Izvestia (horse)

Izvestia
SireIcecapade
GrandsireNearctic
DamShy Spirit
DamsirePersonality
SexStallion
Foaled1987
CountryCanada
ColourGrey
BreederKinghaven Farms
OwnerKinghaven Farms
TrainerRoger Attfield
Record21: 11-2-2
Earnings$2,702,527
Major wins
Forerunner Stakes (1990)
Transylvania Stakes (1990)
Plate Trial Stakes (1990)
Molson Export Million (1990)
Canadian Turf Handicap (1991)
Eclipse Handicap (1991)

Canadian Triple Crown wins:
Queen's Plate (1990)
Prince of Wales Stakes (1990)
Breeders' Stakes (1990)

Awards
9th Canadian Triple Crown (1990)
Canadian 3-yr-Old Champion Colt (1990)
Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse (1990)
Canadian Horse of the Year (1990)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1999)
Izvestia Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
Last updated on September 24, 2020

Izvestia (May 5, 1987 – October 21, 1991) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1990.

A grandson of Nearctic, who sired the legendary Northern Dancer, his damsire Personality was the 1970 Co-American Horse of the Year. Owned and bred by Kinghaven Farms, Izvestia began racing in the United States, winning two Graded stakes races at the Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky. He was shipped north in the spring of 1990 to his home base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto from which he won the Triple Crown.[1] Having won it a year earlier on With Approval, jockey Don Seymour became the only jockey in history to ride two Canadian Triple Crown winners.[2]

Izvestia's career ended on October 21, 1991, when he had to be humanely euthanized after breaking a left hind leg in three places while competing in the Rothmans International.[3] In 1999, he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.[1]

Pedigree of Izvestia, gray stallion, 1987
Sire
Icecapade 		Nearctic Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Lady Angela Hyperion
Sister Sarah
Shenanigans Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Bold Irish Fighting Fox
Erin
Dam
Shy Spirit 		Personality Hail To Reason Turn-To
Nothirdchance
Affectionately Swaps
Searching
Cool Mood Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Happy Mood Mahmoud
La Reigh (family: 2-n)

References

  1. ^ a b "Izvestia - Hall of Fame inductee, 1999". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 1999-12-14. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  2. ^ "Canadian HOF Rider Don Seymour Dies". Thoroughbred Daily News. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-09-24.
  3. ^ "Izvestia Destroyed After Mishap". New York Times, Section C, page 2. 1991-10-21. Retrieved 2020-09-24.

Izvestia's Triple Crown wins at YouTube: