Siphon (horse)

For other uses, see Siphon (disambiguation).

Siphon (foaled November 11, 1991) is a Brazilian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and multiple G1-winner in Brazil and the United States.^[1]

Siphon
Sire	Itajara
Grandsire	Felicio
Dam	Ebrea
Damsire	Kublai Khan
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	November 2, 1991 Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
Color	Bay
Breeder	Haras São José e Expedictus
Owner	Rio Claro Thoroughbreds Eduardo De Paula Machado Linneo Coudelaria Jéssica
Record	25: 12-6-2
Earnings	US$3,136,428
Major wins
Grande Prêmio Presidente Jose de Souza Queiroz (1994) Grande Prêmio Juliano Martins (1994) Grande Prêmio Presidente Antonio Correa Barbosa (1994) Sport Page Handicap (1995) Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (1996) Hollywood Gold Cup (1996) Santa Anita Handicap (1997)

Background

Siphon was bred by Haras São José e Expedictus [pt] and foaled in 1991. He was sired by the champion Itajara, who is considered by many to be the best Brazilian racehorse of all time.^[2] Siphon's dam is Ebrea, from the family of one of the founding mares of Haras São José e Expedictus.^[3]

Race career

Siphon's racing career began in Brazil, where he ran in and won four of four races at Cidade Jardim.^[4] He was exported to Argentina in November, 1994, running unplaced in the Gran Premio Nacional and Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini.^[5] Siphon was then exported to the United States, where he was trained by Richard Mandella and won the Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes and Santa Anita Handicap, among other races.^[1]

Stud career

After retiring from his racing career, Siphon was syndicated and entered stud at Airdrie Stud^[6] in 1998.^[7] He had a promising start at stud.^[8] Siphon was moved to Regal Heir Farms in Pennsylvania for the 2006 breeding season.^[9] He later stood stud at Pin Oak Lane Stud, also in Pennsylvania. In 2010, Siphon was sold back to Brazil to stand stud at Haras Bagé do Sul.^[10] Siphon has sired multiple graded stakes winners, including Siphonic, Siphonizer, Sharp Impact, and I'm the Tiger.^[11]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Siphon (BRZ), bay stallion, foaled November 11, 1991

Sire Itajara (BRZ)	Felicio (FR)	Shantung (FR)	Sicambre (FR)
			Barley Corn (GB)
		Fighting Edie (GB)	Guersant (FR)
			Edie Kelly (GB)
	Apple Honey (BRZ)	Falkland (GB)	Right Royal (FR)
			Argentina (GB)
		Irish Song (BRZ)	Maki (BRZ)
			Udaipur (BRZ)
Dam Ebrea (BRZ)	Kublai Khan (ARG)	Sideral (ARG)	Seductor (ARG)
			Starling (GB)
		Fantasista (ARG)	Tatán (ARG)
			Fantasy (ARG)
	Resela (BRZ)	Svengali (BRZ)	Fort Napoleon (FR)
			Tacy (BRZ)
		Eridan (BRZ)	Maki (BRZ)
			Urisca (BRZ)

Siphon is inbred 4S × 4D to Maki, meaning Maki appears in the fourth generation on both the sire and dam's side of the pedigree.^[5]