Horses
Bred: Mort Fink (KY)
Sire: Broken Vow
Dam: Lisa Danielle, by Wolf Power
In the words of his trainer Charles Lopresti, Wise Dan is a pretty special horse who loves to run. The 5-year-old chestnut gelding stamped himself one of the top handicap horses of 2012 when, after a five-month layoff, he captured the Grade 3 Ben Ali Stakes with an eye-popping 10 ½-length triumph in a track record time of 1:46.63 for 1 1/8 miles. He put himself in the discussion for Horse of the Year with an impressive three-race stretch - a runner-up finish in the Stephen Foster Handicap (G1), a five-length win in the Fourstardave Handicap (G2), and a runaway win in the Woodbine Mile Stakes (Can-G1). Wise Dan virtually cemented U.S. racing's top prize when he defeated a top international cast to win the 2012 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1). To top off his season, Wise Dan was named Champion Older Male, Champion Turf Male, and Horse of the Year for 2013.
Wise Dan ended his 2011 campaign with an impressive four-length score in the Grade 1 Clark Handicap at Churchill Down at the end of November.
The son of Wiseman’s Ferry and the Wolf Power mare Lisa Danielle, who is one year younger than his half brother, stablemate and fellow multiple graded stakes winner Successful Dan, exhibits rarely seen versatility. The Morton Fink homebred has won graded stakes races whether they are contested on a dirt track, the turf course, or an artificial surface.
With more than $2 million in earnings, Wise Dan can trace his bloodlines back to 1973 Triple Crown winner and two-time Horse of the Year Secretariat, who is the grandsire of Lisa Danielle. She was also owned and campaigned by Fink.
