Hastings (horse) explained

Horsename:	Hastings
Sire:	Spendthrift
Grandsire:	Australian
Dam:	Cinderella
Damsire:	Tomahawk
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	5 February 1893 Versailles, Kentucky, U.S.
Death Date:	Nursery Stud, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Country:	United States
Color:	Brown
Breeder:	Dr. John D. Neet
Owner:	David Gideon & John Daly August Belmont Jr.
Trainer:	John J. Hyland
Record:	21: 10-8-0
Earnings:	$16,340^[1]
Race:	Surf Stakes (1895) Toboggan Handicap (1896) Kearney Stakes (1896) Kearney Handicap (1897) Westchester Highweight Handicap (1897) American Classics wins: Belmont Stakes (1896)
Awards:	Leading sire in North America (1902, 1908)

Hastings (February 5, 1893 - June 17, 1917) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion.

Background

Hastings was foaled in Versailles, Kentucky and bred by Dr. John D. Neet. He was sired by Spendthrift (Belmont Stakes winner) out of the imported Cinderella (dam of Plaudit, winner of the Kentucky Derby)^[2] by Blue Ruin.^[3]

Originally, Hastings was bought for $2,800 at a yearling auction by David Gideon and John Daly.

Racing career

Hastings was sent to New York and raced for the partners successfully as a two-year-old, winning several races before the partnership was dissolved by public auction. Hastings was then purchased by August Belmont Jr., for a record $37,000.^[4] He was shipped to Saratoga Race Course, but fell ill. His illness may have compromised his form; he finished fifth in his next race, the Futurity Stakes at Sheepshead Bay.

At three, Hastings placed second by a head in the Withers Stakes behind Handspring. He went on to defeat older horses in the Toboggan Handicap. Then he won the Belmont Stakes, beating Handspring by a head. His record at four was 12 starts, four wins and six places, carrying weights as high as 140 pounds.

Retirement

He was retired to Nursury Stud outside Lexington, Kentucky and became one of the most successful sires of 1902 and 1908. Of his offspring, the most notable are stakes race winners Gunfire, Field Mouse, Masterman, and Fair Play, sire of Man o' War.

All offspring of Hastings inherited his savage temperament in some degree, even his great-grandson Hard Tack was uncontrollable on the track.

On June 17, 1917, at age 24, severely crippled with paralysis, Hastings had to be euthanized.^[5]

Sire line tree

Hastings^[6] ^[7] ^[8]
- Leonid
  - Lytle
- Masterman
- Glorifier
- Don Enrique
- Fair Play^[9]
  - Stromboli
  - Earlocker
  - Mad Hatter^[10]
    - The Nut
    - Cocked Hat
    - Cresta Run
  - Man o' War^[11]
    - American Flag^[12]
      - Gusto
    - Gun Boat
    - Crusader^[13]
      - Crossbow II
      - Royal Crusader
    - Mars
    - Scapa Flow
    - Clyde Van Dusen
    - Hard Tack
      - Seabiscuit^[14]
    - Battleship^[15] ^[16]
      - Floating Isle
      - Navigate
      - War Battle
      - Tide Rips
      - Navy Gun
      - Sea Legs
      - Eolus
      - Cap-A-Pie
      - Mighty Mo
      - Shipboard
    - Fleet Flag^[12]
    - Blockade
    - Ship Executive^[12]
    - Tsukitomo
    - War Admiral^[17]
      - Blue Peter
      - Mr Busher
      - Cold Command
      - Navy Page
      - Admiral Vee
    - War Relic^[18] ^[19]
      - Relic
      - Battlefield
      - Intent^[20]
      - Missle
  - Chatterton^[21]
    - Faireno
  - My Play^[22]
    - Head Play^[23]
      - El Mono
  - Dunlin
    - Snap Back
  - Fairmount
  - Ladkin
    - Ladder
      - Bunty Lawless^[24] ^[25]
  - Mad Play
  - Chance Play^[26]
    - Psychic Bid
    - Grand Slam
      - Piet
    - Some Chance
    - Pot O'Luck
      - Pot Hunter
  - Display^[27]
    - Discovery^[28]
      - Loser Weeper
      - Find
  - Chance Shot^[29]
    - Peace Chance^[30]
      - Four Freedoms
    - Chance Sun
    - Shot Put
    - Your Chance
    - Bushwhacker
  - Best Play

Notes and References

http://www.pedigreequery.com/hastings Pedigree & Partial Stats
http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=543205&pagetype=OFFSPRINGWINS ASB - Cinderella (GB)
Ahnert, Rainer L. (editor in chief), "Thoroughbred Breeding of the World", Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970
News: A RACING STABLE SOLD.; Good Prices Paid for the Gideon & Daly Thoroughbreds . New York Times . 1895-07-16 . 2019-07-02.
http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Hastings.html TB Heritage Portraits Hastings
https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/JumpSires/JumpsiresGA.html Godolphin Arabian Jump Sires
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hastings.html American Classic Pedigree: Hastings
https://www.michaelchurchracingbooks.com/the-godolphin-arabian/ The Godolphin Arabian & his descendants
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/fair-play.html American Classic Pedigree: Fair Play
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/mad-hatter.html American Classic Pedigree: Mad Hatter
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/man-o-war.html American Classic Pedigree: Man o' War
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/american-flag.html American Classic Pedigree: American Flag
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/crusader.html American Classic Pedigree: Crusader
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/seabiscuit.html American Classic Pedigree: Seabiscuit
https://web.archive.org/web/20110622070400/http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horses-view.asp?varID=25 National Museum of Racing: Battleship
http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Battleship.html Portrait: Battleship
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/war-admiral.html American Classic Pedigree: War Admiral
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/war-relic.html American Classic Pedigree: War Relic
https://www.sport-horse-breeder.com/war-relic.html Sport Horse Breeder: War Relic
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/intent.html American Classic Pedigree: Intent
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/chatterton.html American Classic Pedigree: Chatterton
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/my-play.html American Classic Pedigree: My Play
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/head-play.html American Classic Pedigree: Head Play
http://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/thoroughbred/1976/Bunty_Lawless.html Hall of Fame Inductee: Bunty Lawless
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/bunty-lawless-can.html American Classic Pedigree: Bunty Lawless
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/chance-play.html American Classic Pedigree: Chance Play
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/display.html American Classic Pedigree: Display
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/discovery.html American Classic Pedigree: Display
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/chance-shot.html American Classic Pedigree: Chance Shot
http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/peace-chance.html American Classic Pedigree: Peace Chance