Misty Mission (CAN)
May 27, 1997 – c. 2015
Miswaki (USA) x Hangin on a Star (CAN), by Vice Regent (CAN)
Family 14-b
May 27, 1997 – c. 2015
Miswaki (USA) x Hangin on a Star (CAN), by Vice Regent (CAN)
Family 14-b
Misty Mission had a short but promising racing career. After breaking her maiden in her second outing, she took aim at the third leg of Canada’s Triple Tiara series for 3-year-old fillies, the 2000 Wonder Where Stakes (CAN-R). She scored a clear victory over stablemate Catch the Ring, winner of the previous two races in the Triple Tiara and that year’s Sovereign Award winner in the 3-year-old filly division. Misty Mission did not race again, but she earned a Sovereign Award of her own as Canadian Broodmare of the Year in 2012 based on the exploits of her daughter, two-time Canadian champion Irish Mission. Misty Mission’s long-term influence remains to be seen.
Race record
3 starts, 2 win, 1 second, 0 thirds, US$194,320 (includes converted Canadian earnings)
2000:
Honors
Sovereign Award, Canadian Broodmare of the Year (2012)
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Misty Mission produced 11 named foals, of which nine started and eight were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Misty Mission was bred and owned by Sam-Son Farm. She was trained by Mark Frostad and was ridden to her win in the Wonder Where Stakes by Slade Callaghan. She was owned by Sam-Son Farm throughout her broodmare career. Her last foal, the Medaglia d’Oro mare Dark Mission, was foaled in 2015.
Pedigree notes
Misty Mission is inbred 4x5 to two-time American Horse of the Year Native Dancer and to two-time American champion sire and eight-time American champion broodmare sire Princequillo. She is a half sister to 1993 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Comet Shine (by Fappiano) and to Starboard Tack (by Seattle Slew), dam of 1999 Derby Trial Stakes (USA-G3) winner Patience Game (by Woodman) and stakes winner Star Queen (by Kingmambo), second dam of Grade 2 winner Time to Dazzle, and third dam of multiple South African Group 3 winner African Night Sky. Misty Mission is also a half sister to Sanibel Star (by Unbridled’s Song), dam of restricted stakes winner Star Contender (by Henny Hughes) and second dam of 2026 Goodwood Stakes (USA-G1) winner Forged Steel, and to Gold in My Stars (by Forty Niner), dam of stakes winner Kimmyv (by El Corredor).
Misty Mission and her siblings were produced from Hangin on a Star, who took the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Stakes (CAN-R), in 1987. Hangin on a Star is a full sister to Rainbow Two, second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner City to City. She is also a half sister to two-time Canadian champion race mare and 1994 Canadian Broodmare of the Year Rainbow Connection (by Halo), dam of three-time Canadian champion Rainbows for Life (by Lyphard; a successful sire in Central Europe), 1990 CIGA Prix de l’Opera (FR-G2) winner Colour Chart (by Mr. Prospector), and 1994 Cup and Saucer Stakes (CAN-R) winner Always a Rainbow (by Mr. Prospector); second dam of 2001 American champion 2-year-old filly Tempera, multiple Grade 1 winner White Heart, and multiple French Group 3 winner Equerry; and third dam of 2010 Saudi Arabian champion older female Caprivi. In addition, Hangin On a Star is a half sister to Archdeacon (by Dancing Champ), winner of the 1983 Prince of Wales Stakes (second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown) and to stakes winner Mr. Macho (by Ruritania).
Hangin on a Star and her siblings are out of 1980 Canadian Broodmare of the Year Hangin Round, a half sister to the minor stakes winner New Pride (by Julmar), in turn the dam of stakes winner Baldski’s Pride (by Baldski). By 1968 American co-champion 3-year-old male Stage Door Johnny out of Auburn’s Pride, by two-time English/Irish champion sire Aureole, Hangin Round is also a half sister to All Puffed Up (by Dynastic), dam of the minor stakes winner Dyna Surge (by Plastic Surgeon).
