Waquoit
| Waquoit | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Relaunch |
| Grandsire | In Reality |
| Dam | Grey Parlo |
| Damsire | Grey Dawn |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1983 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Gray |
| Breeder | Frank E. Mackle Jr. |
| Owner | Joseph Federico |
| Trainer | Guido Federico |
| Record | 30: 19-4-3 |
| Earnings | US$2,225,360 |
| Major wins | |
| Cape Cod Stakes (1985) Miles Standish Stakes (1985) Governor's Stakes (1985) Jamaica Handicap (1986) Yankee Handicap (1986) Brooklyn Handicap (1987, 1988) Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap (1987) Massachusetts Handicap (1987) William Almy Jr. Handicap (1987) Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (1988) Governor's Handicap (Suffolk Downs) (1988) |
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| Honours | |
| Waquoit Stakes at Suffolk Downs | |
Waquoit (1983–2007) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won races at short and long distances en route to career earnings of more than $2.2 million.
Standing close to seventeen hands, Waquoit was sired by Relaunch, a multiple stakes winner who sired several top runners including two Breeders' Cup winners. Waquoit's dam was Grey Parlo, a daughter of Grey Dawn, the French Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who was the only horse to ever beat Sea-Bird and who became the leading broodmare sire in North America in 1990.
Waquoit was purchased at the 1984 Keeneland fall yearling sale for a very modest $15,000 by Joseph Federico, a Boston, Massachusetts building contractor and a native of Sulmona, in the Abruzzo Region of Italy. The colt was given the name of the village of Waquoit on Cape Cod. He was trained by Guido Federico, the owner's cousin.
Waquoit became known for his ability to run on muddy dirt tracks. He began racing from a base at Suffolk Downs in Boston. While he won several minor stakes as a two-year-old, during the latter part of his three-year-old campaign he began to show his true ability in October 1986 with wins in the Jamaica Handicap at New York's Belmont Park followed by the Yankee Handicap at Suffolk Downs. As a four-year-old in 1987, Waquoit won the Massachusetts Handicap in a thrilling stretch duel with Broad Brush. He also added the prestigious Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park. He was voted Horse of the Year by members of the New England Turf Writers Association.
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