Icecapade (April 4, 1969 – November 12, 1988) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that had success in racing and became an important sire. Icecapade was a multiple Stakes race winner who set a Monmouth Park track record that stood for nineteen years.
Background Icecapade was bred and initially raced by Stuart S. Janney Jr. and his wife Barbara Phipps Janney under the name of Locust Hill Farm. He was campaigned for several seasons by Locust Hill Farm before being privately sold for more than $450,000 to Mrs. D.A. McVarish.
Icecapade was bred on same nick as the extremely influential sire Northern Dancer, being by Nearctic out of a Native Dancer mare. His dam Shenanigans was the 1975 Kentucky Broodmare of the Year and dam of Ruffian.
Racing career Icecapade was considered a sprinter/miler as a racehorse. His most notable wins include the 1973 Grade 3 Nassau County Handicap and Grade 2 William du Pont, Jr. Handicap. At Monmouth Park, he set the track record for 6 furlongs, running the distance in 1:08 flat.
Breeding career Icecapade was retired to stand at stud at Gainesway Farm, where he sired 73 stakes winners.
In the Roman-Miller Dosage System, Icecapade is considered a Brilliant/Classic chef-de-race.
Notable progeny Icecapade's major stakes winners include:
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding FoaledNameSexMajor Wins1975Great Lady M.fLa Brea Stakes, Las Cienegas Handicap, Rancho Bernardo Handicap1976Clever TrickcGravesend Handicap, notable sire1976Ice CoolcPremio Tevere1980Am CapablefAffectionately Handicap, Distaff Handicap, Interborough Handicap1980FatihcGolden Gate Handicap, Arcadia Handicap1980HyperboreancSwaps Stakes1980KingsbridgecBreeders' Stakes, Summer Stakes, Toronto Cup Handicap1980Wild AgaincBreeders' Cup Classic, Meadowlands Cup Handicap, Oaklawn Handicap, New Orleans Handicap1981Don RicklescNashua Stakes1986Ski ChampcGran Premio 25 de Mayo, Premio América1986Wonders DelightfAlcibiades Stakes, Schuylerville Stakes1987IzvestiacCanadian Horse of the Year (1990), Triple Crown, and Hall of Fame – Queen's Plate Stakes, Prince of Wales Stakes, Breeders' Stakes, etc.
Notable progeny of daughters Major stakes winners out of mares by Icecapade include: c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding FoaledNameSexMajor Wins1982Lady's SecretfAmerican Horse of the Year (1986) and Hall of Fame – Breeders' Cup Distaff, Beldame Stakes, Ruffian Handicap, Maskette Stakes, Whitney Handicap, Shuvee Handicap, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, La Canada Stakes, Ballerina Stakes, Test Stakes, etc.1986MarkofdistinctioncQueen Elizabeth II Stakes, Queen Anne Stakes1987Brought to MindfVanity Invitational Handicap, Milady Handicap, La Brea Stakes, Hawthorne Handicap1989Siberian SummercCharles H. Strub Stakes1994DantelahfOakleigh Plate, Swettenham Stud Stakes1995Sister ActfHempstead Handicap, La Troienne Stakes
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