Boston Harbor (April 4, 1994 – March 9, 2021) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by William T. Young's Overbrook Farm near Lexington, Boston Harbor was a son of Capote who won the 1996 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was voted that year's U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt.

Boston Harbor
SireCapote
GrandsireSeattle Slew
DamHarbor Springs
DamsireVice Regent
SexStallion
Foaled4 April 1994
Died9 March 2021(2021-03-09) (aged 26)
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederOverbrook Farm
OwnerOverbrook Farm
TrainerD. Wayne Lukas
Record8: 6-1-0
Earnings$1,934,605
Major wins
Breeders' Futurity Stakes (1996)
Kentucky Cup Juvenile Stakes (1996)
Bashford Manor Stakes (1996)
Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1996)
Awards
U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1996)
Last updated on September 5, 2007

Trained by D. Wayne Lukas, Boston Harbor had a spectacular two-year-old season in which he won six times and finished second once in his seven starts. That year, his sweep of four Kentucky stakes races earned the colt an extra million dollars in bonus money. Ridden by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, Jerry Bailey, Boston Harbor capped off 1996 with his fourth straight win, capturing the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, run that year at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His performances earned him 1996 U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt honors and his earnings of $1,928,605 set a new record for juveniles.

Boston Harbor raced only once at age three, finishing off the board. A severe leg injury ended his racing career and he was retired to stud duty at his owner's Overbrook Farm in Kentucky. In the fall of 2001, Boston Harbor was sent to breeders in Japan and is standing at the renowned Shizunai Stallion Station in Hokkaidō. Among Boston Harbor's notable progeny is the millionaire colt, Cafe Bostonian, and the multiple stakes winning millionaire filly, Healthy Addiction. He was also the damsire of Sealy Hill, who in 2007 was voted Canadian Horse of the Year.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Boston Harbor (USA), brown colt, 1994[1]
Sire
Capote (USA)
1984
Seattle Slew (USA)
1974
Bold Reasoning (USA) Boldnesian (USA)
Reason To Earn (USA)
My Charmer (USA) Poker (USA)
Fair Charmer (USA)
Too Bald (USA)
1964
Bald Eagle (USA) Nasrullah (GB)
Siama (USA)
Hidden Talent (USA) Dark Star (USA)
Dangerous Dame (GB)
Dam
Harbor Springs (USA)
1989
Vice Regent (CAN)
1967
Northern Dancer (CAN) Nearctic (CAN)
Natalma (USA)
Victoria Regina (CAN) Menetrier (FRA)
Victoriana (CAN)
Tinnitus (USA)
1975
Restless Wind (USA) Windy City (GB)
Lump Sugar (USA)
Dors (USA) Corporal (GB)
Cathy (USA)

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