Stop The Music (foaled 1970 in Kentucky) was an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Owned and bred by the Greentree Stud, Inc., he was sired by Hail To Reason, out of the mare, Bebopper, whose sire, Tom Fool, was the leading broodmare sire for 1965 and inducted into National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Trained by John M. Gaver, Sr., Stop The Music had the misfortune of being born in the same year as the great Secretariat and they wer...
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Stop The Music (foaled 1970 in Kentucky) was an American thoroughbred stallion racehorse. Owned and bred by the Greentree Stud, Inc., he was sired by Hail To Reason, out of the mare, Bebopper, whose sire, Tom Fool, was the leading broodmare sire for 1965 and inducted into National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
Trained by John M. Gaver, Sr., Stop The Music had the misfortune of being born in the same year as the great Secretariat and they were rivals in many races. His victory as a two-year-old in the Champagne Stakes under jockey John Rotz came as a result of a disqualification due to Secretariat's bumping incident while rounding the turn. His interference with Stop The Music was ruled by the stewards as cause to place Secretariat second. A few weeks later, Stop The Music would again meet Secretariat in the Laurel Futurity Stakes, but placed second to him.
As a three year old, Stop The Music won the Dwyer Stakes. He also went on to set a new track record of 1:33 3/5 at Belmont...
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