[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Band - The Horse

[JBruno868 at aol.com]

I have a funny Dixieland Racing  story.
 
My band was playing at the races and I had never been  to them before. There 
was a horse called the "Vamp of Savanna" and she went  off at 100-1. I just 
had to bet on her. She was the 4th horse in the 3 race  and she won. At 
100-1!!!! I was so excited only when I went up to cash my  ticket, it seems I had 
asked for the 3 horse in the 4th race by mistake. That  one didn't win and of 
course they wouldn't take my word for  it.
 
We played again the next year and the same horse was  running only by this 
time she had won quite a few races. I bet on her again and  again she won but I 
didn't make as much as I would have that first  race.
 
I remember hearing about Dixieland Band  though
 
Jazz Hugs
 
Judie
 
 
In a message dated 12/30/2008 6:36:03 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
barbonestreet at earthlink.net writes:

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.

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