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Key to the Mint

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Key to the Mint
SireGraustark
GrandsireRibot
DamKey Bridge
DamsirePrincequillo
SexStallion
Foaled1969
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederPaul Mellon
OwnerRokeby Stables
TrainerJ. Elliott Burch
Record29: 14-4-3
Earnings$576,015
Major wins
Remsen Stakes (1971)
Withers Stakes (1972)
Woodward Stakes (1972)
Derby Trial Stakes (1972)
Brooklyn Handicap (1972)
Whitney Stakes (1972)
Travers Stakes (1972)
Suburban Handicap (1973)
Excelsior Handicap (1973)
Awards
American Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1972)

Key to the Mint (1969–1996) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

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Bred by Paul Mellon and raced under his Rokeby Stable colors, Key to the Mint was trained by future Hall of Fame inductee Elliott Burch.

Racing career

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Key to the Mint did not run in the Kentucky Derby, the first race of the U.S. Triple Crown series, then finished third to winner Bee Bee Bee in the Preakness Stakes and fourth to Riva Ridge in the Belmont Stakes.

Following the Triple Crown races, Key to the Mint dominated his age group in 1972 and was voted the Eclipse Award for American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. He continued to race at age four, notably winning the 1973 Excelsior Handicap and won on a sloppy track for 10 furlongs in winning the Suburban Handicap.

Stud record

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Retired to stud duty, Key to the Mint sired Plugged Nickle, the 1980 American Champion Sprint Horse; Java Gold, a multiple Grade 1 winner and sire of Kona Gold; and Jewel Princess, the 1996 American Champion Older Female Horse. He is also the damsire of European Champion Swain and Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse Key to the Moon. Key to the Mint was euthanized due to infirmities of old age on September 21, 1996.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Key to the Mint
Sire
Graustark

chestnut 1963

Ribot

bay 1952

Tenerani
bay 1944
Bellini
Tofanella
Romanella
chestnut 1943
El Greco
Barbara Burrini
Flower Bowl

bay 1952

Alibhai
bay 1938
Hyperion
Teresina
Flower Bed
bay 1946
Beau Pere
Boudoir
Dam
Key Bridge

bay 1959

Princequillo

bay 1940

Prince Rose
bay 1928
Rose Prince
Indolence
Cosquilla
bay 1933
Papyrus
Quick Thought
Blue Banner

bay 1952

War Admiral
brown 1934
Man o' War
Brushup
Risqué Blue
bay 1941
Blue Larkspur
Risqué

References

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