Colonial Affair

Colonial Affair
Sire	Pleasant Colony
Grandsire	His Majesty
Dam	Snuggle
Damsire	Nijinsky
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1990
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Rutledge Farm
Owner	Haras El Paraiso (in Argentina)
Trainer	Scotty Schulhofer
Record	20: 7-4-3
Earnings	$1,635,228
Major wins
Peter Pan Stakes (1993) Whitney Handicap (1994) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1994) Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap (1994) Triple Crown race wins: Belmont Stakes (1993)
Last updated on August 15, 2007

Colonial Affair (1990 – April 23, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

He was sired by 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Pleasant Colony, out of the Rutledge Farm mare Snuggle.

Purchased for $100,000 at the 1991 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale, Colonial Affair was raced by Centennial Farms.

1993 Belmont Triumph

Trained by the 1992 U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Scotty Schulhofer, he is best known for his win in the 1993 Belmont Stakes under jockey Julie Krone as the 13-1 longshot. Colonial Affair's 1993 Belmont triumph is also in the record books, because it was the first time that a woman jockey won any of the three races of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

1994 Eclipse Award - Near Miss

Colonial Affair was only 3 votes shy (out of a possible 247 votes) of winning the 1994 Eclipse Award for American Male Champion Older Horse.

Retirement

Colonial Affair was the favorite for the 1994 $3 million Breeders' Cup Classic until he broke a bone in his leg, thereby ending his racing career.

Colonial Affair was originally retired in 1995 to Gainesway Farm. He was then supposed to be sent to New Zealand in 1998 but was instead sent to Japan and stood privately at stud at Haras El Paraiso in Argentina.

Colonial Affair died in his stall on April 23, 2013 at Haras El Paraiso in Capitan Sarmiento, Argentina. He was 23.

Videos

• 1993 Belmont (3:51)
• 1993 Peter Pan Stakes (1:49)
• 1994 Whitney Handicap (7:13)
• 1994 Jockey Club Gold Cup (4:14)
• 1994 Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap (2:17)

Pedigree

Pedigree of Colonial Affair

Sire Pleasant Colony(USA) 1978	His Majesty(USA) 1968	Ribot(ITY) 1952	Tenerani(ITY) 1944
			Romanella(ITY) 1943
		Flower Bowl(USA) 1952	Alibhai (GB) 1938
			Flower Bed(USA) 1946
	Sun Colony(USA) 1968	Sunrise Flight(USA) 1959	Double Jay(USA) 1944
			Misty Morn(USA) 1952
		Colonia(URU) 1959	Cockrullah(GB) 1951
			Nalga(ARG) 1952
Dam Snuggle(USA) 1985	Nijinsky II(CAN) 1967	Northern Dancer(CAN) 1961	Nearctic(CAN) 1954
			Natalma(USA) 1957
		Flaming Page(CAN) 1959	Bull Page(USA) 1947
			Flaring Top(USA) 1947
	Mirthful Flirt(USA) 1972	Raise A Native(USA) 1961	Native Dancer(USA) 1950
			Raise You(USA) 1946
		Glad Rags(GB) 1963	High Hat(GB) (1957)
			Dryad(IRE) (1950)

References

• Pedigree and Partial Stats
• TB Times Stallion Directory Colonial Affair
• Rutledge Farm Colonial Affair
• NY Times: "Leg Injury Ends Colonial Affair's Career"
• NY Times: "Krone and Colonial Affair Win Bittersweet Belmont"