Colonial Affair

Colonial Affair (April 19, 1990 – April 23, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for winning the Belmont Stakes in 1993

Colonial Affair
SirePleasant Colony
GrandsireHis Majesty
DamSnuggle
DamsireNijinsky
SexStallion
Foaled1990
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederRutledge Farm
OwnerCentennial Farms
Haras El Paraiso
TrainerScotty Schulhofer
Record20: 7-4-3
Earnings$1,635,228
Major wins
Peter Pan Stakes (1993)
Whitney Handicap (1994)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1994)
Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap (1994)


Triple Crown race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1993)
Last updated on August 15, 2007

Background

He was sired by 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Pleasant Colony, out of the Rutledge Farm mare Snuggle.

Purchased for $100,000 at the 1991 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale, Colonial Affair was raced by Centennial Farms. He was trained by the 1992 U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Scotty Schulhofer

Racing career

Colonial Affair won Belmont Stakes under jockey Julie Krone as the 13-1 longshot. His 1993 Belmont triumph is also in the record books, because it was the first time that a woman jockey won any of the three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.[1][2]

Colonial Affair was only 3 votes shy (out of a possible 247 votes) of winning the 1994 Eclipse Award for American Male Champion Older Horse.

Colonial Affair was the favorite for the 1994 $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic until he broke a bone in his leg, thereby ending his racing career.[3]

Retirement

Colonial Affair was originally retired in 1995 to Gainesway Farm. He was then supposed to be sent to New Zealand in 1998 but was instead sent to Japan and stood privately at stud at Haras El Paraiso in Argentina.

Colonial Affair died in his stall on April 23, 2013 at Haras El Paraiso in Capitan Sarmiento, Argentina. He was 23.[4]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Colonial Affair
Sire
Pleasant Colony(USA)
1978		 His Majesty(USA)
1968		 Ribot (ITY)
1952		 Tenerani
Romanella
Flower Bowl (USA)
1952		 Alibhai
Flower Bed
Sun Colony (USA)
1968		 Sunrise Flight (USA)
1959		 Double Jay
Misty Morn
Colonia (URU)
1959		 Cockrullah
Nalga
Dam
Snuggle(USA)
1985		 Nijinsky II (CAN)
1967		 Northern Dancer (CAN)
1961		 Nearctic
Natalma
Flaming Page (CAN)
1959		 Bull Page
Flaring Top
Mirthful Flirt(USA)
1972		 Raise A Native (USA)
1961		 Native Dancer
Raise You
Glad Rags (GB)
1963		 High Hat
Dryad

References
  1. von Hippel, Paul T.; Rutherford, Caroline G.; Keyes, Katherine M. (30 May 2017). "Gender and Weight among Thoroughbred Jockeys: Underrepresented Women and Underweight Men". Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 3: 237802311771259. doi:10.1177/2378023117712599.
  2. Durso, Joseph (1993-06-06). "HORSE RACING; Krone and Colonial Affair Win Bittersweet Belmont". The New York Times.
  3. Durso, Joseph (1994-10-24). "HORSE RACING; Leg Injury Ends Colonial Affair's Career". The New York Times.
  4. "Colonial Affair, 1993 Belmont winner, dies in Argentina - Daily Racing Form". www.drf.com.


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