Intentionally (horse) explained

Horsename:	Intentionally
Sire:	Intent
Grandsire:	War Relic
Dam:	My Recipe
Damsire:	Discovery
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1956
Country:	United States
Colour:	Black
Breeder:	Brookfield Farm
Owner:	Brookfield Farm Tartan Stable
Trainer:	Edward I. Kelly, Sr. John A. Nerud
Record:	34: 18-7-2
Earnings:	US$652,259
Race:	Futurity Stakes (1958) Pimlico Futurity (1958) Tyro Stakes (1958) Withers Stakes (1959) Warren Wright Memorial Stakes (1959) Jerome Handicap (1959) Delaware Valley Handicap (1959) Toboggan Handicap (1960) Equipoise Mile Handicap (1960) Sport Page Handicap (1961) Quaker City Handicap (1961) Palm Beach Handicap (1962) Seminole Handicap (1962)
Awards:	American Champion Sprint Horse (1959)
Rider:	Bill Hartack

Intentionally (April 2, 1956 – January 15, 1970) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse and an important foundation sire for the Florida horse breeding industry.

Background

Foaled at Wolf Run Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, he was bred and raced by Baltimore, Maryland clothing manufacturer Harry Isaacs' Brookfield Farm. His sire, Intent, won back-to-back runnings of the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Grandsire, War Relic, was a son of the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Man o' War. His dam was My Recipe, a daughter of another Hall of Fame inductee, Discovery. Intentionally was conditioned for racing by Brookfield Farm's long-time trainer, Eddie Kelly.

Racing career

At age two in 1958, Intentionally won two of the most important East Coast races for juveniles. First, under jockey Bill Shoemaker, he won the Futurity Stakes at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack in near track-record time, defeating Christopher Chenery's previously undefeated colt First Landing. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/09/21/archives/intentionally-81-defeats-first-landing-in-futurity-futurity-is.html Then, in November, he won the Pimlico Futurity at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course.^[1] In the Champagne Stakes, he ran second to First Landing, who at year’s end was voted American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and given top weight of 128 pounds in Frank E. Kilroe's Experimental Free Handicap weights.

At age three, Intentionally developed into the top Sprint horse in North America. In early April, he won his first start at Jamaica Race Course by 6½ lengths, then ran fourth to longshot winner Manassa Mauler in the Wood Memorial Stakes. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G88NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7XYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4469,4655895&dq=intentionally+wood+memorial. Following this loss, Intentionally's handlers withdrew him from the U.S. Triple Crown series. The colt went on to win important races in 1959 such as the Withers Stakes and the Jerome Handicap. In winning the Warren Wright Memorial Stakes at Chicago's Washington Park Race Track, he set a track record and equaled the world record for 8 furlongs with a time of 1:33.20. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020115106/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/565152612.html?dids=565152612:565152612&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jun+28,+1959&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=Intentionally+Ties+World+Record+in+Wright+Memorial&pqatl=google He was voted 1959 American Champion Sprint Horse.

A leg ailment resulted in Intentionally not starting his 1960 four-year-old campaign until June 29. He then won the Toboggan Handicap and Equipoise Mile Handicap.

Owner Harry Isaacs raced Intentionally at age five, but in the fall of 1961 he was sold to William L. McKnight of Tartan Farms near Ocala, Florida. The horse's training was turned over to John Nerud. Intentionally raced at age six, notably beating Carry Back in the 1962 Palm Beach and Seminole Handicaps before being retired to stand at stud at McKnight's Tartan Farms.^[2]

Stud career

Intentionally became a stallion of considerable import in the development of the Florida breeding industry. Among his offspring, he sired:

• In Reality (b. 1964) - wins include the Pimlico Futurity, Florida Derby, Carter Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap. Outstanding sire of three champions and a good sire of sires.
• Ta Wee (b. 1966) - Hall of Fame filly, American Champion Sprint Horse (1969, 1970)
• Tentam (b. 1969) - wins included the United Nations and Metropolitan Handicaps
• Group Plan (b. 1970) - won Jockey Club Gold Cup, Hawthorne Gold Cup, Stymie Handicap

Intentionally died of a heart attack in 1970 at Tartan Farms and is buried there in the portion that is now Winding Oaks Farm.

Sire line tree

• Intentionally^{[3] [4]}
  • In Reality^{[5] [6]}
    • Valid Appeal^{[7] [8]}
      • Proud Appeal
      • Mighty Appealing
      • Southern Appeal
      • Kipper Kelly^[9]
        • Kelly Kip
      • Mister Jolie
      • Valid Wager
      • Seacliff
      • Valid Expectations
        • The Daddy
      • K J's Appeal
      • Successful Appeal
        • Closing Argument
        • J P's Gusto
    • Believe It^[10]
      • Believe The Queen
      • Garthorn
      • Al Mamoon
    • Classic Trial^[7]
    • Relaunch^[11]
      • Launch a Pegasus
      • Skywalker^[12]
        • Bertrando^{[13] [14]}
        • Al Skywalker
        • Sky Terrace
      • Waquoit^[15]
        • Wicapi
        • Crosspatch
        • Buck Trout
        • Docent
      • Cees Tizzy^[16]
        • Tiznow^[17]
        • Cost of Freedom
      • Honour and Glory^{[18] [19]}
        • Put It Back^{[20] [21]}
        • Blues and Royals
        • Codigo de Honor
        • Cuestion de Honor
        • Honour Devil
        • Indio Glorioso
        • Mach Glory
      • With Anticipation
    • Known Fact^{[22] [23]}
      • Warning^{[24] [25]}
        • Averti
        • Piccolo^[26]
        • Annus Mirabillis
        • Bishop of Cashel
        • Charnwood Forest
        • Decorated Hero
        • Diktat
        • Little Rock
        • Danger Over
        • Give Notice
        • Calstone Light O
      • Markofdistinction
        • Hokkai Rousseau
      • So Factual
        • Ialysos
      • Bold Fact
    • Court Trial^[7]
    • Star Choice
    • Sunshine Today^{[27] [28]}
    • Smile
      • Smiling Time
    • Proper Reality
  • Tentam^[29]
    • Great Neck
    • A Phenomenon
    • Diapason
    • New Connection
    • Ten Gold Pots
  • Group Plan

