| Horsename: | Smart Strike |
| Sire: | Mr. Prospector |
| Grandsire: | Raise a Native |
| Dam: | Classy 'n Smart |
| Damsire: | Smarten |
| Sex: | Stallion |
| Foaled: | 21 May 1992 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Colour: | Bay |
| Breeder: | Sam-Son Farm |
| Owner: | Sam-Son Farm |
| Trainer: | Mark Frostad |
| Record: | 8: 6-1-0 |
| Earnings: | $337,376 |
| Race: | Salvator Mile Handicap (1996) Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1996) |
| Awards: | Leading sire in North America (2007, 2008) |
| Honours: | Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2008) |
Smart Strike (May 21, 1992, in Ontario – March 25, 2015)[1] was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. The son of the Champion sire, Mr. Prospector, and out of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame mare Classy 'n Smart, Smart Strike is a half-brother to 1991 Canadian Triple Crown champion Dance Smartly.
Owned and bred by Sam-Son Farm, on the racetrack, Smart Strike's most important win came in the Grade I Philip H. Iselin Handicap. However, he was just developing into a top-flight horse when his career was cut short by injury. He suffered a condylar fracture during a workout while preparing for the Breeders' Cup.
At maturity, he reached high.[2]
Since he was retired to stud duty at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, in 1997, Smart Strike's value as a stallion rose dramatically as a result of the performance of his offspring. Twice honored as the leading Sire in North America, he was the sire of 113 stakes winners, 12 champions, five Breeders' Cup winners, and two Classic victors. He has also found international success, both as a sire and broodmare sire, producing champions in several different countries.
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For his contribution to Thoroughbred racing, Smart Strike was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2008.
While remarkably healthy and fertile until early 2015, Smart Strike was humanely euthanized on March 25, 2015, as a result of complications due to laminitis.