Black Tie Affair
Trainer:Ernie T. PoulosOwner: O'Sullivan Farms
Foaling Date: 1986-04-01
Pedigree: Miswaki and Hat Tab Girl of Al Hattab
Dosage: 11-6-12-1-0 (30)
Dosage Index / CD: 3.29 / 0.90
Notes:
Black Tie
Affair is
a
thoroughbr
ed
racehorse
that was
bred by
American
businessma
n Stephen
D. Peskoff
and was
out of the
mare Hat
Tab Girl
and sired
by
Miswaki.
He was
brought to
the United
States
where he
stood as a
yearling
at Cynthia
and Walter
Reese̢۪s
Timber
Creek Farm
in New
Jersey. He
was a
graded
stakes
winner at
two,
three,
four and
five and
snatched
the title
–
United
States
Horse of
the Year
in 1991
along with
the
Breedersâ
€™ Cup
Classic
that year
at
Churchill
downs.
After a
brilliant
career
performanc
e, he
retired in
1992 to
Kentucky
and was
ultimately
sent to
Japan in
1997 for
the duty
at stud.
At
present,
he is with
O̢۪Sulli
van Farms
in West
Virginia.
Some of
his
high-class
progeny
include
Evening
Attire,
Formal
Gold and
the
multiple
stakes
winner
filly,
License
Fee along
with the
Japanese
winner
–
Washington
Color.
| Major Racing Wins: — · Malus Stakes (1988) · Sheridan Stakes (1989) · Equipoise Mile Handicap (1990) · Commonwealth Breeders' Cup Stakes (1990, 1991) · Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1990) · Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap (1991) · Michigan Mile And One-Eighth Handicap (1991) · Stephen Foster Handicap (1991) · Philip H. Iselin Handicap (1991) · Washington Park Handicap (1991) |
| Breeders' Cup wins: — · Breeders' Cup Classic (1991) |
| Racing Awards: — · American Horse of the Year (1991) |