Wise Counsellor (1921–1942) was the American National Champion two-year-old of Thoroughbred racing in 1923. He is best remembered for his win at age three over the European star runner Épinard in the first of a three-race series in 1924 known as the International Special, each hosted by a different racetrack in the United States.[1]

Sire line tree

  • Wise Counsellor[2]
    • Good Advice
    • Supreme Court
    • Deliberator
      • Air Rate
    • Barre Granite

Pedigree

Pedigree of Wise Counsellor, chestnut colt, 1921
Sire
Mentor
Blackstock Hanover Hindoo
Bourbon Belle
Mannie Himyar Himyar
Mannie Gray
Meta Onondaga Leamington*
Susan Beane
Una War Dance
Georgia Wood
Dam
Rustle
Russell Eolus Leamington*
Fanny Washington
Tillie Russell Scathelock
Daisy
Lady Louise Iroquois Leamington*
Maggie B B
Tarantula Great Tom
Tallulah (family: 4-r)

* Wise Counsellor is inbred 4S x 4D x 4D to the stallion Leamington, meaning that he appears fourth generation once on the sire side of his pedigree and fourth generation twice on the dam side of his pedigree.

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