Dixieland Band

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)

Dixieland Band (1980 – April 7, 2010) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

Background

Dixieland Band was bred by Bayard Sharp, a prominent and highly respected Delaware horseman and president of The 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 the Pennsylvania Derby by a neck from Jacques Tip, establishing himself as a contender for the Belmont Stakes. In the Belmont, he finished unplaced behind Caveat.

At age four, he won June's Massachusetts Handicap by 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 in Middletown, Delaware.

Stud record

A very successful stallion, as of early 2008 Dixieland Band has sired 114 stakes race winners and 43 Graded stakes race winners, of which five have each earned more than $1 million. In addition, Dixieland Band is the damsire of two Kentucky Derby winners: Monarchos in 2001 and Street Sense in 2007. He is also the damsire of Including, Big Truck, and the 2007 Australian Champion Stayer, Delta Blues.

Owner Bayard Sharp's daughter Sarah is married to prominent Kentucky horseman William S. Farish III. Sharp died in 2002, and Dixieland Band stood at the Farish family's Lane's End Farm in Versailles. Among his progeny were Drum Taps, Bowman's Band, Citidancer, Dixie Brass, and Dixie 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