Sweep (horse)

Sweep
Sweep
Sire	Ben Brush
Grandsire	Bramble
Dam	Pink Domino
Damsire	Domino
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1907
Country	United States
Color	Brown
Breeder	James R. Keene
Owner	James R. Keene ; John S. Barbee (Glen Helen Stud)
Trainer	James G. Rowe Sr.
Record	13: 9–2–2
Earnings	$63,948
Major wins
	National Stallion Stakes (1909); Futurity Stakes (1909); Lawrence Realization Stakes (1910) ; Carlton Stakes (1910) Triple Crown race wins:; Belmont Stakes (1910)
Awards
	U.S. Champion 2-Y-O Colt (1909) ; U.S. Champion 3-Y-O Colt (1910)
	Last updated on August 11, 2021

Sweep (foaled 1907 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Sweep was bred by James R. Keene. He was sired by Kentucky Derby winner Ben Brush out of the Domino mare Pink Domino.^[1] he was trained by James Rowe. Sweep was a Champion two-year-old with a long stride. He placed second in the Hopeful Stakes and the Saratoga Special Stakes before he won the Futurity Stakes by over half a dozen lengths under a tight hold.^[2]

Career

Racing at three, with jockey James Butwell aboard, Sweep won the 1910 Belmont Stakes in a time of 2:22 when the race was contested at 1 3/8 miles. He was the favorite at 1 to 10 odds and won by six lengths over the only other starter, Duke of Ormonde. It was one of only five times in the history of the stakes race that just two horses have been entered.^[3]

Retirement

Retired to Keene's Castleton Farm, in 1917 Sweep was the leading sire of two-year-olds.^[4] He was the leading sire by earnings of all horses in 1918 and again in 1925. He was a great sire and broodmare sire, with three daughters that produced Kentucky Derby winners. They were Beaming Beauty, dam of Bubbling Over; Brushup, dam of War Admiral; and Dust Whirl, dam of Whirlaway. Both War Admiral and Whirlaway became Triple Crown champions.

His daughter Washoe Belle became the foundation mare to whom trace Forward Pass, Alydar, Princess Turia, T.V. Lark., etc.

Another daughter, La Chica, became the foundation mare to whom trace Grey Flight and Native Dancer, which bring the Northern Dancer and Mr. Prospector lines.

Other successful progeny include Eternal, General Thatcher, The Porter, Leonardo, Bon Homme, and Pen Rose.

Sweep died in 1936.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Sweep, brown stallion, 1907
Sire Ben Brush	Bramble	Bonnie Scotland	Lago
		Bonnie Scotland	Queen Mary
		Ivy Leaf	Australian
		Ivy Leaf	Bay Flower
	Roseville	Reform	Leamington
		Reform	Stolen Kisses
		Albia	Alarm
		Albia	Elastic
Dam Pink Domino	Domino	Himyar	Alarm
		Himyar	Hira
		Mannie Gray	Enquirer
		Mannie Gray	Lizzie G
	Belle Rose	Beaudesert	Sterling
		Beaudesert	Sea Gull
		Monte Rosa	Craig Millar
		Monte Rosa	Hedge Rose (family: 8-c)

References

^ "Sweep Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ "TimesMachine: Tuesday August 31, 1909 - NYTimes.com" – via TimesMachine.
^ "TimesMachine: Tuesday May 31, 1910 - NYTimes.com" – via TimesMachine.
^ "Leading Sire Sweep Not Sold". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. January 11, 1919. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

Matriarchs of the Turf

[1] "Sweep Horse Pedigree". www.pedigreequery.com. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[2] "TimesMachine: Tuesday August 31, 1909 - NYTimes.com" – via TimesMachine.

[3] "TimesMachine: Tuesday May 31, 1910 - NYTimes.com" – via TimesMachine.

[4] "Leading Sire Sweep Not Sold". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. January 11, 1919. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

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