Open Fire (horse)

Open Fire
Sire	Cochise
Grandsire	Boswell
Dam	Lucy Lufton
Damsire	Nimbus
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1961
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Renappi Corp.
Owner	Brandywine Stable
Trainer	Virgil W. "Buddy" Raines
Record	30: 13-6-5
Earnings	$227,329
Major wins
	Delaware Handicap (1966); Spinster Stakes (1966); Diana Handicap (1966)
Awards
	DRF United States Champion Handicap Mare
	Last updated on August 5, 2008

Open Fire (1961–1980) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.

Background

Open Fire was a bay mare sired by Brandywine Stable's multiple stakes winner Cochise. Open Fire was out of the mare Lucy Lufton, whose sire Nimbus was a son of Nearco, one of the world's most influential sires in the history of Thoroughbred racing.

Owned and raced under the Brandywine Stable banner by Delaware Park Racetrack president Donald P. Ross, Open Fire was trained by Buddy Raines.

Racing career

A late developer, in 1966 the five-year-old was one of the dominant mares in American racing whose performances earned her United States Champion Handicap Mare honors from the Daily Racing Form. The rival Thoroughbred Racing Association award was won by Summer Scandal.That year, she had three major stakes wins, set a new track record for 1¹⁄₈ miles at Saratoga Race Course, and equaled the Delaware Park Racetrack record for 1¹⁄₄ miles.

Breeding record

Retired to broodmare duty, Open Fire produced seven foals.

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External links

Open Fire's pedigree and partial racing stats

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