Miswaki
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| Miswaki | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mr. Prospector |
| Grandsire | Raise a Native |
| Dam | Hopespringseternal |
| Damsire | Buckpasser |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1978 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Bruce Campbell & Early Bird Stud |
| Owner | Etti Plesch |
| Trainer | François Boutin (France) Woody Stephens (USA) |
| Record | 13: 6-4-1 |
| Earnings | US$232,320 |
| Major wins | |
| Prix Yacowlef (1980) Prix de la Salamandre (1980) Charles Hatton Stakes (1981) | |
| Awards | |
| Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland (1999, 2001) | |
Miswaki (February 22, 1978 – December 17, 2004) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that was a Group One winner in France and a stakes race winner in the United States. He was an important sire of 97 stakes race winners[1] and was the Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1999 and 2001.[2]
Bred in Florida, Miswaki was sired by Mr. Prospector, who became a two-time leading sire in North America and a nine-time leading broodmare sire in North America. His dam was Hopespringseternal, a daughter of Buckpasser, the 1966 American Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame inductee that became a four-time leading broodmare sire in North America.[3]
Miswaki was purchased and raced by Etti Plesch, a prominent horsewoman in Europe, who as at the end of 2011, is the only female to have won The Derby twice, doing it first in 1961 with Psidium then with Henbit in 1980. In addition, she won the 1970 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe with Sassafras.[4]