Effervescing (horse)

Effervescing (foaled 1973 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Effervescing was a stakes winner at the age 3, 4 and 5 he was one of the first successful trainees by D. Wayne Lukas.

Effervescing
SireLe Fabuleux
GrandsireWild Risk
DamSparkling
DamsireBold Ruler
SexStallion
Foaled1973
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederOgden Phipps
OwnerMel Hatley & Albert Yank
TrainerJohn W. Russell
D. Wayne Lukas (age 5)
Record28:12-3-4
Earnings$505,870.
Major wins
Man o' War Stakes (1976)
Round Table Handicap (1976)
Sword Dancer Handicap (1977)
American Handicap (1978)
Citation Handicap (1978)
Eddie Read Handicap (1978)
Last updated on January 27, 2008

Background

Bred by Ogden Phipps, Effervescing was a son of the French sire Le Fabuleux whose other significant progeny included American multiple Grade I winner, The Bart and Dauphin Fabuleux, the 1984 Canadian Horse of the Year. He was out of the American mare, Sparkling whose U.S. Racing Hall of Fame sire Bold Ruler was an inductee and the Leading sire in North America eight times.

Racing career

At the age of three and going off at long shot odds of 24-1 he won the $112,500 Man O' War Stakes on Belmont Park's turf course October 11, 1976 [1]

At age four, he won at Saratoga Race Course the turf-run Sword Dancer Handicap with future Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero, Jr. up

At the age of five Effervescing won two $100,000+ purse stakes races within one week. He was victorious in both the $110,500 American Handicap, a Grade 2 race on turf by 3-lengths [2] and then the Citation Handicap on dirt, both at Hollywood Park in 1978 on July 4 and July 10 respectively. Laffit Pincay, Jr. was the jockey for both efforts.

According to Lukas' autobiography "D. Wayne", Albert Yank, one of the owners, after the American Handicap victory wanted to run the horse in a stakes race in Chicago later in the fall. When Lukas said he wanted to run the horse back again in five days the reply was Are you drinking your own bathwater?. Albert Yank gave in after Lukas held his ground.[3]

Effervescing won the Eddie Read Handicap (a turf race at 9 furlongs) at Del Mar Racetrack also in 1978 with Laffit his rider again.[4]

Stud record

Effervescing stood at Ashford Stud in Kentucky. He is the sire of two Champions and sixteen stakes winners, with earnings of 4,674,623[5]

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References
  • DeVito, Carlo. D. Wayne : The High-Rolling and Fast Times of America's Premier Horse Trainer (2002) McGraw-Hill ISBN 0-07-138737-4
  1. A 24-1 Shot Captures Man o' War; A 24-1 Shot Captures Man o' War - Free Preview - The New York Times
  2. $110,500 Coast Handicap Is Won by Effervescing - Free Preview - The New York Times
  3. Devito, Carlo (2002). D. Wayne: The High-Rolling and Fast Times of America's Premier Horse Trainer. ISBN 9780071387378.
  4. "Walkin Y Ranch, A Part of My Heritage". Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
  5. Effervescing Horse Pedigree
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