Smoke Glacken
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| Smoke Glacken | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Two Punch |
| Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Dam | Majesty's Crown |
| Damsire | Magesterial |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1994 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Gray |
| Breeder | Perry M. Rosebrock |
| Owner | William Roberts, Alexander Karkenny, Robert P. Levy |
| Trainer | Henry L. Carroll |
| Record | 14: 10-2-1 |
| Earnings | $721,560 |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Tyro Stakes (1996) Sapling Stakes (1996) Hopeful Stakes (1996) Southwest Stakes (1997) Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (1997) Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup Stakes (1997) Riva Ridge Stakes (1997) |
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| Racing Awards | |
| American Champion Sprint Horse (1997) | |
| Infobox last updated on: 02:16, Saturday June 14, 2008 (UTC). | |
Smoke Glacken (foaled 1994 in Maryland) is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Two Punch, a son of the important sire, Mr. Prospector, his dam was Majesty's Crown, a daughter of Irish stakes winner Magesterial who was a son of Northern Dancer.
Trained by Henry Carroll, at age two Smoke Glacken finished second in his racing debut then won four straight, including the Tyro, Sapling Stakes at Monmouth Park Racetrack and the most important win of 1996, the Grade I Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
A sprint horse best at distances of a mile or less, in his three-year-old season SmokeGlacken won six of his eight races and had a second and a third place finish in his other two starts. His 1997 performances earned him that year's Eclipse Award for American Champion Sprint Horse.
Standing at stud at Gainesway Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, to date Smoke Glacken has sired eight Graded stakes race winners including:
- Smoke'n Frolic (f. 1999), millionaire multiple stakes winner
- Read the Footnotes (f. 2001), won Fountain of Youth Stakes, Remsen Stakes, Nashua Stakes
- Irish Smoke (f. 2005), winner of the 2007 Grade I Spinaway Stakes
