Drosselmeyer

Drosselmeyer
Drosselmeyer at the 2010 Belmont Stakes
Sire	Distorted Humor
Grandsire	Forty Niner
Dam	Golden Ballet
Damsire	Moscow Ballet
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	April 1, 2007
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Aaron & Marie Jones
Owner	WinStar Farm LLC
Trainer	William I. Mott
Record	16: 5-5-2
Earnings	US$3,728,170
Major wins
Triple Crown / Breeders' Cup wins: Belmont Stakes (2010) Breeders' Cup Classic (2011)
Honours
NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2011)

Drosselmeyer (foaled April 1, 2007, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for 2010 Belmont Stakes and the 2011 Breeders' Cup Classic.

Drosselmeyer was sired by multiple stakes winner Distorted Humor, most famous as the sire of dual Classic winner Funny Cide. His dam was Golden Ballet, a multiple Grade 1 winner. Distorted Humor was known for his speed, while Golden Ballet's pedigree was more stamina oriented. Her sire Moscow Ballet was a son of 1971 English Triple Crown champion Nijinsky and her dam was by multiple grade I winner Slew o' Gold by Seattle Slew. Further back in her pedigree are four crosses to the outstanding broodmare La Troienne.

Drosselmeyer was purchased at the 2008 Keeneland September Yearling Sale for $600,000 by WinStar Farm LLC of Versailles, Kentucky, who entrusted his race conditioning to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. The colt was named for a character from The Nutcracker ballet.

Drosselmeyer raced four times at age two, earning his first win in a maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs on November 18 in his final start of 2009.

To start his three-year-old campaign, Drosselmeyer won an allowance race at Gulfstream Park on January 31. He then finished fourth in his first graded stakes appearance, the Risen Star Stakes, held on February 20 at Fair Grounds Race Course. In an attempt to qualify for the 2010 Kentucky Derby, he next entered the Louisiana Derby, finishing third. However, his earnings from the two stakes races were not sufficient to qualify for the Derby. Instead, Drosselmeyer next raced in the Dwyer Stakes, on May 8, finishing a well beaten second behind the winner Fly Down.