Glorious Song
| Glorious Song | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Halo |
| Grandsire | Hail To Reason |
| Dam | Ballade |
| Damsire | Herbager |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1976 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | E. P. Taylor |
| Owner | Frank Stronach & Nelson Bunker Hunt |
| Trainer |
Fred H. Loschke Gerry Belanger (1980) John Cairns (1981) |
| Record | 34: 17-9-1 |
| Earnings | $1,004,534 |
| Major wins | |
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Belle Mahone Stakes (1979) Canadian Maturity Stakes (1980) Maple Leaf Stakes (1979) Dominion Day Stakes (1980, 1981) La Canada Stakes (1980) Santa Margarita Handicap (1980) Top Flight Handicap (1980) Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap (1980) Spinster Stakes (1981) Santa Maria Handicap (1981) |
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| Awards | |
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Canadian Champion Older Female Horse (1980, 1981) United States Champion Older Female Horse (1980) Canadian Horse of the Year (1980) |
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| Honours | |
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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1995) Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack |
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| Last updated on July 1, 2007 | |
Glorious Song (1976–2003) was a Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who was a Champion in Canada and the United States and became an important broodmare. Bred by the prominent horseman E. P. Taylor at his Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario, she was sired by Halo and out of the mare Ballade, who also produced U.S. Champion Devil's Bag.
Part of Windfields' annual consignment of yearlings to the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society sale at Woodbine Racetrack, Glorious Song was purchased for $36,000 by local businessman Frank Stronach, who at the time was just beginning to build a very successful Thoroughbred racing stable.
Under trainer Fred H. Loschke, at age two Glorious Song won her only start. Texas businessman Nelson Bunker Hunt then purchased a half-interest in her in 1981. In 1979, the three-year-old filly won five significant stakes races at Woodbine Racetrack, and the following year she was never out of the money in her eleven starts. The dominant horse in Canada and the top racing mare in the United States, in 1980 she won races that included the first of two consecutive Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. Then, under new trainer Gerry Belanger in 1979/80, she raced in the United States, where her coast-to-coast wins included the Top Flight Handicap at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack, the Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap at Detroit Racecourse, and the La Canada Stakes and Santa Margarita Handicap at California's Santa Anita Park.
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