Track Robbery
Encyclopedia
Track Robbery was an American Thoroughbred
Champion
filly
racehorse
. Out of the mare Left at Home, she was sired by Wood Memorial Stakes
winner No Robbery
, a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
inductee Swaps
.
Raced by Los Angeles Kings
owner Bruce McNall
under the Summa Stable banner, Track Robbery was trained by Robert Wheeler in all but one of her career starts, with John W. Russell her winning trainer in the 1982 Spinster Stakes. In 1982, the filly won three Grade I
races en route to being voted American Champion Older Female Horse honors.
Retired to broodmare duty, Track Robbery's most successful runner was the multiple stakes winner Train Robbery.
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...
Champion
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...
filly
Filly
A filly is a young female horse too young to be called a mare. There are several specific definitions in use.*In most cases filly is a female horse under the age of four years old....
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...
. Out of the mare Left at Home, she was sired by 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....
winner No Robbery
No Robbery
No Robbery was an American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by the renowned Whitney family's Greentree Stable who won the Wood Memorial Stakes and went into the 1963 Kentucky Derby undefeated but finished fifth....
, a 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 Swaps
Swaps (horse)
Swaps was a California bred American thoroughbred racehorse. He was the son of Khaled, a stallion imported from the Aga Khan's stud in Europe. Swaps goes back to the immortal Man o' War, via his dam, Iron Reward, through the Triple Crown winner, War Admiral. In the list of the top 100 U.S...
.
Raced by Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
owner Bruce McNall
Bruce McNall
Bruce Patrick McNall is a former Thoroughbred racehorse owner, and a sports executive who once owned the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League .McNall claimed to have made his initial fortune as a coin collector, though...
under the Summa Stable banner, Track Robbery was trained by Robert Wheeler in all but one of her career starts, with John W. Russell her winning trainer in the 1982 Spinster Stakes. In 1982, the filly won three Grade I
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...
races en route to being voted American Champion Older Female Horse honors.
Retired to broodmare duty, Track Robbery's most successful runner was the multiple stakes winner Train Robbery.