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What Hall of Famer was sired by which amputee?
Absolutely correct, SS!
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- Sandra S.Lv 76 months agoFavorite Answer
Though I'm not sure this is correct, as there's a lot of history. However, what came to mind when reading question, is filly named Love Sign. Her sire was Spanish Riddle.
The story;
Spanish Riddle, a son of Ridan who had transitioned from Triple Crown hopeful to consistent sprinter.
Spanish Riddle won five and finished second five times in his 20 starts at age three in 1972. In August, he won the Skidmore Stakes at Saratoga in a record 1:08 for the six furlongs. That record stood until 2019, when Imperial Hint lowered it to 1:07.92. A year after his record-breaking sprint, Spanish Riddle was back at Saratoga, working out on a sloppy track, his favorite surface, when the colt shattered his right front pastern. The injury meant the end of his racing career, but a deal for his stallion services was already in place; in an effort to save Spanish Riddle, once it became clear that his lower right leg was not viable, that area was amputated and a prosthesis put in its place. Spanish Riddle lived four more years after that surgery, standing for five seasons at the Virginia Stallion Station before dying of a heart attack in 1978. In his brief stallion career, the best horse this record-setting sprinted sired was a filly named Love Sign. Like her sire, Love Sign would prove to be fast at short distances, but also able to hold her speed over longer ones, winning at distances from six furlongs to a mile-and-a-quarter.
Source(s): Facts in text lifted by theracingbiz