Criminal Type
| Criminal Type | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Alydar |
| Grandsire | Raise a Native |
| Dam | Klepto |
| Damsire | No Robbery |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1985 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Calumet Farm |
| Owner | Calumet Farm & Jurgen K. Arnemann |
| Trainer | D. Wayne Lukas (from age 4) |
| Record | 24: 10-5-3 |
| Earnings | $2,351,817 |
| Major wins | |
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Hollywood Gold Cup (1990) San Antonio Handicap (1990) Pimlico Special (1990) Metropolitan Handicap (1990) Whitney Handicap (1990) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (1990) United States Horse of the Year (1990) |
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| Last updated on November 16, 2006 | |
Criminal Type (1985–2005) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He won two Eclipse Awards in 1990.
A descendant of Nearco, he was bred at the famed Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and owned in partnership with Jurgen K. Arnemann. He was sired by Alydar out of the mare Klepto, making him a half-brother to the Eclipse Award winning turf mare Estrapade and the Italian Group One winner Isopach. It was perhaps because of the success of his siblings on turf that he was originally sent to be trained in Europe.
He was first sent to race in France. There, racing on grass, Criminal Type was a winner at age two, but after a poor three-year-old season he was brought back to the United States and turned over to trainer D. Wayne Lukas.
In 1990, at age four, Criminal Type began to show promise on the U.S. dirt tracks, then at age five he won seven of eleven races entered and earned two Eclipse Awards including the most prestigious award of all, the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. Criminal Type won four consecutive Grade 1 races: The Pimlico Special, the Metropolitan Handicap, the Hollywood Gold Cup, and the Whitney Handicap. In his wins, Criminal Type defeated 1989 Horse of the Year, Sunday Silence, eventual 1991 Horse of the Year, Black Tie Affair, U.S. Outstanding Sprint Horse Housebuster, and winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding 2-Year-Old Male Horse and Hall of Famer, 1989 Belmont Stakes winner Easy Goer; however, Criminal Type carried seven pounds less than Easy Goer, and five pounds less than Sunday Silence, in their respective match-ups. Other quality horses vanquished by Criminal Type include Opening Verse, Lively One, Ruhlmann, and Flying Continental. Criminal Type was the last champion to run in the Calumet Farm devil's red and blue colors.
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