Ballindaggin (horse)

Ballindaggin (March 27, 1985 – July 22, 2008) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for having defeated Fourstardave and Regal Classic.

Ballindaggin
SireNoble Nashua
GrandsireNashua
DamCan't Be Bothered
DamsireStop The Music
SexStallion
Foaled1985
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederEaton & Thorne, Inc.
OwnerGeorge Layman, Jr.
TrainerJohn O. Hertler
Record14: 4-2-3
Earnings$946,894
Major wins
New York Stallion Series (1987)
Molson Export Challenge (1988)

Background

Bred in New York, Ballindaggin was sired by Noble Nashua, a multiple stakes winner whose victories included the Grade I Marlboro Cup. Noble Nashua was a son of the 1955 United States Horse of the Year and National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Nashua. Out of the unraced mare Can't Be Bothered, his damsire was the good runner and successful stallion, Stop The Music.

He was named for the small village of Ballindaggin in County Wexford, Ireland.

Racing career

Ballindaggin was raced by George Layman, Jr. of Naches, Washington. He was one of three partners who purchased half of the breeding rights to Seattle Slew. Trained by John Hertler, in 1987 the two-year-old colt swept all three races in the New York Stallion Series, defeating Fourstardave in each race.[1]

Racing at age three, Ballindaggin was winless in his first seven starts but in September earned the most important win of his career at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada when he defeated Regal Classic and others to win the $1 million Molson Export Challenge.[2]

Ballindaggin finished third in the 1988 Pennsylvania Derby, behind winner Cefis. He also finished third in the Gr.III Longacres Derby and Albany Stakes, and finished second in the Mike Lee Handicap and Damon Runyon Stakes.[3]

Retirement

Retired to stud duty due to injury, Ballindaggin stood at several breeding farms including at Jerre Paxton's Yakima Stallion Station in Yakima, Washington. He met with little success as a sire and in July 2006 was donated to Old Friends Equine, a retirement and rescue facility for pensioned Thoroughbreds in Georgetown, Kentucky.[4] Ballindaggin was euthanized on July 22, 2008 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute near Lexington as a result of severe back problems brought on by degenerative arthritis.[5][6]

Ballindaggin's most notable runner is colt Birthday Pretense, who won multiple stakes races.[7]

Ballindaggin was buried in Old Friends's Dream Chase Cemetery.[8]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Ballindaggin[9]
Sire
Noble Nashua		 Nashua Nasrullah Nearco
Mumtaz Begum
Segula Johnstown
Sekhmet
Noble Lady Vaguely Noble Vienna
Noble Lassie
Good Folks Citation
Mother In Law
Dam
Can't Be Bothered		 Stop The Music Hail To Reason Turn-To
Nothirdchance
Bebopper Tom Fool
Bebop
Evasive Buckpasser Tom Fool
Busanda
Summer Scandal Summer Tan
Go-Modern

References
  1. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  2. http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/memorials-ballindaggin.shtml Ballindaggin's story at Old Friends
  3. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  4. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2006/August/31/Old-Friends-adds-Kiris-Clown-and-Ballindaggin.aspx
  5. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/46267/major-winner-ballindaggin-dead July 23, 2008 Bloodhorse.com article titled Major Winner Ballindaggin Dead
  6. "BALLINDAGGIN 1985-2008". Old Friends. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  7. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  8. "Ballindaggin (1985-2008) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  9. http://www.pedigreequery.com/ballindaggin Ballindaggin's pedigree and partial racing stats
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