{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{other uses}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Thornfield | image = | caption = | sire = Sky Classic | grandsire = Nijinsky | dam = Alexandrina | damsire = Conquistador Cielo | sex = Gelding | foaled = 1994 | country = Canada | colour = Chestnut | breeder = Knob Hill Stable | owner = Knob Hill Stable | trainer = Phil England | record = 19: 6-1-3 | earnings = Can$1,206,074 | race = Canadian International Stakes (1999)<br />Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap (1999) | awards= Canadian Horse of the Year (1999)<br />Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse (1999) | honours = |updated= }} '''Thornfield''' (foaled 1994 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.
==Background== Thornfield was bred by Steve Stavro's Knob Hill Farm, he was sired by Eclipse and Sovereign Award and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Sky Classic, a son of the English Triple Crown winner, Nijinsky. Thornfield's dam was Alexandrina, a daughter of 1982 American Horse of the Year, Conquistador Cielo.
==Racing career== In 1999, under trainer Phil England, five-year-old Thornfield won the Grade 2 Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap. Ridden by Richard Dos Ramos, they then won the $1.5 million Canadian International as the longest shot in the field.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa101799.htm|title=Every Nobel Prize Winner in Literature|access-date=2009-12-08|archive-date=2011-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111235319/http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa101799.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> The win made Thornfield the first winner sired by an International winner. His 1999 performances earned him Canadian Horse of the Year and Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse honours.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jockeyclubcanada.com/previous.html |title=Welcome to the Jockey Club of Canada |accessdate=2009-04-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424061633/http://www.jockeyclubcanada.com/previous.html |archivedate=2009-04-24 }}</ref>
==Retirement== Retired from racing, the gelding Thornfield now resides at the branch of Old Friends Equine at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Kentucky.<ref>https://oldfriendsblog.wordpress.com/ {{User-generated source|date=August 2022}}</ref>
==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name = Thornfield |f = Sky Classic |m = Alexandrina |ff = Nijinsky |fm = No Class |mf = Conquistador Cielo |mm = La Lorgnette |fff = Northern Dancer |ffm = Flaming Page |fmf = Nodouble |fmm = Classy Quillo |mff = Mr. Prospector |mfm = K. D. Princess |mmf = Val de l'Orne |mmm = The Temptress |ffff = Nearctic |fffm = Natalma |ffmf = Bull Page |ffmm = Flaring Top |fmff = Noholme |fmfm = Abla-Jay |fmmf = Outing Class |fmmm = Quillopoly |mfff = Raise a Native |mffm = Gold Digger |mfmf = Bold Commander |mfmm = Tammy's Turn |mmff = Val de Loir |mmfm = Aglae |mmmf = Nijinsky |mmmm = La Sevillana |}}
==References== {{reflist}} * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/thornfield Thornfield's pedigree and partial racing stats] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKj130g7JCU Video at YouTube of Thornfield winning the Canadian International]
Category:1994 racehorse births Category:Racehorses bred in Canada Category:Racehorses trained in Canada Category:Sovereign Award winners Category:Canadian Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Category:Thoroughbred family 9-g