Pedigree

* Intentionally is inbred 4S × 4D to the stallion Fair Play, meaning that he appears fourth generation on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation on the dam side of his pedigree.

References

• Intentionally's pedigree and partial racing stats
• Information on Intentionally at Thoroughbred Heritage
• Intentionally at Winding Oaks Farm

Specific

1. Web site: Intentionally Home First In $168,020 Pimlico Race. New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1958-11-23. 2020-06-04. 2018-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180723182427/https://www.nytimes.com/1958/11/23/archives/intentionally-home-first-in-168020-pimlico-race-favored.html. live.
2. Web site: Carry Back Is 2D To Intentionally In Hialeah Race. New York Times, Section Sports, page 1. 1962-02-11. 2020-06-04. 2020-06-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200604145326/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/11/archives/carry-back-is-2d-to-intentionally-in-hialeah-race-ycaza-rides.html. live.
3. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Intentionally . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518210754/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/intentionally.html . live .
4. Web site: The Godolphin Arabian & his descendants . 2024-05-24 . 2023-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230819030806/https://www.michaelchurchracingbooks.com/the-godolphin-arabian/ . live .
5. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: In Reality . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518210756/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/in-reality.html . live .
6. Web site: Tiznow’s Pensioning And The State Of The Godolphin Arabian/Man O’ War Sire Line . 2023-05-21 . 2023-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230521192253/https://paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/tiznows-pensioning-and-the-state-of-the-godolphin-arabian-man-o-war-sire-line/ . live .
7. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Valid Appeal . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516164009/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/valid-appeal.html . live .
8. Web site: Florida Stallion Valid Appeal Euthanized at Age 30 . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519130012/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/190084/florida-stallion-valid-appeal-euthanized-at-age-30 . live .
9. Web site: Kipper Kelly, Sired Millionaire Kelly Kip, Dead . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516194842/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/173904/kipper-kelly-sired-millionaire-kelly-kip-dead . live .
10. Web site: Louisiana Stallion Believe It Dead . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519135725/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/187650/louisiana-stallion-believe-it-dead . live .
11. Web site: American Claassic Pedigree: Relaunch . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516204101/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/relaunch.html . live .
12. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Skywalker . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531042619/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/skywalker.html . live .
13. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Bertrando . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502061240/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/bertrando.html . live .
14. Web site: Bertrando, Champion and Top CA Sire, Dies . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230505152356/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/115254/bertrando-champion-and-top-ca-sire-dies . live .
15. Web site: Maryland Stallion Waquoit Euthanized . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230501102144/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/159462/maryland-stallion-waquoit-euthanized . live .
16. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Cees Tizzy . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516204102/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/cees-tizzy.html . live .
17. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Tiznow . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230501114155/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/tiznow.html . live .
18. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Honour and Glory . 2023-05-18 . 2023-04-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230429141822/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/honour-and-glory.html . live .
19. Web site: Honour and Glory Dies in Uruguay . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502105630/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/228586/honour-and-glory-dies-in-uruguay . live .
20. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Put It Back . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230501202155/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/put-it-back.html . live .
21. Web site: Put It Back Keeping Sire Line Alive . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230501104809/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/156077/put-it-back-keeping-sire-line-alive . live .
22. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Known Fact . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516163326/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/known-fact.html . live .
23. Web site: Champion Known Fact Dead . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516192636/https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/196666/champion-known-fact-dead#ixzz1udDJUXru . live .
24. Web site: Warning dies at the age of 15 in Japan . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516184059/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Warning+dies+at+the+age+of+15+in+Japan.-a068497640 . live .
25. Web site: Rapid concentration of certain sire lines threatening genetic diversity . 2023-05-26 . 2023-05-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230526171114/https://theownerbreeder.com/stories/rapid-concentration-of-certain-sire-lines-threatening-genetic-diversity/ . live .
26. Web site: Colic claims Piccolo . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230519172114/https://thoroughbredexpress.com.au/news-archives/colic-claims-piccolo . live .
27. Web site: Award-winning Smile comes back home to Tartan . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516175714/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ka5PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nwYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6540,8175769&dq=smile+champion+sprinter+sire&hl=en . live .
28. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Smile . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230516175714/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/smile.html . live .
29. Web site: American Classic Pedigree: Tentam . 2023-05-18 . 2023-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230518210753/http://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/tentam.html . live .