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Ogygian (foaled March 17, 1983, in Florida - died March 14, 2015 at Old Friends Equine Georgetown, Kentucky) was a multiple Grade 1 stakes (G1) winning Thoroughbred race horse and an important broodmare sire. ==On the Track== Bred by Tartan Farms, the muscular bay Ogygian left his mark on 1980s racing as the "swift but star-crossed"〔Steven Crist. "No Breeze for Gone West in Withers." New York Times. May 7, 1986. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/07/sports/no-breeze-for-gone-west-in-withers.html〕 fastest son of Damascus. His dam, Gonfalon (by Francis S.), from the Cequillo female line, is also second dam (maternal grandmother) to millionaire Honour and Glory. Named after Ogygia, the island of the nymph Calypso in Homer's Odyssey, Ogygian was raced as a homebred by Tartan Farms. His trainer was Jan Nerud, son of John Nerud, who had trained Damascus' fiercest rival, Dr. Fager. Remembered as "the nation's fastest 2-year-old of 1985,"〔Steven Crist. "Pine Tree Lane, Only Filly in Race, Wins in Bold Ruler." New York Times. April 12, 1987. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/12/sports/horse-racing-pine-tree-lane-only-filly-in-race-wins-in-bold-ruler.html?pagewanted=all〕 Ogygian won the 1985 Belmont Futurity Stakes (G1) but a shin injury prematurely ended his two-year-old campaign. Back in training that December, he kicked the rail, receiving the injury that he was to battle through the rest of his race career. For the first time, bone chips were removed from his right hind ankle.〔Associated Press. "Ogygian Will Miss the Derby." New York Times. December 26, 1886. http://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/26/sports/ogygian-will-miss-derby.html 〕 Though the expected winter-book favorite for the 1986 Kentucky Derby,〔"Ogygian is Out Until Next Year." New York Times. October 16, 1985. http://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/16/sports/ogygian-is-out-until-next-year.html〕 he did not heal in time to embark on the Triple Crown trail. Ogygian began his three-year-old season with a second in an overnight handicap at Aqueduct, then followed this effort with wins in an allowance race and the Riva Ridge Stakes on Belmont day, 1986. Next, he won the Dwyer (G1) in front-running style over John's Treasure and Personal Flag, then stalked sprint-champion-to-be Groovy in the Jerome Handicap (G1) before running past him to win.〔Old Friends. DVD: Old Friends' residents' races. Old Friends, 2006. 〕 Though Ogygian proved his merits at distances shorter than the classic mile-and-a quarter, his pedigree suggested classic distance ability. His sire, Damascus, had won the Belmont at a mile and a half and the Jockey Club Gold Cup, then two miles. His damsire, Francis S, won at classic distance in the Dwyer while that race was still run at a mile and a quarter. Nerud trained Ogygian toward the mile-and-a-quarter Travers Stakes (G1) but scratched him from that race due to a muddy track. Some sports columnists criticized his withdrawal from the race. Few were aware until later that throughout his three-year-old campaign, Ogygian battled chronic trouble from his ankle injury. After he finished third in the Pegasus Stakes (G2), seven more chips were discovered in the colt's ankle.〔 He raced once as a four-year-old, for the first time in his life failing to place. Ogygian was retired in early May 1987.〔Steven Crist. "No Breeze for Gone West in Withers." New York Times. May 7, 1986. http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/07/sports/no-breeze-for-gone-west-in-withers.html 〕 In all, Ogygian raced 10 times, with 7 wins (4 stakes wins, 3 Grade 1 wins), 1 second place (G2) and 1 third place (G2). Though two other sons of Damascus, Desert Wine and Highland Blade, earned more on the track, and Highland Blade equaled Ogygian's three Grade 1 wins, neither had the distinction of earning them in only ten races. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ogygian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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