[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Band - The Horse

[Stephen G Barbone]

My favorite racehorse has been retired. What a great run he had. One  
of his owners, a great fan of Dixieland music was my neighbor (till he  
passed away a couple of years ago) and booked our band frequently for  
society events at the Vicmead Hunt Club in Centerville Delaware.

Sadly, that owner passed away a few years ago. All of us Dixieland  
Bands should do as well as our namesake horse did. He won a bunch of  
races and then retired to stud, at Lane's End Farm, where he continued  
to perform magnificently for 23 more years.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Herald-Leader Staff Report (Lexington Kentucky)

Lanes End Pensions Dixieland Band

Dixieland Band has been pensioned from stud duties at Lane's End Farm  
near Versailles.
The 28-year-old remains in good overall health, but arthritis has  
prompted his retirement. He will remain at Lane's End.
Dixieland Band won the Grade II Pennsylvania Derby and Grade II  
Massachusetts Handicap before he was retired in 1985. He is one of the  
original three stallions to enter stud at Lane's End (the others were  
Fit to Fight and Hero's Honor).
Dixieland Band is a son of Northern Dancer. Among the Grade I winners  
he sired are Drum Taps, a champion in England and Italy, and Dixie  
Union, who is the co-leading sire of 2-year-olds by number of 2008  
stakes winners.
As a broodmare sire, Dixieland Band has had 120 stakes winners —  
including Kentucky Derby winners Monarchos (2000) and Street Sense  
(2007) — and $116 million in earnings.