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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}<br />
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{{Infobox racehorse<br />
| horsename = Danzig Connection<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| sire = [[Danzig (horse)|Danzig]]<br />
| grandsire = [[Northern Dancer]]<br />
| dam = Gdynia<br />
| damsire = [[Sir Ivor]]<br />
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]<br />
| foaled = April 6, 1983<ref name="pedigree">{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/Danzig%20Connection?page_state=DISPLAY_REPORT&reference_number=915208&registry=T&horse_name=Danzig%20Connection&dam_name=Gdynia&foaling_year=1983&include_sire_line=N|title=Danzig Connection pedigree |publisher=Equineline }}</ref><br />
| country = [[United States]]<br />
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]<br />
| breeder = [[Henryk de Kwiatkowski#Thoroughbred horse racing|Kennelot Stables]]<br />
| owner = [[Henryk de Kwiatkowski]]<br />
| trainer = [[Woody Stephens]]<br />
| record = 17: 6-5-4<br />
| earnings = $1,002,620<br />
| race = [[Peter Pan Stakes]] (1986)<br>[[Pegasus Stakes]] (1986)<br />
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'''[[United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|Triple Crown race]] wins:'''<br>[[Belmont Stakes]] (1986)<br />
| awards= <br />
| honours = <br />
| updated= May 15, 2007<br />
}}<br />
'''Danzig Connection''' (April 6, 1983 – December 1, 2010) was an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] best known for winning the [[Belmont Stakes]].<br />
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==Background==<br />
Owned and bred by [[Henryk de Kwiatkowski]] under his Kennelot Stables banner, Danzig Connection was sired by Kwaitkowski's champion, [[Danzig (horse)|Danzig]]. His dam Gdynia (sired by [[Sir Ivor]]) was a moderate racehorse but a good broodmare who also produced the [[Dwyer Stakes]] winner Roi Danzig. She was a distant female-line descendant of La France, an American broodmare who was the ancestor of dam of [[Phalanx (horse)|Phalanx]], [[Johnstown (horse)|Johnstown]] and [[Decidedly]].<ref name="tbl">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family17b.htm |title=Biddy - Family 17-b |publisher=Thoroughbred Bloodlines |access-date=2014-08-17}}</ref><br />
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He was trained by [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] [[horse trainer|trainer]] [[Woody Stephens]],<br />
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==Racing career==<br />
Danzig Connection raced at age two in 1985. At the [[Meadowlands Racetrack]] in [[East Rutherford, New Jersey|East Rutherford]], [[New Jersey]], he defeated [[Storm Cat]] to capture the World Appeal Stakes. The two colts then reversed positions in the Meadowlands' [[Young America Stakes]].<br />
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As a three-year-old, in May 1986 Danzig Connection won the [[Peter Pan Stakes]] at [[Belmont Park]] under jockey [[Pat Day]]. The biggest win of his career came under jockey [[Chris McCarron]] when he won the 1986 [[Belmont Stakes]], defeating [[Ferdinand (horse)|Ferdinand]] and giving trainer Stephens his record fifth straight Belmont victory. From there, the colt went on to finish fourth in the [[Suburban Handicap]]. He was third to winner [[Wise Times]] in the [[Haskell Invitational Handicap]] at [[Monmouth Park]] and second to him in the [[Travers Stakes]] at [[Saratoga Race Course]]. At the Meadowlands, he won September's [[Pegasus Stakes]] over [[Broad Brush]] and [[Ogygian]]. Finally,<br />
in the [[Jockey Club Gold Cup]], his career finale, Danzig Connection was third to the winner [[Creme Fraiche (horse)|Creme Fraiche]], also trained by Woody Stephens.<br />
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==Stud record==<br />
Retired to [[horse breeding|stud]], his progeny met with limited success and in 2003 he was sent to stand at a breeding operation in [[Italy]]. His offspring included [[Iktamal]]. He died in Sicily on December 1, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.drf.com/news/belmont-win-offers-no-guarantee-success-stud|title = Belmont win offers no guarantee of success at stud}}</ref><br />
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==Pedigree==<br />
{{Pedigree<br />
|name = Danzig Connection (USA), bay stallion, 1983<ref name="pedigree"/><br />
|inf =<br />
|f = [[Danzig (horse)|Danzig]] (USA) <br> 1977<br />
|m = Gdynia (USA) <br> 1978<br />
|ff = [[Northern Dancer]] (CAN)<br> 1961<br />
|fm = Pas de Nom (USA)<br> 1968<br />
|mf = [[Sir Ivor]] (USA)<br> 1965<br />
|mm = Classicist (USA)<br> 1965<br />
|fff = [[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]]<br />
|ffm = [[Natalma]]<br />
|fmf = [[Admiral's Voyage]]<br />
|fmm = Petitioner (GB)<br />
|mff = [[Sir Gaylord]]<br />
|mfm = Attica<br />
|mmf = [[Princequillo]] (IRE)<br />
|mmm = Classic Music<br />
|ffff = [[Nearco]]<br />
|fffm = [[Lady Angela]]<br />
|ffmf = [[Native Dancer]] <br />
|ffmm = [[Almahmoud]]<br />
|fmff = [[Crafty Admiral]]<br />
|fmfm = Olympia Lou<br />
|fmmf = [[Petition (horse)|Petition]]<br />
|fmmm = Steady Aim<br />
|mfff = [[Turn-To]]<br />
|mffm = [[Somethingroyal]]<br />
|mfmf = Mr Trouble<br />
|mfmm = Athenia<br />
|mmff = [[Prince Rose]]<br />
|mmfm = Cosquilla<br />
|mmmf = [[Stymie (horse)|Stymie]]<br />
|mmmm = Jaconda (Family: 17-b)<ref name="tbl"/><br />
|}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Belmont Stakes Winners}}<br />
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[[Category:1983 racehorse births]]<br />
[[Category:2010 racehorse deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]<br />
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Belmont Stakes winners]]<br />
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