Deceit (horse)

Deceit
Sire	Prince John
Grandsire	Princequillo
Dam	Double Agent
Damsire	Double Jay
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1968
Country	United States
Colour	Dark Bay
Breeder	Leslie Combs II & Charles H. Wacker III
Owner	Windfields Farm
Trainer	Del W. Carroll
Record	27: 14-6-4
Earnings	US$291,230
Major wins
	Astarita Stakes (1970); Colleen Stakes (1970); Fashion Stakes (1970); Polly Drummond Stakes (1970); Acorn Stakes (1971); Matchmaker Stakes (1971); Mother Goose Stakes (1971)

Last updated June 04, 2019

Deceit (foaled May 3, 1968, in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racemare bred by Leslie Combs II and Charles H. Wacker III, and owned by E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm. Deceit was sired by Prince John, a four-time leading broodmare sire in North America, and out of the mare Double Agent, a daughter of Double Jay who was the 1946 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and also a four-time leading broodmare sire in North America.^[1]

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky split from it and became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

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Leslie Combs II (1901–1990) was an American equestrian. He was the founder and owner of the Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Trained by Del Carroll, Deceit raced successfully from age two to four, winning several of the important U.S. northeast races for her gender including the Astarita ^[2] and Fashion Stakes ^[3] at age two and the first two legs of the Triple Tiara, the Acorn and Mother Goose Stakes at three.^[4]

Delmer W. "Del" Carroll was an American champion polo player, Thoroughbred racehorse owner/trainer, and soldier during World War II.

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The Astarita Stakes was an American non-graded Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York between 1946 and 2005. Open to two-year-old fillies, it was a sprint race contested on dirt over a distance of six and a half furlongs. It offered a purse of $100,000.

Dam of a Champion

When her racing career ended, Deceit was sent to stand at the Windfields Farm Maryland division. She was bred first to E. P. Taylor's super-stallion, Northern Dancer then to other important stallions such as Herbager, Graustark, The Minstrel, Nijinsky, Assert and Deputy Minister, among others. However, it was a match with Taylor's Vice Regent which produced Deceit Dancer, the 1984 Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.^[5]

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after the English queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary.

Northern Dancer Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and then became one of the most successful sires of the 20th century. He is considered a Canadian icon, and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1965. Induction into the Racing Hall of Fame in both Canada and the United States followed in 1976. As a competitor, The Blood-Horse ranks him as one of the top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th century. A sire of sires, he has been called the leading male-line progenitor of modern Thoroughbreds worldwide.

Herbager was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and an influential sire in both France and the United States.

Deceit was buried at E.P. Taylors Oshawa Ontario Windfields Farm which is now defunct. The status of the gravesite area, shared with other important Windfields horses, remains in question since a residential subdivision is to be built in close proximity to the gravesite area.

Pedigree of Deceit
Sire Prince John	Princequillo	Prince Rose	Rose Prince
		Prince Rose	Indolence
		Cosquilla	Papyrus
		Cosquilla	Quick Thought
	Not Afraid	Count Fleet	Reigh Count
		Count Fleet	Quickly
		Banish Fear	Blue Larkspur
		Banish Fear	Herodiade
Dam Double Agent	Double Jay	Balladier	Black Toney
		Balladier	Blue Warbler
		Broomshot	Whisk Broom
		Broomshot	Centre Shot
	Conniver	Discovery	Display
		Discovery	Ariadne
		The Schemer	Challenger
		The Schemer	Granny

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[1] Deceit's pedigree and partial racing stats

[2] New York Times - September 17, 1970

[3] Baltimore Sun - June 28, 1970

[4] Schenectady Gazette - June 17, 1971

[5] Deceit's progeny