Dixieland Band

Dixieland Band(1980 – April 7, 2010) was an AmericanThoroughbredracehorseandsire.

Dixieland Band
Sire	Northern Dancer
Grandsire	Nearctic
Dam	Mississippi Mud
Damsire	Delta Judge
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1980
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Bayard Sharp
Owner	Mary Sharp
Trainer	Charles Peoples
Record	24: 8-3-4
Earnings	$401,320
Major wins
Pennsylvania Derby(1983) Massachusetts Handicap(1984)
Awards
Leading broodmare sire in North America(2004)

Background

Dixieland Band was bred byBayard Sharp,a prominent and highly respectedDelawarehorseman and president ofThe Blood-Horse Inc.Out of the Sharp-owned multiple stakes winning mare, Mississippi Mud, he was a son of the 20th century's most influential sire,Northern Dancer.

Racing career

In May 1983, Dixieland Band won thePennsylvania Derbyby a neck from Jacques Tip, establishing himself as a contender for theBelmont Stakes.In the Belmont, he finished unplaced behindCaveat.

At age four, he won June'sMassachusetts Handicapby two and a quarter lengths from Ward Off Trouble.He was retired after the 1984 racing season to stand at his owner's stud farm inMiddletown, Delaware.

Stud record

A very successfulstallion,as of early 2008 Dixieland Band has sired 114 stakes race winners and 43Graded stakes racewinners, of which five have each earned more than $1 million. In addition, Dixieland Band is the damsire of twoKentucky Derbywinners:Monarchosin 2001 andStreet Sensein 2007. He is also the damsire of Including, Big Truck, and the 2007Australian Champion Stayer,Delta Blues.

Owner Bayard Sharp's daughter Sarah is married to prominentKentuckyhorsemanWilliam S. Farish III.Sharp died in 2002, and Dixieland Band stood at the Farish family'sLane's End FarminVersailles.Among his progeny wereDrum Taps,Bowman's Band, Citidancer,Dixie Brass,andDixie Union.

At the end of the 2008 breeding season, Dixieland Band was pensioned from stud duties. He was euthanized due to the infirmities of old age on April 7, 2010.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Dixieland Band, bay stallion, 1980

Sire Northern Dancer	Nearctic	Nearco	Pharos
			Nogara
		Lady Angela	Hyperion
			Sister Sarah
	Natalma	Native Dancer	Polynesian
			Geisha
		Almahmoud	Mahmoud
			Arbitrator
Dam Mississippi Mud	Delta Judge	Traffic Judge	Alibhai
			Traffic Court
		Beautillion	Noor
			Delta Queen
	Sand Buggy	Warfare	Determine
			War Whisk
		Egyptian	Heliopolis
			Evening Mist (family: 4-m)

References

• Dixieland Band's pedigree and partial racing stats
• Dixieland at Stallion Register online