| Temperence Hill | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Stop The Music |
| Grandsire | Hail To Reason |
| Dam | Sister Shannon |
| Damsire | Etonian |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | March 6, 1977[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Dr. Albert F. Polk, Jr. |
| Owner | Loblolly Stable |
| Trainer | Joseph B. Cantey |
| Record | 31: 11-4-2 |
| Earnings | $1,567,650 |
| Major wins | |
| Rebel Stakes (1980) Arkansas Derby (1980) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1980) Super Derby (1980) Travers Stakes (1980) Oaklawn Handicap (1981) Razorback Handicap (1981) Suburban Handicap (1981)Triple Crown race wins: Belmont Stakes (1980) | |
| Awards | |
| United States Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1980) | |
| Last updated on October 11, 2007 | |
Temperence Hill (March 1977 – June 2003) was aChampion AmericanThoroughbredracehorse.
Temperence Hill was a bay horse bred inKentucky by Dr. Albert F. Polk, Jr.'s Oriskany Farm. He was sired byStop The Music out of the Etonian mare, Sister Shannon. He was named for a 19th-century ArkansasMethodist church that his owner's ancestors attended.
Temperence Hill was consigned to the 1978Keeneland September yearling sale, where he was purchased and raced byArkansas lumberman John Ed Anthony and his former wife, Mary Lynn Dudley under theirLoblolly Stable colors. He was trained throughout his career byJoseph B. Cantey.
After showing strong potential throughout the spring of 1980, with wins inKentucky Derby prep races, theRebel Stakes andArkansas Derby, Temperence Hill's breakthrough performance came in the 1980Belmont Stakes where he defeatedKentucky Derby winnerGenuine Risk andPreakness Stakes winnerCodex at odds of 53-1. He went on to win several additionalGrade I stakes and was voted Champion three-year-old of 1980.
Temperence Hill was retired after the 1981 racing season with career earnings of $1,567,650. He was syndicated and began his stallion career nearLexington, Kentucky atGainesway Farm. In the early 1990s he was moved toBonnerdale, Arkansas where he stood at D-Lan Farms and then Starr Farm. In the fall of 1996, he was sold to Thailand's only thoroughbred farm owner, Police General Sharlie Pekanan. Temperence Hill died peacefully in 2003 at SawangJai Farm 2 hours from Bangkok along the Friendship Highway nearBangkok,Thailand.
In 16 seasons of breeding inNorth America, Temperence Hill sired 3 foreign champions, 39 stakes winners, and 433 winners from 602 starters with total earnings of $26,538,905. The best of his runners wasTemperate Sil who won the 1986Hollywood Futurity and in 1987, theSanta Anita Derby and theSwaps Stakes.
| Sire Stop The Music b. 1970 | Hail to Reason br. 1958 | Turn-To b. 1951 | Royal Charger |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source Sucree | |||
| Nothirdchance b. 1948 | Blue Swords | ||
| Galla Colors | |||
| Bebopper b. 1962 | Tom Fool b. 1949 | Menow | |
| Gaga | |||
| Bebop b. 1957 | Prince Bio | ||
| Cappellina | |||
| Dam Sister Shannon b. 1965 | Etonian br. 1954 | Owen Tudor br. 1938 | Hyperion |
| Mary Tudor | |||
| Windsor Whisper br. 1945 | Windsor Slipper | ||
| Inkling | |||
| Idaliza b. 1957 | Princely Gift b. 1951 | Nasrullah | |
| Blue Gem | |||
| Pearl Fishing br. 1947 | Fair Copy | ||
| Brinda |
