Formal Gold - Thoroughbred Stallion 1993 • 16.1h
Grade I Winner of $1.5 Million/Leading Sire
by
Black Tie Affair – Ingoldsby, by Screen King
Career Highlights
- Equibase E Rating 136 - One of the highest speed ratings in history
- Ranked among the top handicap horses of 1997 with wire-to-wire Grade I wins at Belmont and Gulfstream Park defeating Horse of the Year Skip Away.
- Recorded consecutive Beyer Speed ratings of 126 (Saratoga), 124 (NTR, Monmouth Park) and 125 (Belmont Park) in his final three starts.
- Set current 8 1/2 furlong track record at Monmouth (1:40 1/5) and sire of Delaware Park record holder and five-time stakes winner Trickle of Gold (G3, $467,709).
- Ranks among the Top 1% of All Sires by 2-year-old winners (45%) from starters.
- Formal Gold has sired progeny with global earnings of nearly $16,000,000 an his 19 stakes winners include Graded winners Adore the Gold (G2, $239,573), Trickle of Gold (G3, $467,709), Semaphore Man (G3, $564,104), Miss Matche (G3, $339,799) and Transduction Gold ($441,591).
Outcross for Northern Dancer
Formal Gold is the leading money winner at stud in North America by Horse of the Year and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Black Tie Affair. A stamina-siring grandson of Mr. Prospector, Black Tie Affair is represented by Grade I winners on three continents and progeny earnings of over $50 million
2016 Stud Fee: $1,000 Live Foal stands and nurses
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