Hot Dixie Chick
| Hot Dixie Chick | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Dixie Union |
| Grandsire | Dixieland Band |
| Dam | Above Perfection |
| Damsire | In Excess |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | March 31, 2007 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark bay or brown |
| Breeder | Grace Stables |
| Owner | Grace Stables |
| Trainer | Steve Asmussen |
| Record | 7: 4-1-2 |
| Earnings | US$343,252 |
| Major wins | |
| Schuylerville Stakes (2009) Spinaway Stakes (2009) | |
| Last updated on May 3, 2012 | |
Hot Dixie Chick (foaled March 31, 2007)[2] is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background[edit]
Hot Dixie Chick was foaled on March 31, 2007, at Gerry Dilger's Dromoland Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. She was sired by Dixie Union, a son of the stakes winner Dixieland Band, and she is out of the mare Above Perfection, by the Irish-bred stallion In Excess, making her a half sister to 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming.[3][4]
Racing career[edit]
2009: two-year-old season[edit]
Hot Dixie Chick broke her maiden in her second race, setting what was then the Churchill Downs track record for 5 furlongs on dirt in the process. In that race, she defeated future Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Tapitsfly.[5] She then went on to win the 6-furlong, Grade III Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.[6] In her next outing, she won the Grade I, 7-furlong Spinaway Stakes in stakes-record time of 1:22.28.[7]
2010: three-year-old season[edit]
Hot Dixie Chick raced three times as a three-year-old. Her first race was a win in the 6-furlong Prima Donna Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 20, which she won by 5 3/4 lengths.[8] She then finished her 3-year-old season with third-place finishes in both the Eight Belles Stakes and Winning Colors Stakes at Churchill Downs.[9]
Offspring[edit]
Hot Dixie Chick was bred to Curlin in 2011, and produced a colt named Union Jackson the following year on February 7, 2012.[10] Trained by Steve Asmussen, Union Jackson placed 3rd in the Aristides Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 4, 2016.
She has also produced Marcy Darcy, a filly by Smart Strike born March 22, 2014,[11] and an unnamed filly by Street Cry in 2015.
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Dixie Union 1997 |
Dixieland Band | Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalma | |||
| Mississippi Mud | Delta Judge | ||
| Sand Buggy | |||
| She's Tops | Capote | Seattle Slew | |
| Too Bald | |||
| She's A Talent | Mr. Prospector | ||
| Paintbrush | |||
| Dam Above Perfection 1998 |
In Excess (IRE) | Siberian Express | Caro (IRE) |
| Indian Call | |||
| Kantado (IRE) | Saulingo (GB) | ||
| Vi (GB) | |||
| Something Perfect | Somethingfabulous | Northern Dancer | |
| Somethingroyal | |||
| Happening | Terrang | ||
| Lazy Mary (Family 4-p) |
Hot Dixie Chick is inbred 3 × 4 to Northern Dancer, meaning Northern Dancer appears once in the 3rd generation and once in the 4th generation of her pedigree.
References[edit]
- ^ Mitchell, Frank (May 9, 2017). "Bloodlines Presented By Merck Animal Health: Having Ties To Last Two Derby Winners 'Above Perfection". Paulick Report. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ "Hot Dixie Chick's pedigree". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ "Tales from the Crib: Always Dreaming | 2017 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 5 and 6, 2017 | Tickets, Events, News". www.kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ Equibase.com. "Equibase | Charts". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ ESPN - July 29, 2009
- ^ The Saratogian -0 September 7, 2009
- ^ Equibase.com. "Equibase | Charts". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
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