Linkage (horse)
| Linkage | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Hoist the Flag |
| Grandsire | Tom Rolfe |
| Dam | Unity Hall |
| Damsire | Cyane |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1979 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Brown |
| Breeder | Jane DuPont Lunger |
| Owner | Christiana Stable |
| Trainer | Henry S. Clark |
| Record | 18: 11-3-1 |
| Earnings | US$410,013 |
| Major wins | |
|
Forerunner Stakes (1981) Preakness Stakes 2nd (1982) |
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Forerunner Stakes (1981)
Blue Grass Stakes (1982)
Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes (1982)
Lecomte Stakes (1982)
Black Gold Handicap (1982)
Linkage (born in 1979 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse he was the son of Hoist the Flag and grandson to Tom Rolfe. Linkage will be best remembered for winning the 1982 Blue Grass Stakes and placing second five weeks later in the $200,000 grade 1 Preakness Stakes to Aloma's Ruler.
At age two Linkage won his maiden in his second career start at Aqueduct Racetrack. Several months later won two different allowance races at Aqueduct and Laurel Park Racecourse. He then went on to win in the Forerunner Stakes at a mile and one eighth in August at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.
At age three he was shipped with the rest of trainer Henry S. Clark's stable of horses to New Orleans, Louisiana for the winter. He flourished early in the winter at Fair Grounds and won or placed in every race in which he was entered. All were run against his fellow three-year-old colts. In early January he raced in and won the $60,000 Black Gold Handicap at six furlongs over Talent Town also at Fairgrounds. In late January he won the grade three $80,000 Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course over Soy Emperor at a mile and one sixteenth. In late February he won the $100,000 grade two Louisiana Derby Trial Stakes now called the Risen Star Stakes at a mile and one sixteenth. He did this in impressive fashion beating the previously undefeated El Baba who was 7-0 coming into the race.
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