- Housebuster
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Housebuster
caption =
sire =Mt. Livermore
grandsire =Blushing Groom
dam = Big Dreams
damsire = Great Above
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1987
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Dark Brown
breeder = Blanche P. Levy & Murphy Stable
owner = Robert P. Levy
trainer =Warren A. Croll, Jr.
record = 22: 15-2-1
earnings = $1,229,696
race =Morven Stakes (1989)Hutcheson Stakes (1990)
Jerome Handicap (1990)Withers Stakes (1990)Hutchison Stakes (1990)Layfayette Stakes (1990)Derby Trial (1990)King's Bishop Stakes (1990)Spectacular Bid Stakes (1990)Swale Stakes (1990)Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes (1991)
Carter Handicap (1991)Vosburgh Stakes (1991)Forego Handicap (1991)awards= | awards= U.S. Outstanding Sprint Horse (1990 & 1991)
honours =
updated= August 26, 2007Housebuster (foaled 1987 in
Kentucky ) was an Americanthoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired bygraded stakes race winnerMt. Livermore out of the Great Above mare, Big Dreams.Bred by
Blanche P. Levy and owned by her son, Robert, Housebuster was originally trained by Ronald Benshoff before being turned over to "Jimmy" Croll. From the outset he was trained as a sprinter, with no race longer than a mile.Housebuster won 15 of his lifetime 22 starts and normally liked to win them by wide margins. He won the Jerome Handicap by 13 lengths, the Grade III
Layfayette Stakes by 11, and the "DeFrancis Dash" by 5, beating Breeder's Cup Sprint champ, Safely Kept.In the 1990
Metropolitan Handicap , he placed second by a neck to U.S. Horse of the YearCriminal Type , beatingEasy Goer .His outstanding record and ease in winning made him the U.S. Outstanding Sprint Horse for 1990 and again in 1991, the first horse to do that since Great Above's dam, Ta Wee, in 1969-70.
Retirement
Retired due to an injury in the 1991 Breeder's Cup Sprint, Housebuster was originally sent in 1992 to
Jonabell Farm to stand at stud and sired several good runners. However, as his fee dropped, he was sold and sent toJapan in 1998.He returned to the U.S. in 2001 and stood at The Blue Ridge Farm in
Virginia from 2002-2004 until being moved to O'Sullivan Farms inWest Virginia in 2005. He died there on May 15, 2005.Some of his
graded stakes race winners include the 2002Hong Kong Horse of the Year ,Electronic Unicorn , as well as Bahamian Pirate,Morluc , and Midnight Bet.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/housebuster Pedigree & Partial Stats]
External links
* [http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=28172 Bloodhorse Champion Sprinter Housebuster Dead]
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