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Hastings
Hastings
Sire	Spendthrift
Grandsire	Australian
Dam	Cinderella
Damsire	Tomahawk
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	February 5, 1893 ; Versailles, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 17, 1917 (aged 23–24); Nursery Stud, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Country	United States
Color	Brown
Breeder	Dr. John D. Neet
Owner	David Gideon & John Daly; August Belmont Jr.
Trainer	John J. Hyland
Record	21: 10-8-0
Earnings	$16,340
Major wins
	Surf Stakes (1895); Toboggan Handicap (1896); Kearney Stakes (1896) ; Kearney Handicap (1897); Westchester Highweight Handicap (1897) American Classics wins:; Belmont Stakes (1896)
Awards
	Leading sire in North America (1902, 1908)

Hastings (February 5, 1893 – June 17, 1917) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion.

Background

Hastings was foaled in Versailles, Kentucky and bred by Dr. John D. Neet. He was sired by Spendthrift (Belmont Stakes winner) out of the imported Cinderella (dam of Plaudit, winner of the Kentucky Derby)^[2] by Blue Ruin.^[3]

Originally, Hastings was bought for $2,800 at a yearling auction by David Gideon and John Daly.

Racing career

Hastings was sent to New York and raced for the partners successfully as a two-year-old, winning several races before the partnership was dissolved by public auction. Hastings was then purchased by August Belmont Jr., for a record $37,000.^[4] He was shipped to Saratoga Race Course, but fell ill. His illness may have compromised his form; he finished fifth in his next race, the Futurity Stakes at Sheepshead Bay.

At three, Hastings placed second by a head in the Withers Stakes behind Handspring. He went on to defeat older horses in the Toboggan Handicap. Then he won the Belmont Stakes, beating Handspring by a head. His record at four was 12 starts, four wins and six places, carrying weights as high as 140 pounds.

Retirement

He was retired to Nursury Stud outside Lexington, Kentucky and became one of the most successful sires of 1902 and 1908. Of his offspring, the most notable are stakes race winners Gunfire, Field Mouse, Masterman, and Fair Play, sire of Man o' War.

All offspring of Hastings inherited his savage temperament in some degree, even his great-grandson Hard Tack was uncontrollable on the track.

On June 17, 1917, at age 24, severely crippled with paralysis, Hastings had to be euthanized.^[5]

Sire line tree

Hastings^[6]^[7]^[8]
- Leonid
  - Lytle
- Masterman
- Glorifier
- Don Enrique
- Fair Play^[9]
  - Stromboli
  - Earlocker
  - Mad Hatter^[10]
    - The Nut
    - Cocked Hat
    - Cresta Run
  - Man o' War^[11]
    - American Flag^[12]
      - Gusto
    - Gun Boat^[13]
    - Crusader^[13]
      - Crossbow II
      - Royal Crusader
    - Mars
    - Scapa Flow
    - Clyde Van Dusen
    - Hard Tack
      - Seabiscuit^[14]
    - Battleship^[15]^[16]
      - Floating Isle
      - Navigate
      - War Battle
      - Tide Rips
      - Navy Gun
      - Sea Legs
      - Eolus
      - Cap-A-Pie
      - Mighty Mo
      - Shipboard
    - Fleet Flag^[12]
    - Blockade
    - Ship Executive^[12]
    - Tsukitomo
    - War Admiral^[17]
      - Blue Peter
      - Mr Busher
      - Cold Command
      - Navy Page
      - Admiral Vee
    - War Relic^[18]^[19]
      - Relic
      - Battlefield
      - Intent^[20]
      - Missle
  - Chatterton^[21]
    - Faireno
  - My Play^[22]
    - Head Play^[23]
      - El Mono
  - Dunlin
    - Snap Back
  - Fairmount
  - Ladkin
    - Ladder
      - Bunty Lawless^[24]^[25]
  - Mad Play
  - Chance Play^[26]
    - Psychic Bid
    - Grand Slam
      - Piet
    - Some Chance
    - Pot O'Luck
      - Pot Hunter
  - Display^[27]
    - Discovery^[28]
      - Loser Weeper
      - Find
  - Chance Shot^[29]
    - Peace Chance^[30]
      - Four Freedoms
    - Chance Sun
    - Shot Put
    - Your Chance
    - Bushwhacker
  - Best Play

Pedigree

Pedigree of Hastings, brown stallion, 1893
Sire Spendthrift	Australian	West Australian	Melbourne
		West Australian	Mowerina
		Emilia	Young Emilius
		Emilia	Persian
	Aerolite	Lexington	Boston
		Lexington	Alice Carneal
		Florine	Glencoe
		Florine	Melody
Dam Cinderella	Tomahawk	King Tom	Harkaway
		King Tom	Pocahontas
		Mincemeat	Sweetmeat
		Mincemeat	Hybla
	Manna	Brown Bread	Weatherbit
		Brown Bread	Brown Agnes
		Tartlet	Birdcatcher
		Tartlet	Don John mare (family: 21-a)