Cross Traffic (horse)
| Cross Traffic | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Unbridled's Song |
| Grandsire | Unbridled |
| Dam | Stop Traffic |
| Damsire | Cure the Blues |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | February 15, 2009[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Gray or roan |
| Breeder | Diamond A Racing |
| Owner | GoldMark Farm |
| Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Record | 6: 3-2-0 |
| Earnings | $687,967[2] |
| Major wins | |
| Whitney Invitational Handicap (2013) | |
| Last updated on 27 April 2023 | |
Cross Traffic (foaled February 15, 2009) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Whitney Invitational Handicap at Belmont Park in 2013 as a four-year-old.[2]
Background
[edit]Cross Traffic is a gray or roan colt that was bred in Kentucky by Diamond A Racing Corp. and was a $300,000 purchase at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga select yearling sale when consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.[3] His dam Stop Traffic was a multiple Grade I winner, victorious in the Santa Monica Handicap and Ballerina Handicap. He was sired by Unbridled's Song, the leading sire in the US in 2017.[4]
Cross Traffic was trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher.
Racing career
[edit]2013: four-year-old season
[edit]Starting his career at Gulfstream Park January 24, he reeled off two impressive victories before tackling graded stakes company in only his third start. In the April 27 Grade III Westchester Stakes he earned a 1 1/2 Ragozin number when losing by a short head to Belmont specialist Flat Out, who finished in a time of 1:32.99, three-fifths of a second off the world record.
Cross Traffic followed that effort with a nose loss to Sahara Sky in the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap, just getting nipped after setting the pace in the one-mile test. In the Whitney Invitational Handicap, his first time around two turns, which he won by three quarters of a length over Successful Dan while defeating the one-two finishers of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic, Fort Larned and Mucho Macho Man, and 2012 Travers Stakes winner Alpha.[3] In the Jockey Club Gold Cup Cross Traffic stumbled badly out of the starting gate and was no factor in the race when finishing seventh.[5] It was found that he injured his shin and did not return to the racetrack again.[3]
Statistics
[edit]| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time |
Winning (Losing) Margin |
Jockey | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 – Four-year-old season | |||||||||||
| Jan 24, 2013 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Gulfstream Park | 0.70* | 6 | 1 | 1:15.79 | 1+3⁄4 lengths | John Velazquez | [6] | |
| Mar 10, 2013 | 1 mile | Allowance | Gulfstream Park | 1.20* | 6 | 1 | 1:35.17 | 7+1⁄2 lengths | John Velazquez | [7] | |
| Apr 27, 2013 | 1 mile | Westchester Stakes | III | Belmont Park | 1.05* | 5 | 2 | 1:32.99 | (head) | Javier Castellano | [8] |
| May 27, 2013 | 1 mile | Metropolitan Handicap | I | Belmont Park | 2.90 | 9 | 2 | 1:34.17 | (nose) | John Velazquez | [9] |
| Aug 3, 2013 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Whitney Handicap | I | Saratoga | 3.55 | 8 | 1 | 1:47.89 | 3⁄4 length | John Velazquez | [10] |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 1+1⁄4 miles | Jockey Club Gold Cup | I | Belmont Park | 3.40 | 8 | 7 | 1:59.70 | (16+3⁄4 lengths) | John Velazquez | [5] |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Cross Traffic was the post-time favorite.
Stud career
[edit]Cross Traffic was retired in 2014 and would stand at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and offered immediately to breeders through Spendthrift's "Share the Upside Program" on a limited basis for $17,500. His 2015 stands & nurses fee were $15,000.[11]
On May 3, 2018, Dreaming Diamonds gave freshman sire Cross Traffic his first check mark in the winner's column, when she captured a 4+1⁄2-furlong maiden special weight at Churchill Downs in near gate-to-wire fashion by 3+1⁄4 lengths. In 2018 Cross Traffic would stand for $7,500.[12] Jaywalk's victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2018 gave Cross Traffic top Freshman-sire honors and increased his fee for 2019 to $25,000.[13] In 2023 Cross Traffic stands for $7,500 Live Foal.
Notable progeny
[edit]c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Jaywalk | f | |
| 2016 | Capocostello[a] | c |
|
| 2020 | Defining Purpose | f |
Notes:
- ^ Capocostello won six Grade I events in Panama which is Part II of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. These events are considered Black Type events.
Pedigree
[edit]| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) |
Unbridled (1987) |
Fappiano (1977) |
Mr Prospector (1970) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killaloe (1970) | |||
| Gana Facil (1981) |
Le Fabuleux (FR) (1961) | ||
| Charedi (1976) | |||
| Trolley Song (1983) |
Caro (IRE) (1967) |
Fortino II (FR) (1959) | |
| Chambord (GB (1956) | |||
| Lucky Spell (1971) |
Lucky Mel (1954) | ||
| Incantation (1965) | |||
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) |
Cure the Blues (1978) |
Stop The Music (1970) |
Hail To Reason (1958) |
| Bebopper (1962) | |||
| Quick Cure (1971) |
Dr. Fager (1964) | ||
| Spedwell (1960) | |||
| Save My Soul (1983) |
I'ma Hell Raiser (1977) |
Raise a Native (1961) | |
| I'm for Mama (1967) | |||
| Somethingexciting (1978) |
Shecky Greene (1970) | ||
| Queen of Dakota (1968) (family 4-e)[14] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Pedigree of Cross Traffic". Equineline. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ a b "Profile of Cross Traffic". Equibase. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Cross Traffic Injured, Will Miss BC Classic Whitney winner sustains minor shin injury, to ship to GoldMark Farm for evaluation". BloodHorse.com. October 2, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Leading Sire Lists". www.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ a b "2013 Jockey Club Gold Cup Invitational Stakes Grade 1 - (race 10)". Equibase. September 28, 2023. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Gulfstream Park: Maiden Special Weight - (race 2)". Equibase. January 24, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Gulfstream Park: Allowance Optional Claiming - (race 8)". Equibase. March 10, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "2013 Westchester Stakes Grade 3 - (race 9)". Equibase. April 27, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "2013 Metropolitan Handicap Grade 1 - (race 10)". Equibase. May 27, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "2013 Whitney Invitational Handicap Grade 1 - (race 10)". Equibase. August 3, 2013. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ BloodHorse Staff (September 12, 2013). "Cross Traffic to Stand at Spendthrift in 2015; Brilliant winner of the 2013 Whitney offered through 'Share the Upside' program". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Eric (September 12, 2013). "Dreaming Diamonds First Winner for Sire Cross Traffic; Filly won at Churchill Downs May 3 by 3 1/4 lengths". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Eric (November 2, 2018). "Jaywalk's BC Win Makes Cross Traffic Top Freshman Sire; Cross Traffic's fee will go up to $25,000 for 2019". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – FAIR HELEN (GB) – Family 4-e". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved April 27, 2023.