Sharpen Up

Sharpen Up
Sire	Atan
Grandsire	Native Dancer
Dam	Rocchetta
Damsire	Rockefella
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	17 March 1969
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Mimi van Cutsem
Owner	Mimi van Cutsem
Trainer	Bernard van Cutsem
Record	8: 5-2-0
Earnings	£19,888
Major wins
Seaton Delaval Stakes (1971) Middle Park Stakes (1971)
Awards
Timeform rating 127

Sharpen Up (17 March 1969 – 2 March 1992) was British racehorse and sire. He was one of the leading European two-year-olds of his generation, winning all five of his races including the Seaton Delaval Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes. He failed to win in three starts in 1972 and was retired to stud. He became a highly successful breeding stallion in both Europe and North America. Sharpen Up died in 1992.

Sharpen Up was a chestnut horse standing 16.1 hands high with a white blaze and white socks on his hind legs bred and owned by Mimi van Cutsem. He was sired by the American stallion Atan, who was retired from racing after winning his only race. His dam, Rocchetta, was a full sister to Outcrop, the winner of the Yorkshire Oaks. Sharpen Up was trained throughout his racing career by Bernard van Cutsem at the Stanley House tables in Newmarket.

As a two-year-old in 1971, Sharpen Up was undefeated in five races. He won a maiden race at Leicester Racecourse in June by four lengths and the Cantley Plate at Doncaster before moving up in class to win the Hyperion Stakes at Ascot in July by three lengths and the Seaton Delaval Stakes at Newcastle in August. On his final appearance of the year he contested the Group One Middle Park Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse. Ridden by Willie Carson, he started the 5/6 favourite and won from the New Stakes winner Philip of Spain and the Prix Robert Papin winner Sun Prince.

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