Sarava

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Sarava
Sarava (27474258897).jpg
Sarava in 2018
Sire Wild Again
Grandsire Icecapade
DamRhythm of Life
Damsire Deputy Minister
Sex Stallion
Foaled(1999-03-02)March 2, 1999
DiedAugust 28, 2023(2023-08-28) (aged 24)
Georgetown, Kentucky
CountryUnited States
Colour DarkBay
BreederTimber Bay Farm (Bill Entenmann)
OwnerNew Phoenix Stable (Gary Drake, lead partner)
Trainer Kenneth McPeek
Record17: 3-3-0
Earnings$773,832
Major wins
Sir Barton Stakes (2002)
Triple Crown race wins:
Belmont Stakes (2002)
Last updated on August 29, 2023

Sarava (March 2, 1999 – August 28, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning the 2002 Belmont Stakes.

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Background

Sired by the 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Wild Again, Sarava was out of the mare Rhythm of Life, a daughter of Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Leading sire in North America, Deputy Minister.

Racing career

Sarava was purchased for $250,000 at the Fasig-Tipton sale. Sent to race in England, he failed to win in three starts as a 2-year-old. Returned to the United States in the fall, under trainer Burk Kessinger, the colt won his American debut at Churchill Downs on November 21, 2001. [1]

Given over to Kenneth McPeek for conditioning early in his three-year-old season, after a modest 2002 spring campaign he won the Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico Race Course by four lengths under jockey Edgar Prado. Sarava and Prado then won the Belmont Stakes at record odds of 70-1, ending the bid by Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner War Emblem to capture the U.S. Triple Crown. The race was witnessed by 103,222 people, the largest crowd in Belmont Park history. [2]

Stud record

In 2005 Sarava began stud duty at Cloverleaf Farms II in Reddick, Florida. Mated to the mare Watch Closely, whose grandsire was Mr. Prospector, his first foal, Avaras, was born in 2007.

Retirement and death

On September 29, 2012, 13-year-old Sarava arrived at Old Friends Equine, a non-profit Thoroughbred retirement facility in Georgetown, Kentucky.

Sarava was euthanized at Old Friends on August 28, 2023, due to complications from a fractured leg. He was 24. [1]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sarava, dark bay colt, 1999
Sire
Wild Again
Icecapade Nearctic Nearco
Lady Angela
Shenanigans Native Dancer
Bold Irish
Bushel-n-Peck Khaled Hyperion
Eclair
Dama Dante
Clovelly
Dam
Rhythm of Life
Deputy Minister Vice Regent Northern Dancer
Victoria Regina
Mint CopyBunty’s Flight
Shakney
Nalee's RhythmNalees Man Gallant Man
Nalee
Lady RhythmMister Jive
Miss Kansulin (family: 10-c)

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References

  1. 1 2 "2002 Belmont Stakes Winner Sarava Dies at 24 The classic winner died from complications due to a leg fracture". bloodhorse.com. Old Friends. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  2. "Belmont Stakes Attendance, Wagering Set Records". bloodhorse.com. NYRA. June 8, 2002. Retrieved 29 August 2023.