- Brocco
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Brocco
caption =
sire =Kris S.
grandsire = Roberto
dam = Anytime Ms.
damsire = Aurelius
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1991
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Meadowbrook Farms
owner =Albert R. Broccoli
trainer =Randy Winick
record = 8: 4-2-0
earnings = $1,003,550
race =Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1993)Santa Anita Derby (1994)
awards=
honours =
updated= June 14, 2007Brocco (foaled March 2, 1991 in
Florida ) is an AmericanThoroughbred racehorse. Bred at the LaCroix family's Meadowbrook Farms near Ocala, he was purchased and raced byAlbert R. Broccoli , the producer of the iconicJames Bond films.Brocco was out of the mare Anytime Ms. and a son of
Kris S. who sired fiveBreeders' Cup winners and threeEclipse Award winners. Brocco's grandsire was Roberto, an American-bred champion in England and winner of the 1972Epsom Derby .Racing in 1993 for his owner in
California , the two-year-old Brocco won his first two races. He then scored what would be the biggest win of his career when he upset prohibitive 7-10 favoriteDehere in theBreeders' Cup Juvenile . Brocco ended the 1993 racing season with a second-place finish in December'sHollywood Futurity .Brocco started four times in 1994. Under regular jockey Gary Stevens, he finished second to
songwriter Burt Bacharach's coltSoul of the Matter in theSan Felipe Stakes but defeatedTabasco Cat to win the most important race for three-year-olds in California, the Grade ISanta Anita Derby . Sent toChurchill Downs inLouisville, Kentucky , Brocco finished fourth behind winnerGo For Gin in theKentucky Derby Retired to stud duty, Brocco currently stands at Lex Stud in
Japan and Durham Lodge inAustralia . Among his American offspring, millionaire daughterJostle won a number of stakes races including the Grade ICoaching Club American Oaks andAlabama Stakes .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/brocco Brocco's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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