Buckaroo
SireBuckpasser
GrandsireTom Fool
DamStepping High
DamsireNo Robbery
SexStallion
FoaledFebruary 13, 1975[1]
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederGreentree Stud
OwnerGreentree Stable
TrainerJohn Gaver
Record18: 5-5-1
Earnings$138,604[2]
Major wins
Peter Pan Stakes (1978)
Saranac Stakes (1978)
Awards
Leading sire in North America (1985)

Buckaroo (February 13, 1975 – July 30, 1996) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, best known as the sire of Horse of the Year Spend a Buck. Buckaroo was the Leading sire in North America of 1985.

Background

Buckaroo was bred in Kentucky by Greentree Stud and raced for Greentree Stable as a homebred.[2] He was sired by Buckpasser, a Hall of Fame racehorse whose immense influence on the breed came mainly as a broodmare sire.[3] Buckaroo's dam, Stepping High, was a stakes-placed daughter of No Robbery.[4]

Racing career

Buckaroo made three starts at age two, earning one win in a maiden special weight race at Belmont Park. He made ten starts at age three, recording four wins including the Grade II Saranac Stakes and Grade III Peter Pan Stakes. He was also second in the Dwyer and Whitney Handicaps. At age four, he finished out of the money in five starts.[2]

Stud record

In 1980, Buckaroo was retired to stud at Greentree Stud in Kentucky. For the 1985 breeding season, he was relocated to Happy Valley in Florida. He was subsequently moved to the Florida Stallion Station for the 1991 season, and finished his breeding career at Bridlewood Farm.[4]

Buckaroo sired 539 named foals, of which 350 (64.9%) were winners and 29 (5.4%) were stakes winners.[4] Spend a Buck, winner of the Kentucky Derby winner, was his most successful offspring, and helped him become the leading sire in North America of 1985.[4] His most successful sons at stud were Spend a Buck and Montbrook. In 2004, he was designated as a brilliant/intermediate chef-de-race.[5]

He died in July 1996 due to kidney failure.[4]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Buckaroo, bay stallion foaled February 13, 1975[1]
Sire
Buckpasser
brown 1963		 Tom Fool
b. 1949		 Menow Pharamond (GB)
Alcibiades
Gaga Bull Dog (FR)
Alpoise
Busanda
blk. 1947		 War Admiral Man o' War
Brushup
Businesslike Blue Larkspur
La Troienne (FR)
Dam
Stepping High
bay 1969		 No Robbery
d. 1960		 Swaps Khaled
Iron Reward
Bimlette Bimelech
Bloodroot
Bepop II (FR)
b. 1957		 Prince Bio (FR) Prince Rose (GB)
Biologie
Capellina (FR) Le Capucin
Bellina (FR) (Family 11-g*)[6]
  • Buckaroo is shown as descending from family 11-g. However, the mitochondrial DNA of female descendants of his granddam Bebop is inconsistent with that of other members of this family. This indicates there was an error in the pedigree at some point before Bebop.

References

  1. 1 2 "Pedigree of Buckaroo". Equineline. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Profile of Buckaroo". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Buckpasser and His Influence on the Breed". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Buckaroo (horse)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Buckaroo, Pleasant Colony Newest Chefs-de-Race". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Mandane - Family 11-g". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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