Mister Frisky
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Mister Frisky is an American-bred
Thoroughbred
racehorse
who competed successfully in Puerto Rico
and California
. Mister Frisky was Puerto Rico's 1989 Champion Imported Two-year-old Colt and Puerto Rico's Horse of the Year.
by Newchance Farm, Mister Frisky was by Marsayas, (son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee, Damascus
) his dam, Frisky Flyer was by Highest Tide.
did back in 1976. Mister Frisky scored victories at Santa Anita Park
in California. He won the San Vicente Stakes
and the grade II San Rafael Stakes
, then after winning the 1990 Santa Anita Derby
he was considered the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby
.
Going into the Kentucky Derby, his winning streak of 16 consecutive races was at risk. No other horse ever has an unbeaten streak like this one going into the Derby.* He finished eighth as the post time betting favorite. Two weeks later, he ran third behind winner Summer Squall
in the Preakness Stakes
. A few days after the race, an abscess
was found in his esophagus
. His life was in jeopardy, but he pulled through. It is believed that this lesion contributed to his losses in the Derby and Preakness. He was named Puerto Rico's 1990 champion imported 3yo colt. He reappeared in August of the next year finishing third in a sprint race at Del Mar. Finally, four weeks later, August 31, he was a runner up to the previous year's Belmont Stakes
winner, Go And Go
. He never raced again.
(*As of 2009, he shared this honor with five other horses: Citation
, Cigar
, Zenyatta
, Hallowed Dreams and Pepper's Pride.)
He was retired with a life record of 20 starts, 16 wins, one second, and two thirds with earnings of $689,393. He set 2 new track records and equalled another one at El Comandante race track, including 1:21 3/5 for 1400m. He was inducted into the Puerto Rican Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1991.
duty in the U.S., Mister Frisky notably has sired Frisk Me Now
, a multiple Graded stakes race
winner whose victories include the Flamingo Stakes
, Ohio
and Pennsylvania Derby
s, and the Suburban
, Widener
, Philip H. Iselin and the Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship Handicap
s. Frisk Me Now originally stood in the U.S. and has since been relocated to Puerto Rico. Frisk Me Now is the sire of Truly Frisky, Puerto Rico's 2007 Champion Imported Horse. Truly Frisky has won over $300,000 and also won the G1 Clasico Verset’s Jet twice as well as other notable stakes in Puerto Rico.
In 1996, Mister Frisky was sent to stand at stud in Australia
, where he initially stood for a service fee of A$5,500. Mister Frisky failed to sire any stakes winners during his eight season at stud in Australia. His service fee and his fertility declined and his last registered foals appeared in 2002.
The Clasico Mister Frisky is held in his honour annually at the Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico.
United States
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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...
who competed successfully in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
and California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Mister Frisky was Puerto Rico's 1989 Champion Imported Two-year-old Colt and Puerto Rico's Horse of the Year.
Breeding
Bred in FloridaFlorida
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by Newchance Farm, Mister Frisky was by Marsayas, (son of 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, Damascus
Damascus (horse)
Damascus was a thoroughbred race horse sired by Sword Dancer out of Kerala foaled at the Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky...
) his dam, Frisky Flyer was by Highest Tide.
Race record
Mister Frisky won the Clasico Santiago Iglesias Pantin PR-III and Clasico Juan Orlando Herrero PR-II. He then broke the seven furlong track record by 4/5 of a second in winning the PR-III Clasico Dia de Reyes on January 6, 1990, by more than 10 lengths. After that he was taken to the United States of America to compete in the well known "Derby-preps" to try to achieve what Bold ForbesBold Forbes
Bold Forbes was a champion thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1976 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes.-Beginnings:...
did back in 1976. Mister Frisky scored victories at Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...
in California. He won the San Vicente Stakes
San Vicente Stakes
The San Vicente Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park. A Grade III event, the race is open to three-year-old horses willing to race seven furlongs on the dirt and carries a purse of $150,000....
and the grade II San Rafael Stakes
San Rafael Stakes
The San Rafael Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race is a Grade III event with a purse of $150,000 and is open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile on the facility's Cushion Track synthetic dirt race track.Prior to...
, then after winning the 1990 Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Derby
The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $1 million. Inaugurated in 1935, it is considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby...
he was considered the early favorite for the Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
.
Going into the Kentucky Derby, his winning streak of 16 consecutive races was at risk. No other horse ever has an unbeaten streak like this one going into the Derby.* He finished eighth as the post time betting favorite. Two weeks later, he ran third behind winner Summer Squall
Summer Squall
Summer Squall is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by Storm Bird, who in turn was a son of 1964 U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt Northern Dancer, "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history." His dam was Weekend Surprise, a daughter of the great U.S. Triple Crown...
in the Preakness Stakes
Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs on dirt. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds ; fillies 121 lb...
