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Fappiano

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Fappiano
SireMr. Prospector
GrandsireRaise a Native
DamKillaloe
DamsireDr. Fager
SexStallion
FoaledMay 19, 1977
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederJohn A. Nerud
OwnerJohn A. Nerud
TrainerJan H. Nerud
Record17: 10–3–1
EarningsUS$370,213[1]
Major wins
Morven Stakes (1979)
Discovery Handicap (1980)
Metropolitan Handicap (1981)
Forego Handicap (1981)

Fappiano (May 19, 1977 – September 3, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose most important win was the 1981 Metropolitan Handicap. When retired to stud, he became a major sire whose offspring included Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled. He was named for Joseph C. Nichols (1905–1984), a long-time sportswriter for The New York Times, who was born Giuseppe Carmine Fappiano.[2]

Background

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Fappiano was bred and raced by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer John Nerud and trained by his son, Jan. Bred in Florida, he was from one of the first crops of Mr. Prospector, then based in Florida, and helped establish Mr. Prospector's reputation as one of North America's leading sires. Fappiano was out Killaloe, an allowance race-winning daughter of Hall of Fame inductee Dr. Fager. Killaloe also produced stakes winners Torrential (FR-G1), Portroe (US-G3), Jedina and Royal Troon.[3] Nerud had also bred Dr. Fager and Fappiano's second dam, Grand Splendor, while managing Tartan Farms.[4] The family traces to the highly influential broodmare, Plucky Liege.[5]

Racing career

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At age two in 1979, Fappiano went undefeated in four starts. Among those wins was the Morven Stakes with future Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. aboard. Run on December 20, cold weather had frozen the track but in spite of the conditions Fappiano broke the Meadowlands track record for six furlongs with a time of 1:08 3/5.[6] t. He went on to win several important races through 1980 and 1981, including the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap.[7]

At stud

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While successful in racing, Fappiano is best known as a sire and a sire of sires. At the end of 1981, he was retired and syndicated for a reported $300,000 per share. He stood at stud at Tartan Farms near Ocala, Florida, where he remained until the summer of 1987. He was then moved to Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. Though himself a sprinter, he became known as a source of class (the ability to carry speed over distance). He was designated an Intermediate/Classic chef-de-race.[3]

Fappiano was the grandsire of two different horses that combined to win all three U.S. Triple Crown races in the same year when Real Quiet won the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, and Victory Gallop won the 1998 Belmont Stakes. Through Unbridled, Fappiano is the great-great-grandsire of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah.[4]

In early September 1990, Fappiano was humanely euthanized when laminitis set in while he was recovering from a fractured leg.[3]

Fappiano notably sired:

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Fappiano,[8] bay horse, May 19, 1977
Sire
Mr. Prospector
1970
Raise a Native Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Raise You Case Ace
Lady Glory
Gold Digger Nashua Nasrullah
Segula
Sequence Count Fleet
Miss Dogwood
Dam
Killaloe
1970
Dr. Fager Rough'n Tumble Free For All
Roused
Aspidistra Better Self
Tilly Rose
Grand Splendor Correlation Free America
Braydore
Cequillo Princequillo
Boldness (family 16-a)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Equibase profile". Equibase. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Joseph C. Nichols, 79;Sportswriter for Times". The New York Times. December 24, 1984.
  3. ^ a b c Hunter, Avalyn. "Fappiano (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b Hunter, Avalyn. "Fappiano's Follow Through". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Miss Agnes - Family 16-a". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Cordero Wns 5th Big M stake". The Record, page 72. 1982-12-10. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  7. ^ "Runhappy Metropolitan". NYRA. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  8. ^ "Pedigree of Fappiano". Equineline. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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