Izvestia (horse)
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| Izvestia | ||
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| Sire: | Icecapade | |
| Dam: | Shy Spirit | |
| Damsire: | Personality | |
| Sex: | Stallion | |
| Foaled: | 1987 | |
| Country: | Canada | |
| Colour: | Gray | |
| Breeder: | Kinghaven Farms | |
| Owner: | Kinghaven Farms | |
| Trainer: | Roger Attfield | |
| Record: | 21: 11-2-2 | |
| Earnings: | $2,702,527 | |
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| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Plate Trial Stakes (1990) Queen's Plate (1990) Prince of Wales Stakes (1990) Breeders' Stakes (1990) Eclipse Stakes (1990) Molson Export Million (1990) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| 4th Canadian Triple Crown (1990) Canadian 3-yr-Old Champion Colt (1990) Canadian Male Turf Champion (1990) Canadian Horse of the Year (1990) |
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| Honours | ||
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1999) | ||
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Infobox last updated on: September 19, 2006. |
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Izvestia (1987-1991) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Canadian Triple Crown in 1990. A descendant of Nearco, the colt began racing in the United States, winning two Graded stakes races at the Keeneland Racecourse in Kentucky. He was shipped north in the spring of 1990 to a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto from where he won the Triple Crown.
Izvestia's career came to a tragic end on October 21, 1991 when he had to be humanely euthanized after breaking a left hind leg in three places while competing in the Rothmans International. In 1999, he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
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