Canadian Bound
{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Canadian Bound
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| sire = Secretariat
| grandsire = Bold Ruler
| dam = Charming Alibi
| damsire = Honey's Alibi
| sex = Stallion
| country = United States
| colour =
| breeder = Nelson Bunker Hunt
| owner = Ted Burnett & John Sikura, Jr.
| trainer = Maurice Zilber
| record = 4: 0–1–0
| earnings = US$1,050
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Canadian Bound (April 29, 1975 – 1992) was the first Thoroughbred yearling racehorse ever to be sold for more than US$1 million.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/20/sports/sports-world-specials-great-expectations.html |title=Great Expectations |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 20, 1986 }} He was part of the first crop of foals Secretariat.{{cite news |title=Secretariat may be one of biggest letdowns |work=The Terre Haute Tribune |date=20 November 1977 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7704503/secretariat_may_be_one_of_biggest/ |via=Newspapers.com }} He proved to be of little use as a racehorse, managing one second-place finish in three starts in France and running unplaced in his only race in the United States.
Background
Canadian Bound was bred by Texas oilman Nelson Bunker Hunt. His dam was Charming Alibi, who was also the dam of Hunt's great Hall of Fame filly, Dahlia.
There was much excitement over the unnamed colt when he was sent to the 1976 Keeneland July sale and the opening bid of $716,000 broke the previous record set a year earlier.{{cite web|url=http://www.drf.com/news/when-keenelands-july-sale-was-king|title=When Keeneland's July sale was king|work=Daily Racing Form|accessdate=3 January 2015}} The bidding for the yearling broke the $1 million barrier for the first time, and he ended up being sold for $1.5 million (${{Inflation|US|1.5|1976|r=1}} million inflation adjusted) to Canadians Ted Burnett and Hill 'n' Dale Farms' John Sikura, Jr.{{cite web|url=http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/weekly-feature-articles/2006/March/06/News-of-16-million-colt-travels-fast-to-Germany.aspx|title=- Thoroughbred Times|publisher=|accessdate=3 January 2015}} He was sent to race in France with trainer Maurice Zilber.
Racing career
Canadian Bound began racing at two, finishing second on his only start.{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1977| publisher=Timeform|year=1978|isbn=0-900599-25-1}} He finished out of the money in both of his 1978 starts. At age four, he was sent to Hollywood Park Racetrack in California, where in the final race of his career, he finished fourth.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yUENAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n20DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7009,4940689&dq=canadian-bound+secretariat&hl=en|title=At the yearling sale they sure don't horse around|author=Steven Crist|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=3 January 2015}}
Stud record
Retired to stud, in 1982 Canadian Bound stood at the Stallion Station near Lexington, Kentucky. He was not successful as a sire. He died in 1992.{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/34505/a-memorable-date-first-seven-figure-yearling-sold?id=34505|title=A Memorable Date: First Seven-Figure Yearling Sold|author=Blood-Horse Staff|date=20 July 2006|work=BloodHorse.com|accessdate=3 January 2015}}
Pedigree
{{Pedigree|
name = Canadian Bound (USA), chestnut stallion, 1975|
f = Secretariat (USA)
1970|
ff = Bold Ruler (USA)
1954|
fm = Somethingroyal (USA)
1952 |
fff = Aureole |
ffm = Miss Disco |
fmf = Princequillo |
fmm = Imperatrice |
ffff = Nearco|
fffm = Mumtaz Begum |
ffmf = Discovery| |
ffmm = Outdone |
fmff = Prince Rose |
fmfm = Cosquilla |
fmmf = Caruso |
fmmm = Cinquepace |
m = Charming Alibi
1963 |
mf = Honeys Alibi
1952 |
mm = Adorada (ARG)
1947 |
mff = Alibhai |
mfm = Honeymoon |
mmf = Hierocles|
mmm = Gilded Wave |
mfff = Hyperion |
mffm = Teresina |
mfmf = Beau Pere |
mfmm = Panoramic |
mmff = Abjer |
mmfm = Loika |
mmmf = Gallant Fox |
mmmm = Ondulation (Family: 13-c)Morris, Simon; Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World, Syntax Software
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- [http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/34505/a-memorable-date-first-seven-figure-yearling-sold?id=34505 July 20, 2006 Bloodhorse.com article titled A Memorable Date: First Seven-Figure Yearling Sold]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121024102342/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518331471.html?dids=518331471:518331471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+01,+1994&author=Jim+Proudfoot+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=John+Sikura+never+forgot+his+humble+beginnings&pqatl=google Toronto star article on John Sikura and Canadian Bound]
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{{s-ttl|title=Most expensive Thoroughbred colt yearling
|years=July 1975 – July 1979 }}
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Category:1975 racehorse births
Category:1992 racehorse deaths
Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Category:Racehorses trained in France