Woodcarver (horse)
{{Short description|Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
| horsename = Woodcarver
| image =
| caption =
| sire = Woodman
| grandsire = Mr. Prospector
| dam = Sharpening Up
| damsire = Sharpen Up
| sex = Stallion
| foaled = 1996
| country = Canada
| colour = Gray
| breeder = Gustav Schickedanz
| owner = Gustav Schickedanz
| trainer = Michael Keogh
| record = 9: 3-2-1
| earnings = $455,126
| race = Queenston Stakes (1999)
Canadian Triple Crown series:
Queen's Plate (1999)
| awards=
| honours = Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1999)
| updated= September 1, 2007
}}
Woodcarver (April 9, 1996 - September 10, 1999) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1999 won Canada's most important race, the Queen's Plate, and was voted the Sovereign Award as that year's Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Colt.[https://jockeyclubcanada.com/past-award-winners/ jockeyclubcanada.com Past Award Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904120526/http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/pdf/History_Charts.pdf |date=September 4, 2012}}
Bred by Gus Schickedanz at his farm near Nobleton, Ontario, Woodcarver was raced by his owner. His sire was Woodman, a Champion 2-year-old colt in Ireland who was a son of the influential American Champion sire, Mr. Prospector. Woodman also sired Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Hansel as well as Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Preakness Stakes winner, Timber Country.{{cite web|url= https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=4078601®istry=T&rbt=TB |title= Woodcarver |publisher= Equibase Co LLC |date=2021-07-07|accessdate=2021-07-07}}
Trained and ridden by future Hall of Fame inductees, Woodcarver was race conditioned by Michael Keogh and had Mickey Walls aboard for his wins in the Queenston Stakes and the Queen's Plate.[https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2018-Revised.pdf 2018 Woodbine Media Guide] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015231420/https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2018-Revised.pdf |date= October 15, 2020}}
On September 10, 1999, Woodcarver had to be humanely euthanized after taking a misstep during a morning workout which resulted in a badly broken leg.{{cite web|url=https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/newsletter-archive-1999/ |title=Queen's Plate Winner Dead |publisher=Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN), page 2 |date=1999-09-11 |accessdate=2021-07-07}}
Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Woodcarver, gray colt, 1996
|f = Woodman
|m = Sharpening Up
|ff = Mr. Prospector
|fm = Playmate
|mf = Sharpen Up
|mm = Twisp
|fff = Raise a Native
|ffm = Gold Digger
|fmf = Buckpasser
|fmm = Intriguing
|mff = Atan
|mfm = Rocchetta
|mmf = Dancer's Image
|mmm = Junonia
|ffff = Native Dancer
|fffm = Raise You
|ffmf = Nashua
|ffmm = Sequence
|fmff = Tom Fool
|fmfm = Busanda
|fmmf = Swaps
|fmmm = Glamour
|mfff = Native Dancer
|mffm = Mixed Marriage
|mfmf = Rockefella
|mfmm = Chambiges
|mmff = Native Dancer
|mmfm = Noor's Image
|mmmf = Sun Again
|mmmm = Pavonia (family: 1-h)
}}