Reviewer (horse)

Reviewer
Reviewer
Sire	Bold Ruler
Grandsire	Nasrullah
Dam	Broadway
Damsire	Hasty Road
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1966
Country	United States
Color	Dark Bay
Breeder	Ogden Phipps
Owner	Ogden Phipps
Trainer	Edward A. Neloy
Record	13: 9-3-1
Earnings	US$247,223
Major wins
	Sapling Stakes (1968); Saratoga Special Stakes (1968); Bay Shore Stakes (1969); Swift Stakes (1969); Roseben Handicap (1970); Nassau County Handicap (1970)

Reviewer (April 30, 1966 – June 6, 1977) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the sire of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame filly Ruffian.

Background

Foaled in Kentucky, the dark bay colt was owned and bred by Ogden Phipps. He was a son of Bold Ruler, an important Champion sire, and his damsire was Hasty Road, who won the 1954 Preakness Stakes.^[1]

Racing career

Trained by Hall of Fame inductee Edward A. Neloy, in 1970 the then four-year-old Reviewer set a new Belmont Park track record of 1:46 4/5 for 1⅛ miles in winning the Nassau County Handicap.^[2] He finished his racing career with a record of 13: 9-3-1, and he won $247,223.^[3]

Stud record

Ruffian was foaled in Reviewer's first crop.^[4] The filly was euthanized in 1975 following surgery to repair a broken leg sustained in a race. Reviewer himself broke three legs during his career before being retired to stud; he suffered a fourth broken leg in a paddock accident at Claiborne Farm and was subsequently euthanized.^{[citation needed]} His line was known as "soft- boned runners". Shenanigans, Ruffian's mother, was euthanized on May 21, 1977, when she broke two legs after waking from an intestinal surgery. Among his other progeny, Reviewer sired the 1976 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Revidere and the good runner Drama Critic (b. 1974).

References

^ "Preakness won by Hasty Road". Eugene Register-Guard. May 23, 1954. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
^ "Monday's Winners". Dayton Daily News. 1970-06-23. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
^ "Reviewer". Equibase Co., LLC. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
^ Avalyn Hunter. "Ruffian (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

External links

Reviewer's pedigree and partial racing stats

Pedigree

Pedigree of Reviewer, bay stallion, 1966
Sire Bold Ruler	Nasrullah	Nearco	Pharos
		Nearco	Nogara
		Mumtaz Begum	Blenheim
		Mumtaz Begum	Mumtaz Mahal
	Miss Disco	Discovery	Display
		Discovery	Ariadne
		Outdone	Pompey
		Outdone	Sweep Out
Dam Broadway	Hasty Road	Roman	Sir Gallahad
		Roman	Buckup
		Traffic Court	Discovery
		Traffic Court	Traffic
	Flitabout	Challedon	Challenger
		Challedon	Laura Gal
		Bird Flower	Blue Larkspur
		Bird Flower	La Mome (family: 5-c)

[1] "Preakness won by Hasty Road". Eugene Register-Guard. May 23, 1954. Retrieved 2012-08-25.

[2] "Monday's Winners". Dayton Daily News. 1970-06-23. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

[3] "Reviewer". Equibase Co., LLC. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-09-01.

[4] Avalyn Hunter. "Ruffian (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 31 August 2016.

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