Precisionist
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| Precisionist | ||
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| Sire: | Crozier | |
| Grandsire: | My Babu | |
| Dam: | Excellently | |
| Damsire: | Forli | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1981 | |
| Country: | USA | |
| Colour: | Chestnut | |
| Breeder: | Fred W. Hooper | |
| Owner: | Fred W. Hooper | |
| Trainer: | Ross Fenstermaker | |
| Record: | 46: 20-10-4 | |
| Earnings: | $3,485,398 | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Swaps Stakes (1984) Malibu Stakes (1985) San Fernando Stakes (1985) Charles H. Strub Stakes (1985) Breeders' Cup Sprint (1985) Californian Stakes (1986) Woodward Stakes (1986) Del Mar Breeders' Cup Handicap (1988) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| U.S. Champion Sprint Horse (1985) | ||
| Honours | ||
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (2003) | ||
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Infobox last updated on: September 30, 2006. |
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Precisionist (1981-2006) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. In 1985, Precisionist won the Strub Series at Santa Anita Park becoming only the fifth horse to win the Malibu Stakes, the San Fernando Stakes and the Charles H. Strub Stakes. Although he earned an Eclipse Award as a champion sprinter and Breeders' Cup sprint winner, Precisionist was also a winner of races beyond a mile including Grade I races at 1ΒΌ miles.
Retired at age 6, Precisionist proved nearly sterile, siring only four foals in his lifetime. As a result, his owners returned him to racing in 1988. Overcoming both the 20-month layoff and a fracture to his left foreleg that was repaired with a pin, Precisionist set the current one-mile track record at Del Mar Racetrack in 1:33 1/5. He was retired again that year and sent to live at a farm in Ocala, Florida where he remained until June of 2006 when he was sent to the Old Friends, Inc. equine retirement center near Georgetown, Kentucky.
As a result of inoperable sinus tumors, Precisionist was euthanized on September 27, 2006. He was buried in his entirety at the Old Friends cemetery.
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