Be My Native
| Be My Native | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Our Native |
| Grandsire | Exclusive Native |
| Dam | Witchy Woman |
| Damsire | Strate Stuff |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 16 February 1979 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Rowland W. Hancock |
| Owner | K Hsu |
| Trainer | Robert Armstrong |
| Record | 21: 3-4-4 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix La Force (1982) Coronation Cup (1983) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 115 (1981), 121 (1982), 122 (1983) | |
Be My Native (foaled 16 February 1979) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old he won one minor race but established himself as a potentially top class horse by finishing second in the Dewhurst Stakes. In the following year he won the Prix La Force but produced his most notable performance when finishing runner-up in the second running of the Arlington Million. He recorded his biggest career win as a four-year-old when he won the Coronation Cup. Apart from the aforementioned races he was placed in the Sandown Classic Trial, Dante Stakes, La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte and Hardwicke Stakes. After his retirement from racing he became a very successful sire of National Hunt horses.
Be My Native was a "neat, attractive" brown horse bred in Kentucky by Rowland W. Hancock. He was sired by Our Native, whose wins included the Flamingo Stakes, Ohio Derby and Monmouth Invitational Handicap in 1973. The best of Our Native's other progeny included I'm Splendid (Hollywood Starlet Stakes) and Rockhill Native (Blue Grass Stakes). Be My Native's dam was the Florida-bred mare Witchy Woman who was descended from Schwester, a full-sister to Equipoise.
As a yearling Be My Native was consigned to the Keeneland September sale and was bought for $45,000 by the bloodstock agent Tote Cherry-Downes. He entered the ownership of K Hsu and was sent into training with Robert Armstrong at Newmarket, Suffolk.
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