Hot Dixie Chick

Hot Dixie Chick (foaled March 31, 2007 in Kentucky)[1] is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Hot Dixie Chick
SireDixie Union
GrandsireDixieland Band
DamAbove Perfection
DamsireIn Excess
SexFilly
Foaled2007
CountryUnited States
ColourDark bay or brown
BreederGrace Stables
OwnerGrace Stables
TrainerSteve Asmussen
Record7: 4-1-2
EarningsUS$343,252
Major wins
Schuylerville Stakes (2009)
Spinaway Stakes (2009)
Last updated on May 3, 2012

Background

Hot Dixie Chick was sired by Dixie Union, a son of the stakes winner Dixieland Band. She is out of the mare Above Perfection, by the Irish-bred stallion In Excess, making her a half sister to 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming.[2][3]

Racing career

2009: two-year-old season

Hot Dixie Chick broke her maiden in her second race, setting what was then the Churchill Downs track record for 5 furlongs on dirt in the process. In that race, she defeated future Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Tapitsfly.[4] She then went on to win the 6-furlong, Grade III Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga Race Course.[5] In her next outing, she won the Grade I, 7-furlong Spinaway Stakes in stakes-record time of 1:22.28.[6]

2010: three-year-old season

Hot Dixie Chick raced three times as a three-year-old. Her first race was a win in the 6-furlong Prima Donna Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 20, which she won by 5 3/4 lengths.[7] She then finished her 3-year-old season with third place finishes in both the Eight Belles Stakes and Winning Colors Stakes at Churchill Downs.[8]

Offspring

Hot Dixie Chick was bred to Curlin in 2011, and produced a colt named Union Jackson the following year on February 7, 2012.[9] Trained by Steve Asmussen, Union Jackson placed 3rd in the Aristides Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 4, 2016.

She has also produced Marcy Darcy, a filly by Smart Strike born March 22, 2014,[10] and an unnamed filly by Street Cry in 2015.

Pedigree
Pedigree of Hot Dixie Chick, dark bay or brown mare, March 31, 2007
Sire
Dixie Union
1997		 Dixieland Band Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Mississippi Mud Delta Judge
Sand Buggy
She's Tops Capote Seattle Slew
Too Bald
She's A Talent Mr. Prospector
Paintbrush
Dam
Above Perfection
1998		 In Excess (IRE) Siberian Express Caro (IRE)
Indian Call
Kantado (IRE) Saulingo (GB)
Vi (GB)
Something Perfect Somethingfabulous Northern Dancer
Somethingroyal
Happening Terrang
Lazy Mary (Family 4-p)

Hot Dixie Chick is inbred 3 × 4 to Northern Dancer, meaning Northern Dancer appears once in the 3rd generation and once in the 4th generation of her pedigree.

References
  1. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  2. "Hot Dixie Chick's pedigree". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  3. "Tales from the Crib: Always Dreaming | 2017 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 5 and 6, 2017 | Tickets, Events, News". www.kentuckyderby.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  4. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Charts". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  5. ESPN - July 29, 2009
  6. The Saratogian -0 September 7, 2009
  7. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Charts". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  8. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  9. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  10. Equibase.com. "Equibase | Profiles". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2017-05-21.


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