrin that tells the story of the first manned space expedition to Mars. Zubrin is the head of the Mars Society, an organization lobbying the real world NASA to send astronauts to Mars...
. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60615F63D59127A93C3AB1782D85F4C8585F9 Then, in November he won the Pimlico Futurity at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course
Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Its name is derived from the 1660s when English settlers named the area where the facility currently stands in honor of Olde Ben Pimlico's Tavern in London...
. In the Champagne Stakes, he ran second to First Landing and at year's end First Landing was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and given top rating of 128 pounds in Frank E. Kilroe's Experimental Free Handicap weights.
At age tree, Intentionally developed into the top sprint horse in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
. In early April he won his first start at Jamaica Racetrack
Jamaica Racetrack
Jamaica Race Course was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility operated by the Metropolitan Jockey Club in Jamaica, New York. The track opened on April 27, 1903, a day which featured the inaugural running of the Excelsior Handicap. Eugene D. Wood, one of the founders and largest...
by 6½ lengths but then ran fourth to longshot winner Manassa Mauler in the Wood Memorial Stakes
Wood Memorial Stakes
The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York. It is currently a Grade I race run over a distance of 9 furlongs on dirt....
. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G88NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7XYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4469,4655895&dq=intentionally+wood+memorial. Following this loss, Intentionally's handlers withdrew him from the U.S. Triple Crown
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
In the United States, the "Triple Crown" is usually the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.While Daily Racing Form...
series. The colt went on to win important races in 1959 such as the Withers Stakes
Withers Stakes
The Withers Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds willing to compete one mile on the dirt. Held at Aqueduct Racetrack every year at the end of April , it is a Grade III event, and offers a purse of $150,000...
and the
Jerome Handicap
Jerome Handicap
The Jerome Stakes is a Grade II race for thoroughbred horses run each fall at one mile on the dirt at Belmont Park. It is open to three-year-olds and carries a purse of $150,000. The race is a prep race to several races of the Breeders' Cup....
. In winning the Warren Wright Memorial Stakes at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track
Washington Park Race Track
Washington Park Race Track was a popular horse racing venue in the Chicago metropolitan area from 1884 until 1977. It had two locations during its existence. It was first situated in what is the current location of the Washington Park Subdivision of the Woodlawn community area of Chicago in Cook...
, Intentionally set a new track record and equaled the world record
World record
A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and verified in a specific skill or sport. The book Guinness World Records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond...
for 8 furlong
Furlong
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and U.S. customary units equal to one-eighth of a mile, equivalent to 220 yards, 660 feet, 40 rods, or 10 chains. The exact value of the furlong varies slightly among English-speaking countries....
s with a time of 1:33.20. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565152612.html?dids=565152612:565152612&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jun+28%2C+1959&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Intentionally+Ties+World+Record+in+Wright+Memorial&pqatl=google He was voted 1959 American Champion Sprint Horse.
A leg ailment resulted in Intentionally not starting his 1960 four-year-old campaign until June 29 but for the year he came back to earn wins in the Toboggan Handicap
Toboggan Handicap
The Toboggan Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of March at Aqueduct Race Track in Queens, New York. Open to horses aged three and older, the Grade III event is contested over at a distance of six furlongs on the dirt and offers a purse of $100,000 ...
and Equipoise Mile Handicap
Hanshin Cup Handicap
The Hanshin Cup Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of May at Arlington Park racetrack in the Arlington Heights suburb of Chicago, Illinois...
.
Owner Harry Isaacs raced Intentionally at age five but in the fall of 1961 sold him to a syndicate headed by William L. McKnight
William L. McKnight
William L. McKnight was an American businessman and philanthropist who served his entire career in the 3M corporation, rising to chairman of the board from 1949 to 1966. He founded The McKnight Foundation in 1953....
of Tartan Farm near Ocala, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Ocala is a city in Marion County, Florida. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 53,491. It is the county seat of Marion County, and the principal city of the Ocala, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated 2007 population of 324,857.-History:Ocala...
. The horse's training was then turned over to John Nerud
John A. Nerud
John A. Nerud is an American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1972.-Early years:...
. Intentionally raced at age six, notably winning the 1962 Palm Beach
Palm Beach Stakes
The Palm Beach Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A Grade III event open to three-year-old horses, it is contested on turf over a distance of nine furlongs...
and Seminole Handicaps before being retired to stand at stud
Stud (animal)
A stud animal is a registered animal retained for breeding. The terms for the male of a given animal species usually imply that the animal is entire—that is, not castrated—and therefore capable of siring offspring...
at McKnight's Tartan Farm.
Intentionally became a stallion
Stallion (horse)
A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded .Stallions will follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to...
of considerable import in the development of the Florida breeding industry. Among his offspring, he sired:
- In RealityIn RealityIn Reality was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose wins included the Pimlico Futurity, Florida Derby, Carter Handicap, and Metropolitan Handicap. Bred in Florida, he was a son of Intentionally and out of the mare My Dear Girl, the 1959 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly. His damsire was...
(b. 1964) - wins include the Pimlico Futurity, Florida DerbyFlorida DerbyThe Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt...
, Carter HandicapCarter HandicapThe Carter Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early April at Aqueduct Racetrack. Open to horses three-years-old and up, it is raced over a distance of seven furlongs....
, Metropolitan HandicapMetropolitan HandicapThe Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile," is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile .The Met Mile was first...
. Outstanding sire of three champions and a good sire of sires. - Ta WeeTa WeeTa Wee was an American Thoroughbred Hall of Fame race horse bred at the Tartan Stable of William L. McKnight . Foaled on March 26, 1966, her sire was Intentionally, the American Champion Sprint Horse of 1959...
(b. 1966) - Hall of Fame filly, American Champion Sprint Horse (1969, 1970) - TentamTentamTentam was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by Charles W. Engelhard, Jr., who raced him under his Cragwood Stables banner, Tentam won Grade 1 races and on August 11, 1973 set a world record for one and one eight miles on turf in winning the Bernard Baruch Handicap at Saratoga Race Course....
(b.1969) - wins included the United Nations and Metropolitan HandicapMetropolitan HandicapThe Metropolitan Handicap, frequently called the "Met Mile," is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the last week of May at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is contested on dirt over a distance of one mile .The Met Mile was first...
s - Group Plan (b.1970) - won Jockey Club Gold CupJockey Club Gold CupThe Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers Stakes is of the...
, Hawthorne Gold Cup, Stymie HandicapStymie HandicapThe Stymie Handicap is an American ungraded dirt race for Thoroughbred horses run at Aqueduct Racetrack every year in March, the last month of winter. For horses three-years-old and up, it's set at one mile and one furlong , offering a purse of $65,000 added.The race is named in honor of Stymie,...
Intentionally died of a heart attack in 1970 at Tartan Farms and is buried there in the portion that is now Winding Oaks Farm.