Mr. Prospector (1970–1999) was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Kentucky, whose descendants have been dominant in the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. He won half of his 14 career races.
Mr. Prospector also ran in the year the great Secretariat won the Triple Crown. Mr. Prospector's sire was Raise a Native, a son of the immortal Native Dancer. He was out of the mare Gold Digger, a daughter of Nashua who was sired by the great ...
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Mr. Prospector (1970–1999) was a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in Kentucky, whose descendants have been dominant in the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. He won half of his 14 career races.
Mr. Prospector also ran in the year the great Secretariat won the Triple Crown. Mr. Prospector's sire was Raise a Native, a son of the immortal Native Dancer. He was out of the mare Gold Digger, a daughter of Nashua who was sired by the great Nearco. A $200,000 yearling in 1971 (a significant price for the early 1970's), "Mr. P", as he came to be known, was trained by Jimmy Croll, a Hall of Fame member who went on to train the great Holy Bull.
Mr. Prospector won the Gravesend Handicap, the Whirlaway Handicap and managed to set track records for six furlongs (1,207 m) at Gulfstream Park and Garden State, but his racing record provided little inkling of his success as a breeding sire.
One of Mr. P's most remarkable feats was siring one winner of each of the Triple Crown races, a feat...
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