Last updated: September 30, 2026
Race record
3 starts, 2 win, 1 second, 0 thirds, US$194,320 (includes converted Canadian earnings)
2000:
- Won Wonder Where Stakes (CAN-R, 10FT, Woodbine)
Honors
Sovereign Award, Canadian Broodmare of the Year (2012)
As an individual
A chestnut mare; no further information available.
As a producer
Misty Mission produced 11 named foals, of which nine started and eight were winners. Her important foals are as follow:
- French Beret (2003, by Broad Brush; a gelding) won the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Colonel E. R. Bradley Handicap (USA-G3).
- Irish Mission (2009, by Giant’s Causeway) was the Canadian champion 3-year-old filly and champion turf female of 2012.
- Smart Mission (2013, by Smart Strike) won both her starts. She is the dam of multiple graded stakes winner Mission of Joy (by Kitten’s Joy), whose biggest win was in the 2025 Rodeo Drive Stakes (USA-G2).
- Mythical Mission (2014, by Giant’s Causeway) won the 2018 West Virginia Senate President’s Cup Stakes and placed in all three races of the 2017 Canadian Triple Tiara series.
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Misty Mission was bred and owned by Sam-Son Farm. She was trained by Mark Frostad and was ridden to her win in the Wonder Where Stakes by Slade Callaghan. She was owned by Sam-Son Farm throughout her broodmare career. Her last foal, the Medaglia d’Oro mare Dark Mission, was foaled in 2015.
Pedigree notes
Misty Mission is inbred 4x5 to two-time American Horse of the Year Native Dancer and to two-time American champion sire and eight-time American champion broodmare sire Princequillo. She is a half sister to 1993 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Comet Shine (by Fappiano) and to Starboard Tack (by Seattle Slew), dam of 1999 Derby Trial Stakes (USA-G3) winner Patience Game (by Woodman) and stakes winner Star Queen (by Kingmambo), second dam of Grade 2 winner Time to Dazzle, and third dam of multiple South African Group 3 winner African Night Sky. Misty Mission is also a half sister to Sanibel Star (by Unbridled’s Song), dam of restricted stakes winner Star Contender (by Henny Hughes) and second dam of 2026 Goodwood Stakes (USA-G1) winner Forged Steel, and to Gold in My Stars (by Forty Niner), dam of stakes winner Kimmyv (by El Corredor).
Misty Mission and her siblings were produced from Hangin on a Star, who took the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Breeders’ Stakes (CAN-R), in 1987. Hangin on a Star is a full sister to Rainbow Two, second dam of multiple Grade 2 winner City to City. She is also a half sister to two-time Canadian champion race mare and 1994 Canadian Broodmare of the Year Rainbow Connection (by Halo), dam of three-time Canadian champion Rainbows for Life (by Lyphard; a successful sire in Central Europe), 1990 CIGA Prix de l’Opera (FR-G2) winner Colour Chart (by Mr. Prospector), and 1994 Cup and Saucer Stakes (CAN-R) winner Always a Rainbow (by Mr. Prospector); second dam of 2001 American champion 2-year-old filly Tempera, multiple Grade 1 winner White Heart, and multiple French Group 3 winner Equerry; and third dam of 2010 Saudi Arabian champion older female Caprivi. In addition, Hangin On a Star is a half sister to Archdeacon (by Dancing Champ), winner of the 1983 Prince of Wales Stakes (second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown) and to stakes winner Mr. Macho (by Ruritania).
Hangin on a Star and her siblings are out of 1980 Canadian Broodmare of the Year Hangin Round, a half sister to the minor stakes winner New Pride (by Julmar), in turn the dam of stakes winner Baldski’s Pride (by Baldski). By 1968 American co-champion 3-year-old male Stage Door Johnny out of Auburn’s Pride, by two-time English/Irish champion sire Aureole, Hangin Round is also a half sister to All Puffed Up (by Dynastic), dam of the minor stakes winner Dyna Surge (by Plastic Surgeon).
Last updated: September 30, 2026