Droll Role (foaled 1968 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by John M. Schiff, his sire was the great runner and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Rolfe, a son of the undefeated European superstar, Ribot. His dam was Pradella, whose damsire was Nearco, another undefeated European star and one of the most influential sires of the 20th century.
Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Thomas J. Kelly,...
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Droll Role (foaled 1968 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned and bred by John M. Schiff, his sire was the great runner and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Tom Rolfe, a son of the undefeated European superstar, Ribot. His dam was Pradella, whose damsire was Nearco, another undefeated European star and one of the most influential sires of the 20th century.
Trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Thomas J. Kelly, as a two-year-old Droll Role's best performance in a major race was a second-place finish in the 1970 Pimlico-Laurel Futurity. At age three, he had three second-place finishes in graded stakes races but without a win.
At age four, Droll Role developed into one of the top older horses in North America, winning on both dirt and on turf. He ran third in the 1972 Man o' War Stakes, second in the Manhattan Handicap, and had another impressive race when he finished second to Quack in world record time in the mile and a quarter Hollywood Gold Cup....
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