Pine Bluff (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Pine Bluff


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sire = Danzig
grandsire = Northern Dancer
dam = Rowdy Angel
damsire = Halo
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1989
country = United States
colour = Bay
breeder = Loblolly Stable
owner = Loblolly Stable
trainer = Tom Bohannan
record = 13: 6-1-3
earnings = $2,255,884
race = Remsen Stakes (1991)
Nashua Stakes (1991)
Rebel Stakes (1992)
Arkansas Derby (1992)

American Classic Race wins:
Preakness Stakes (1992)
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Pine Bluff (foaled 1989 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred and raced by John Ed Anthony's Loblolly Stable, he was a son of Danzig and grandson of the 20th Century's most important sire, Northern Dancer. His dam, Rowdy Angel, was a daughter of two-time North American Champion sire, Halo.

1992 Triple Crown series

After winning the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park Race Track, on the same track Pine Bluff beat Lil E. Tee by a neck in the Arkansas Derby but finished fifth to him as the upset winner in the ensuing Kentucky Derby that had been dominated by the talk about the overwhelming favorite Arazi who finished eighth. Under jockey Chris McCarron, Pine Bluff came back to win the Preakness Stakes that was to be the first of two straight Preakness wins for trainer, Tom Bohannan. In the final leg of the Triple Crown series, Pine Bluff ran third to winner A.P. Indy in the Belmont Stakes but earned the $1 million bonus given to the owner of the horse with the best overall performance in the Triple Crown series.

Pine Bluff's racing career ended only a few weeks after the Belmont when he took a misstep during a routine training run and tore a ligament in his left foreleg. Retired to stud duty, he sired twenty-nine stakes race winners and was pensioned in 2006.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pine+bluff Pine Bluff's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DA1430F931A35754C0A964958260 July 2, 1992 "New York Times" article on Pine Bluff's injury and retirement]
* [http://www.tbcprojects.com/career.php?search=3785 Pine Bluff's offspring details at "Classic Runners"]