Yanks Music

Yanks Music (May 31, 1993 - May 15, 2008) was an American National Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1996 Alabama Stakes.^[1]

Yanks Music
Sire	Air Forbes Won
Grandsire	Bold Forbes
Dam	Traipsing
Damsire	Darby Creek Road
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1993
Country	USA
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Irish American Bloodhorse Agency, Ltd.
Owner	Audrey H. Cooper & Michael Fennessy
Trainer	Leo O'Brien
Record	9:7-2-0[1]
Earnings	$787,600
Major wins
Alabama Stakes (1996) Beldame Stakes (1996) Mother Goose Stakes (1996) Ruffian Stakes (1996)
Awards
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (1996)

Career

Yanks Music's first race was on November 5, 1995, at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack where she came in first.

She then won her next two races at the Aqueduct track in November 1995 and April 1996.^[1] She competed in her first Graded stakes race, the 1996 Acorn Stakes, coming in 2nd place. The filly then won her first Graded stakes race, the Mother Goose Stakes, on June 22, 1996. To that she added the 1996 Alabama Stakes on August 17 and then won the Ruffian Stakes on September 14.

Yanks Music won the final race of her career when she captured the 1996 Beldame Stakes.^[1]

Death

Foaling a bout with colic, Yanks Music was euthanized on May 15, 2008, due to intestinal problems.^[2]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Yanks Music (USA), 1993^[3]

Sire Air Forbes Won (USA) 1979	Bold Forbes (USA) 1973	Irish Castle	Bold Ruler
			Castle Forbes
		Comely Nell	Commodore M.
			Nellie L.
	Bronze Point (USA) 1973	Tobin Bronze	Arctic Explorer
			Amarco
		Summer Point	Summer Tan
			Point Count
Dam Traipsing (USA) 1985	Darby Creek Road (USA) 1973	Roberto	Hail To Reason
			Bramalea
		On the Trail	Olympia
			Golden Trail
	Boasting (USA) 1969	Bold Lad	Bold Ruler
			Misty Morn
		Bebopper	Tom Fool
			Bebop

References

1. "Yanks Music". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
2. "Champion Yanks Music Dead". Retrieved 11 August 2019.
3. "Yanks Music". Retrieved 10 August 2019.