Half Iced
| Half Iced | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Hatchet Man |
| Grandsire | The Axe |
| Dam | Winter Memory |
| Damsire | Olden Times |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 14 March 1979 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | Mrs. Henry A. Gerry |
| Owner | Bertram R. Firestone |
| Trainer | Stanley M. Hough |
| Record | 32: 7-4-5 |
| Earnings | $639,608 (in North America) |
| Major wins | |
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Secretariat Stakes (1982) Knickerbocker Handicap (1982) Japan Cup (1982) Seneca Handicap (1983) |
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Half Iced, (14 March 1979 – 2001) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who raced on turf and was best known for winning the 1982 Japan Cup. After being beaten in his two starts as a juvenile in 1981 he was highly tried in the next two seasons racing sixteen times in 1982 and thirteen times in 1983. As a three-year-old he won three minor races before recording his first major victory in the Grade II Secretariat Stakes. He ended his season by beating a top-class international field in the Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse. In the following year he won the Grade III Seneca Handicap at Saratoga Race Course and ended his racing career by finishing a close fourth in his second Japan Cup. He was retired to stud in New Zealand and had some success as a breeding stallion. He died in 2001 at the age of twelve.
Half Iced was a dark bay or brown horse bred in Kentucky by Mrs. Henry A. Gerry. He was sired by Hatchet Man whose wins included the Dwyer Stakes, Widener Handicap and Amory L. Haskell Handicap. His dam, the Virginia-bred Winter Memory was a descendant of the influential American broodmare Valkyr.
During his racing career, Half Iced was owned by Bertram R. Firestone and trained by Stanley M. Hough.
Half Iced made his racecourse debut when he finished sixth in a maiden race at Aqueduct Racetrack on 20 December 1981 and went on to finish eighth in a similar event at the same track eleven days later.
Half Iced was highly tried as a three-year-old, racing sixteen times in ten months. At Aqueduct he finished third on his seasonal debut and then won a maiden race on March 1 before finishing second and third in two allowance races. He then moved to Belmont Park and competed in allowance races, winning once from four attempts before moving up in class and finishing fourth behind Majesty's Prince in the Grade II Lexington Stakes on August 1. Later that month he won an allowance race at Saratoga Race Course and was then stepped up again in class for the Grade II Secretariat Stakes at Arlington Park on September 6. Ridden by Don MacBeth he recorded his first major success as he won from Dew Line and Continuing. He was then switched to the dirt and finished seventh in the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs. Half Iced was returned to the turf and matched against older horses for the first time in the Grade I Man o' War Stakes at Belmont on October 3 and finished fourth behind Naskra's Breeze, Sprink and Thunder Puddles. Two weeks later he was sent to Woodbine Racetrack for the Rothmans International Stakes and finished fourth behind Maajesty's Prince, Jack Slade and the French-trained Esprit du Nord. On November 2 at Aqueduct, the colt contested one of two divisions of the Grade III Knickerbocker Handicap and won from No Neck and Erin's Tiger.
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