Intentionally (horse)

Intentionally
Sire	Intent
Grandsire	War Relic
Dam	My Recipe
Damsire	Discovery
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1956
Country	United States
Colour	Black
Breeder	Brookfield Farm
Owner	Brookfield Farm
Trainer	Edward I. Kelly, Sr.; John A. Nerud
Record	34: 18-7-2
Earnings	US$652,259
Major wins
	Futurity Stakes (1958); Pimlico Futurity (1958); Tyro Stakes (1958); Withers Stakes (1959); Warren Wright Memorial Stakes (1959); Jerome Handicap (1959); Delaware Valley Handicap (1959); Toboggan Handicap (1960); Equipoise Mile Handicap (1960); Sport Page Handicap (1961); Quaker City Handicap (1961); Palm Beach Handicap (1962); Seminole Handicap (1962)
Awards
	American Champion Sprint Horse (1959)

Intentionally (April 2, 1956 – January 15, 1970) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and an important foundation sire for the Florida horse breeding industry.

Background

Foaled at Wolf Run Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, he was bred and raced by Baltimore, Maryland clothing manufacturer Harry Isaacs' Brookfield Farm. His sire, Intent, won back-to-back runnings of the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Grandsire, War Relic, was a son of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Man o' War. His dam was My Recipe, a daughter of another Hall of Fame inductee, Discovery. Intentionally was conditioned for racing by Brookfield Farm's long-time trainer, Eddie Kelly.

Racing career

At age two in 1958 Intentionally's wins included two of the most important East Coast races for juveniles. First, under jockey Bill Shoemaker he won the Futurity Stakes at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack in near track record time, defeating Christopher Chenery's previously undefeated colt First Landing. Then, in November he won the Pimlico Futurity at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course.[1] In the Champagne Stakes, he ran second to First Landing and at year's end First Landing was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and given top weight of 128 pounds in Frank E. Kilroe's Experimental Free Handicap weights.

At age three, Intentionally developed into the top Sprint horse in North America. In early April he won his first start at Jamaica Race Course by 6½ lengths but then ran fourth to longshot winner Manassa Mauler in the Wood Memorial Stakes. . Following this loss, Intentionally's handlers withdrew him from the U.S. Triple Crown series. The colt went on to win important races in 1959 such as the Withers Stakes and the Jerome Handicap. In winning the Warren Wright Memorial Stakes at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track, Intentionally set a new track record and equaled the world record for 8 furlongs with a time of 1:33.20. He was voted 1959 American Champion Sprint Horse.

A leg ailment resulted in Intentionally not starting his 1960 four-year-old campaign until June 29 but for the year he came back to earn wins in the Toboggan Handicap and Equipoise Mile Handicap.

Owner Harry Isaacs raced Intentionally at age five but in the fall of 1961 sold him to a syndicate headed by William L. McKnight of Tartan Farms near Ocala, Florida. The horse's training was then turned over to John Nerud. Intentionally raced at age six, notably beating Carry Back in the 1962 Palm Beach and Seminole Handicaps before being retired to stand at stud at McKnight's Tartan Farms.[2]

Stud career

Intentionally became a stallion of considerable import in the development of the Florida breeding industry. Among his offspring, he sired:

In Reality (b. 1964) - wins include the Pimlico Futurity, Florida Derby, Carter Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap. Outstanding sire of three champions and a good sire of sires.
Ta Wee (b. 1966) - Hall of Fame filly, American Champion Sprint Horse (1969, 1970)
Tentam (b. 1969) - wins included the United Nations and Metropolitan Handicaps
Group Plan (b. 1970) - won Jockey Club Gold Cup, Hawthorne Gold Cup, Stymie Handicap

Intentionally died of a heart attack in 1970 at Tartan Farms and is buried there in the portion that is now Winding Oaks Farm.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Intentionally, black stallion, foaled April 2, 1956[3]
Sire Intent chestnut 1948	War Relic ch. 1938	Man o' War ch. 1917	Fair Play
		Man o' War ch. 1917	Mahubah
		Friar's Carse ch. 1923	Friar Rock
		Friar's Carse ch. 1923	Problem
	Liz F. ch. 1933	Bubbling Over ch. 1923	North Star III
		Bubbling Over ch. 1923	Beaming Beauty
		Weno blk. 1922	Whisk Broom II
		Weno blk. 1922	Rosie O'Grady
Dam My Recipe bay 1947	Discovery ch. 1931	Display b. 1923	Fair Play
		Display b. 1923	Cicuta
		Ariadne br. 1926	Light Brigade
		Ariadne br. 1926	Adrienne
	Perlette dkb/br. 1934	Percentage ch. 1923	Midway
		Percentage ch. 1923	Gossip Avenue
		Escarpolette b. 1917	Fitz Herbert
		Escarpolette b. 1917	Balancoire II (Family 5-j)

Intentionally is inbred 4x4 to Fair Play, meaning Fair Play appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.

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References

"Intentionally Home First In $168,020 Pimlico Race". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1958-11-23. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
"Carry Back Is 2D To Intentionally In Hialeah Race". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1962-02-11. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
"Intentionally pedigree". Equineline.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.

Specific

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[1] "Intentionally Home First In $168,020 Pimlico Race". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1958-11-23. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

[2] "Carry Back Is 2D To Intentionally In Hialeah Race". New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1962-02-11. Retrieved 2020-06-04.

[3] "Intentionally pedigree". Equineline.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017.