Pistols and Roses

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Pistols and Roses


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sire = Darn That Alarm
grandsire = Jig Time
dam = To Be Continued
damsire = Princely Pleasure
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1989
country = United States
colour = Gray
breeder = Happy Alter
owner = Willis Family Stables, Inc.
trainer = George Gianos
record = 44: 10-4-6
earnings = $1,680,506
race = Everglades Stakes (1992)
Blue Grass Stakes (1992)
Donn Handicap (1993, 1994)
Ben Ali Stakes (1994)
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Pistols and Roses (foaled 1989 in Florida) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by Happy Alter, he was sired by Darn That Alarm whose sire Jig Time was a son of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Native Dancer. His dam was To Be Continued, a descendant of Nearco through Nasrullah and Bold Ruler.

Trained by George Gianos, as a three-year-old Pistols and Roses had his first important win en route to the 1992 Kentucky Derby in the Everglades Stakes at Hialeah Park Race Track in Hialeah, Florida. He ran second to Dance Floor in the Fountain of Youth Stakes then earned a third-place finish in the Florida Derby. Sent to Kentucky, at Keeneland Race Course he won the final Derby stepping stone, the important Blue Grass Stakes. In the Derby he was sent off at odds of more than 13 to 1, and finished far back in sixteenth place behind winner, Lil E. Tee. Pistols and Roses was withdrawn from the Preakness Stakes after swelling was found in his left front ankle.

Pistols and Roses' loss in the Derby marked the beginning of a seven race losing streak that came to an end when, as a 44-to-1 longshot, he won the February 21, 1993 Grade I Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. In 1994, the five-year-old Pistols and Roses won his second consecutive Donn Handicap as well as the Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland Race Course. His other important results was a third in both the Widener Handicap and the Stuyvesant Handicap.

Retired to stud duty for the 1995 season, Pistols and Roses' offspring have met with modest success. As at the end of 2007, he stands at W.R. Thoroughbreds, at Duchesne, Utah. [http://breeding.bloodhorse.com/sirelists/States07/state.asp?id=UT]

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/pistols+and+roses Pistols and Roses' pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6D8123EF932A15751C0A965958260 February 21, 1993 New York Times article on Pistols and Roses winning the Donn Handicap]