- Ace Marine
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Ace Marine
caption =
sire =Ace Admiral
grandsire =Heliopolis
dam = Mazarine
damsire = Sweepster
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1952
country =Canada
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Carr Hatch
owner =Larkin Maloney
trainer =Yonnie Starr
record = 44: 14-5-9
earnings = $90,909
race =Plate Trial Stakes (1955)Queen's Plate (1955)Prince of Wales Stakes (1955)Breeders' Stakes (1955)Seagram Cup Stakes (1955)
Durham Cup Handicap (1955)
Dominion Day Handicap (1956)
Canadian Maturity Handicap (1956)
awards =Canadian Horse of the Year (1955)
honours =Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2003)
updated= December 17, 2006Ace Marine (foaled 1952 in
Ontario ) was a CanadianThoroughbred Champion racehorse who in 1955 won the three races that four years later were officially designated the Canadian Triple Crown. Sired by Ace Admiral, a grandson of the six-time British Champion Sire, Hyperion, he was out of the American mare, Mazarine.Purchased as a yearling by prominent owner/breeder
Larkin Maloney , Ace Marine was trained by Canadian Hall of Fame trainerYonnie Starr . At age two, the colt won two races and was a strong third to the then world record holding sprinterBoston Doge in the Newport Stakes atNarragansett Race Track inPawtucket, Rhode Island .In 1955, the three-year-old Ace Marine dominated his class in Canadian racing. He won two divisions of the
Plate Trial Stakes , then theQueen's Plate , Canada's most prestigious race that for the first time was broadcast on television by theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation . He followed up with wins in other major Canadian races, notably thePrince of Wales Stakes and theBreeders' Stakes . His season saw him set a new Woodbine track record for 1⅛ miles. Ace Marine's performances earned himCanadian Horse of the Year honors.Returning to race as a four-year-old in 1956, Ace Marine won the inaugural edition of the Canadian Maturity and the important Dominion Day Handicap.
Ace Marine was retired to stud having won fourteen races but as a sire met with only modest success.
In 2003, Ace Marine was inducted in the
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/ace+marine Ace Marine's pedigree and racing stats]
* [http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/thoroughbred/2003/Ace_Marine.asp Ace Marine at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame]
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