Reviewer (USA)
April 30, 1966 – June 6, 1977
Bold Ruler (USA) x Broadway (USA), by Hasty Road (USA)
Family 5-c
April 30, 1966 – June 6, 1977
Bold Ruler (USA) x Broadway (USA), by Hasty Road (USA)
Family 5-c
Reviewer had brilliant talent but was as fragile as he was gifted. All three of his racing seasons were ended by injury, as were his successful stud career and his life. He was one of Bold Ruler's best sons at stud but unfortunately failed to leave a son capable of succeeding him.
Race record
13 starts, 9 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$247,223
1968:
1969:
1970:
Assessments
Rated at 124 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1968, 2 pounds below champion Top Knight.
Rated at 123 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1970, 11 pounds below champion Ta Wee.
Rated at 123 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1971, 13 pounds below champion Ta Wee.
As an individual
A dark bay horse standing 16.2 hands at maturity, Reviewer had the lovely shoulder, prominent withers and strong hind leg of his paternal grandsire Nasrullah, though he lacked the sloping croup of his sire and grandsire. His head was plain and he was rather light on bone, a fault he often passed on. He was also rather heavy-topped.
As a stallion
According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Reviewer sired 114 winners (62.6%) and 19 stakes winners (10.4%) from 182 named foals. Reviewer is a Brilliant/Classic chef-de-race in the Roman dosage system.
Notable progeny
Isopach (USA), Long Legend (USA), Resolver (USA), Revidere (USA), Ruffian (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Reviewer was bred and owned by Ogden Phipps. He was trained by Edward “Eddie” Neloy. He entered stud in Kentucky in 1971 at Claiborne Farm. He was humanely destroyed at age 11 after breaking a hind leg in a paddock accident; while there was some hope of saving his life via surgery, he reinjured himself while coming out of anesthesia, forcing euthanasia.
Pedigree notes
Reviewer is inbred 3x4 to the great handicapper Discovery. He is a full brother to 1967 American champion 2-year-old filly Queen of the Stage, second dam of Grade 2 winner Fabulous Time and third dam of Grade 3 winners Lyphard's Ridge and Hattiesburg, and to stakes winner Will Hays. He is also a half brother to juvenile stakes winner Great White Way (by Court Martial) and to Con Game (by Buckpasser), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner and important sire Seeking the Gold (by Mr. Prospector), 1988 Remsen Stakes (USA-G1) winner Fast Play (by Seattle Slew), and Grade 3 winner Stacked Pack (by Majestic Light). Con Game is also the second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner King Cugat and Grade 3 winner Survivalist and the third dam of Grade 2 winner Nefertini and Grade/Group 3 winners Awesome Chic, Gamble Me, Rey de Cafe, and El Crespo.
Reviewer's dam, Broadway, also produced The Cast (by Secretariat), third dam of Peruvian Group 3 winner La Conquista. A juvenile stakes winner in her own right, Broadway is a half sister to 1952 Spinaway Stakes winner Flirtatious (by Menow), dam of the good steeplechaser The Sport (by Ambiorix) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Hang Ten, and to 1961 Mother Goose Stakes winner Funloving (by Tom Fool), second dam of Grade 3 winner Some Swinger. Produced from the stakes-placed Challedon mare Flitabout, Broadway is also a half sister to Erratic (by Better Self), dam of stakes winner Fool's Error (by Dunce), and to stakes-placed Medici (by Bold Ruler), dam of Grade 3 winner Unknown Heiress (by Bagdad) and stakes winner Out of the Park (by Hitting Away).
Fun facts
Last updated: November 1, 2021
Race record
13 starts, 9 wins, 3 seconds, 1 third, US$247,223
1968:
- Won Sapling Stakes (USA, 6FD, Monmouth)
- Won Saratoga Special Stakes (USA, 6FD, Saratoga)
- 2nd Hopeful Stakes (USA, 6.5FD, Saratoga)
1969:
- Won Bay Shore Stakes (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct)
- Won Swift Stakes (USA, 6FD, Aqueduct)
- 2nd Gotham Stakes (USA, 8FD, Aqueduct)
- 3rd Wood Memorial Stakes (USA, 9FD, Aqueduct)
1970:
- Won Nassau County Handicap (USA, 9FD, Belmont; new track record 1:46-4/5)
- Won Roseben Handicap (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct)
- 2nd Metropolitan Handicap (USA, 8FD, Belmont)
Assessments
Rated at 124 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap for American juveniles of 1968, 2 pounds below champion Top Knight.
Rated at 123 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1970, 11 pounds below champion Ta Wee.
Rated at 123 pounds on the Daily Racing Form's Free Handicap for American sprinters of 1971, 13 pounds below champion Ta Wee.
As an individual
A dark bay horse standing 16.2 hands at maturity, Reviewer had the lovely shoulder, prominent withers and strong hind leg of his paternal grandsire Nasrullah, though he lacked the sloping croup of his sire and grandsire. His head was plain and he was rather light on bone, a fault he often passed on. He was also rather heavy-topped.
As a stallion
According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Reviewer sired 114 winners (62.6%) and 19 stakes winners (10.4%) from 182 named foals. Reviewer is a Brilliant/Classic chef-de-race in the Roman dosage system.
Notable progeny
Isopach (USA), Long Legend (USA), Resolver (USA), Revidere (USA), Ruffian (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Reviewer was bred and owned by Ogden Phipps. He was trained by Edward “Eddie” Neloy. He entered stud in Kentucky in 1971 at Claiborne Farm. He was humanely destroyed at age 11 after breaking a hind leg in a paddock accident; while there was some hope of saving his life via surgery, he reinjured himself while coming out of anesthesia, forcing euthanasia.
Pedigree notes
Reviewer is inbred 3x4 to the great handicapper Discovery. He is a full brother to 1967 American champion 2-year-old filly Queen of the Stage, second dam of Grade 2 winner Fabulous Time and third dam of Grade 3 winners Lyphard's Ridge and Hattiesburg, and to stakes winner Will Hays. He is also a half brother to juvenile stakes winner Great White Way (by Court Martial) and to Con Game (by Buckpasser), dam of multiple Grade 1 winner and important sire Seeking the Gold (by Mr. Prospector), 1988 Remsen Stakes (USA-G1) winner Fast Play (by Seattle Slew), and Grade 3 winner Stacked Pack (by Majestic Light). Con Game is also the second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner King Cugat and Grade 3 winner Survivalist and the third dam of Grade 2 winner Nefertini and Grade/Group 3 winners Awesome Chic, Gamble Me, Rey de Cafe, and El Crespo.
Reviewer's dam, Broadway, also produced The Cast (by Secretariat), third dam of Peruvian Group 3 winner La Conquista. A juvenile stakes winner in her own right, Broadway is a half sister to 1952 Spinaway Stakes winner Flirtatious (by Menow), dam of the good steeplechaser The Sport (by Ambiorix) and second dam of Grade 2 winner Hang Ten, and to 1961 Mother Goose Stakes winner Funloving (by Tom Fool), second dam of Grade 3 winner Some Swinger. Produced from the stakes-placed Challedon mare Flitabout, Broadway is also a half sister to Erratic (by Better Self), dam of stakes winner Fool's Error (by Dunce), and to stakes-placed Medici (by Bold Ruler), dam of Grade 3 winner Unknown Heiress (by Bagdad) and stakes winner Out of the Park (by Hitting Away).
Fun facts
- In one of the cruel ironies of fate, Reviewer's best runner, Ruffian; his most famous mate, Shenanigans; and Reviewer himself all had to be humanely destroyed due to broken legs.
Last updated: November 1, 2021