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Thornfield (foaled 1994 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.

Background

Thornfield was bred by Steve Stavro's Knob Hill Farm, he was sired by Eclipse and Sovereign Award and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Sky Classic, a son of the English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky. Thornfield's dam was Alexandrina, a daughter of 1982 American Horse of the Year, Conquistador Cielo.

Racing career

In 1999, under trainer Phil England, five-year-old Thornfield won the Grade 2 Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap. Ridden by Richard Dos Ramos, they then won the $1.5 million Canadian International as the longest shot in the field. The win made Thornfield the first winner sired by an International winner. His 1999 performances earned him Canadian Horse of the Year and Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse honours.

Retirement

Retired from racing, the gelding Thornfield now resides at the branch of Old Friends Equine at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Kentucky.

Pedigree

References

1. "Every Nobel Prize Winner in Literature".
2. "Welcome to the Jockey Club of Canada". Archived from the original on 2009-04-24. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
3. http://oldfriendsblog.wordpress.com/

• Thornfield's pedigree and partial racing stats
• Video at YouTube of Thornfield winning the Canadian International

• 1994 racehorse births
• Racehorses bred in Canada
• Racehorses trained in Canada
• Sovereign Award winners
• Canadian Thoroughbred Horse of the Year
• Thoroughbred family 9-g