Danzig...What Might Have Been

Insight and races from the all too short career of the very impressive Danzig, son of Northern Dancer. He was a horse of great promise that was sadly hampered by troublesome injuries.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Thoroughbred
• Horse
• Racing
• Danzig
• Northern
• Dancer
• Aqueduct
• Belmont
• Park
• Marshall
• Cassidy

[firstover]

I was at the race Danzig won at Aqueduct,

as I lived in the neighborhood of Ozone park

and was a freshman in high school.

[cf1970]

That must have been terrific to see. It's a real shame his career was so short; he was a monster runner.

Thanks for the comments.

[seggymon]

it's no wonder that hard spun likes to run up front, he gets it from his daddy!

thanks for posting this nice vid about danzig!

[cf1970]

That's a good point, he's very much like his father.

You're very welcome and thank you for watching.

[em1676]

@hugatag. My horse does indeed go best in heavy going. His father is the racehorse Sheer Danzig but his mother is an Irish Draught mare. He is a stunning Grey roan. He will never win a flat race but he is an amazing eventer. He has lots of stamina and will jump anything put in front of him especially out of mud!

[hugatag]

@em1676 Is your horse a mudder? I ask because many horses from Danzig are great in the mud.

[richfairclough123]

he may have only had a short career on the track, but his love juice has been providing much joy and quick horses, for many generations... much appreciated

[em1676]

Sorry my last comment should have read I now own a great-grandson of Danzig! Still thank you very much for the clip I have always wanted to see him.

[rcherasaro]

wow..put a blaze on his face and it's like looking at hard spun..too bad about the bone chips but danzig did leave a huge mark in the breeding shed..i can't wait to see the little hard spun's next spring..he was always my favorite.i wish they had kept him racing for another year..he would have given curlin something to run at..how cool would that have been?

[medic50646]

bone chips themselves are not genetic but certain conformation attributes may make them more prone to them such as large built horse at a young age - similar to OCD lesions. Not directly genetic, but the predisposition to them is there. Also, just the nature of the very sport of racing, intensity of training, and young developing bones of horses make them more likely to develop chips. Very common within racehorses.

[GlennCraven]

Bone chips are not a genetic condition? Well, no, but weak bones that are prone to chipping are. ... Danzig has sired some horses who ran for a very long time. He's also sired many that did not. On the whole, with an average number of starts around 13 in a career, I'd say the soundness of his progeny is very average. ... He is, however, the all-time leading sire of stakeswinners, with 200 out of 1,099 registered foals, an absolutely SICK 18 percent.

[StaroftheNorth99]

Wow, what a find! Thank you so much for posting this.

Three starts. Three wins. And it still doesn't begin to sum up Danzig's tremendous superiority. What amazing action. And then that last gear!

I will never look at bloodstock agent Joe Brocklebank the same way again when I see him at the sales. Now every time I see him I will think:

"That man rode Danzig."

[horses4ever15]

Wow he has beautiful legs! :)

[pel1can]

danzig sired the fabulous sire danehill.