- Hail To Reason
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Hail To Reason
caption =
sire =Turn-To
grandsire =Royal Charger
dam = Nothirdchance
damsire = Blue Swords
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1958
country = United States flagicon|USA
colour = Dark Brown
breeder = Bieber-Jacobs Stable
owner =Hirsch Jacobs
Harbor View Farm
trainer =Hirsch Jacobs
record = 18: 9-2-2
earnings = $328,434
race =World's Playground Stakes (1960)
Hopeful Stakes (1960)Sapling Stakes (1960)Tremont Stakes (1960)
Sanford Stakes (1960)
Great American Stakes (1960)Youthful Stakes (1960)
awards=American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1960)Leading sire in North America (1970)
honours =
updated= October 3, 2007Hail To Reason (1958 - February 24, 1976) was an American
thoroughbred racehorse and an influentialsire . He was bred inKentucky by the Bieber-Jacobs Stable, a partnership of prominent horsemen,Isadore Bieber andHirsch Jacobs . He was sired by the English stakes winnerTurn-To , a grandson of the very influential sireNearco . Hail To Reason was out of the mare, Nothirdchance, whose sire, Blue Swords, came in second in both the 1943Kentucky Derby andPreakness Stakes .Hail to Reason was a big homebred. His dam, Nothirdchance was named by
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame owner/trainerHirsch Jacobs as a warning to the Allies to not allowGermany to start another war. Hail to Reason was named in response to his fulfilled hopes.Starting in January of his second year, Hail To Reason raced 18 times in nine months, winning 9, and setting a new track record in the Hopeful Stakes at
Saratoga Race Course with jockey,Bobby Ussery , aboard, along the way.Unfortunately, on a morning workout in September, he lost a shoe, and broke both
sesamoid bones in his near front leg, ending his career. However, he was still named 1960American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt for his performances.Retirement
Retired to stud at
Hagyard Farm nearLexington, Kentucky , Hail To Reason was very successful and named Champion US Sire for 1970. His progeny includes Halo, English and Irish Champion Roberto,Bold Reason ,Kentucky Derby winnerProud Clarion ,Belmont Stakes winner,Hail To All ,Preakness Stakes winner Personality, Stop The Music, and Cum Laude Laurie.Hail to Reason was also a very successful broodmare sire whose daughters have produced more than one hundred stakes winners including
Allez France and Triptych. Another daughter, Reason to Earn, is the dam ofBold Reasoning , sire of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown ChampionSeattle Slew .At 18, Hail To Reason was humanely put down on February 24, 1976, and is buried at Hagyard Farm.
Resources
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/hail+to+reason Pedigree & Partial Stats]
* [http://www.stallions.com.au/historical/biography.asp?sName=hail_to_reason Stallion History Hail To Reason]
* [http://www.reines-de-course.com/hail_to_reason.htm Hail To Reason]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/cem/GraveMattersHagyard.html TB Heritage Hagyard]
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