. A few days after the race, an abscess
Abscess
An abscess is a collection of pus that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue in which the pus resides due to an infectious process or other foreign materials...
was found in his esophagus
Esophagus
The esophagus is an organ in vertebrates which consists of a muscular tube through which food passes from the pharynx to the stomach. During swallowing, food passes from the mouth through the pharynx into the esophagus and travels via peristalsis to the stomach...
. His life was in jeopardy, but he pulled through. It is believed that this lesion contributed to his losses in the Derby and Preakness. He was named Puerto Rico's 1990 champion imported 3yo colt. He reappeared in August of the next year finishing third in a sprint race at Del Mar. Finally, four weeks later, August 31, he was a runner up to the previous year's Belmont Stakes
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is a 1.5-mile horse race, open to three year old Thoroughbreds. Colts and geldings carry a weight of 126 pounds ; fillies carry 121 pounds...
winner, Go And Go
Go And Go
Go And Go was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning an American Classic race. Owned and bred by Swiss businessman, Walter Haefner, Go And Go was bred at his Moyglare Stud Farm in Maynooth, County Kildare...
. He never raced again.
(*As of 2009, he shared this honor with five other horses: Citation
Citation (horse)
Citation was the eighth American Triple Crown winner, and one of three major North American Thoroughbreds to win at least 16 consecutive races in major stakes race competition...
, Cigar
Cigar (horse)
Cigar , is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse, who in 1995 and 1996 became the first American racehorse racing against top-class competition to win 16 consecutive races since the Triple Crown winner, Citation did so in 1948 and 1950...
, Zenyatta
Zenyatta
Zenyatta is a retired American champion Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of 19 consecutive races in a 20-race career and American record-holder for consecutive victories without defeat in unrestricted races....
, Hallowed Dreams and Pepper's Pride.)
He was retired with a life record of 20 starts, 16 wins, one second, and two thirds with earnings of $689,393. He set 2 new track records and equalled another one at El Comandante race track, including 1:21 3/5 for 1400m. He was inducted into the Puerto Rican Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1991.
Stud record
Retired to studHorse 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...
duty in the U.S., Mister Frisky notably has sired Frisk Me Now
Frisk Me Now
Frisk Me Now is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse a multiple Graded stakes race winner whose victories include the Flamingo Stakes, Ohio and Pennsylvania Derbys, and the Suburban, Widener, Philip H...
, a multiple Graded stakes race
Graded stakes race
A graded stakes race is a term applied since 1973 by the American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association to thoroughbred horse races in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay...
winner whose victories include the Flamingo Stakes
Flamingo Stakes
The Flamingo Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in March at the Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. Run over a distance of nine furlongs, the inaugural race took place in 1926 at the Tampa, Florida racetrack...
, Ohio
Ohio Derby
The Ohio Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early June at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio.The Grade III Stakes race for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 1 and 1/16 miles....
and Pennsylvania Derby
Pennsylvania Derby
The Pennsylvania Derby is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Parx Racing and Casino each year. The track's premiere event is open to horses, age three, willing to race on the dirt and as of 2007, offers a purse of $1 million...
s, and the Suburban
Suburban Handicap
The Suburban Handicap is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on dirt for a $400,000 purse....
, Widener
Widener Handicap
The Widener Handicap at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida was a Grade III stakes race for Thoroughbred racehorses 3-years-old and up. It was run over a distance of 1¼ miles until 1993 when it was modified to 1 1/8 miles. Initially called the Widener Challenge Cup Handicap, the race was...
, Philip H. Iselin and the Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship Handicap
Richter Scale Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship Handicap
The Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the second week of February at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida...
s. Frisk Me Now originally stood in the U.S. and has since been relocated to Puerto Rico. Frisk Me Now is the sire of Truly Frisky, Puerto Rico's 2007 Champion Imported Horse. Truly Frisky has won over $300,000 and also won the G1 Clasico Verset’s Jet twice as well as other notable stakes in Puerto Rico.
In 1996, Mister Frisky was sent to stand at stud in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where he initially stood for a service fee of A$5,500. Mister Frisky failed to sire any stakes winners during his eight season at stud in Australia. His service fee and his fertility declined and his last registered foals appeared in 2002.
The Clasico Mister Frisky is held in his honour annually at the Camarero Race Track in Puerto Rico.