Yanks Music

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Yanks Music
Sire Air Forbes Won
Grandsire Bold Forbes
DamTraipsing
DamsireDarby Creek Road
Sex Mare
Foaled1993
CountryUSA
Colour Bay
BreederIrish American Bloodhorse Agency, Ltd.
OwnerAudrey H. Cooper &
Michael Fennessy
TrainerLeo O'Brien
Record9:7-2-0 [1]
Earnings$787,600
Major wins
Alabama Stakes (1996)
Beldame Stakes (1996)
Mother Goose Stakes (1996)
Ruffian Stakes (1996)
Awards
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1996)

Yanks Music (May 31, 1993 - May 15, 2008) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1996 Alabama Stakes. [1]

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Career

Yanks Music's first race was on November 5, 1995, at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack where she came in first.

She then won her next two races at the Aqueduct track in November 1995 and April 1996. [1] She competed in her first Graded stakes race, the 1996 Acorn Stakes, coming in 2nd place. The filly then won her first Graded stakes race, the Mother Goose Stakes, on June 22, 1996. To that she added the 1996 Alabama Stakes on August 17 and then won the Ruffian Stakes on September 14.

Yanks Music won the final race of her career when she captured the 1996 Beldame Stakes. [1]

Death

Foaling a bout with colic, Yanks Music was euthanized on May 15, 2008, due to intestinal problems. [2]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Yanks Music (USA), 1993 [3]
Sire
Air Forbes Won (USA)
1979
Bold Forbes (USA)
1973
Irish Castle Bold Ruler
Castle Forbes
Comely NellCommodore M.
Nellie L.
Bronze Point (USA)
1973
Tobin Bronze Arctic Explorer
Amarco
Summer Point Summer Tan
Point Count
Dam
Traipsing (USA)
1985
Darby Creek Road (USA)
1973
Roberto Hail To Reason
Bramalea
On the Trail Olympia
Golden Trail
Boasting (USA)
1969
Bold Lad Bold Ruler
Misty Morn
Bebopper Tom Fool
Bebop

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Yanks Music" . Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  2. "Champion Yanks Music Dead" . Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  3. "Yanks Music" . Retrieved 10 August 2019.