Polish Numbers (USA)
March 25, 1987 – November 29, 2002
Danzig (USA) x Numbered Account (USA), by Buckpasser (USA)
Family 1-x
March 25, 1987 – November 29, 2002
Danzig (USA) x Numbered Account (USA), by Buckpasser (USA)
Family 1-x
Polish Numbers had speed, but he was too unsound to emulate the racing feats of his Grade 1-winning half siblings Private Account and Dance Number. His regal pedigree earned him a chance at stud in Maryland, where he made the most of it. At the time of his fatal accident at age 15, he was one of the most popular stallions in the state, and his name continues to be prominent in regional pedigrees.
Race record
11 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third, US$80,493
1989:
1991:
As an individual
Polish Numbers stood 16.1 hands. A powerful bay horse with a handsomely arched neck, he had a good shoulder and hind leg but was a little heavy for his underpinnings. He retired from racing due to an ankle injury.
As a stallion
Polish Numbers topped the Maryland sire list in 1998 and was among the state's top 10 sires in 1999-2006. According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Polish Numbers sired 366 winners (69.4%) and 49 stakes winners (9.3%) from 527 named foals.
Notable progeny
Dark Equation (USA), Eithan (USA), Tenski (USA)
Notable progeny of daughters
Illuminant (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Polish Numbers was bred by Ogden Mills Phipps and raced in the colors of Phipps' son, “Dinny” Phipps. He was syndicated for US$17,500 a share at the end of his racing career and entered stud in Maryland in 1992 at Northview Stallion Station, where he stood his entire career. At the height of his stud career, shares in the stallion were selling for as much as US$275,000 each. Polish Numbers shattered a tibia in a paddock accident on November 29, 2002, and was humanely destroyed.
Pedigree notes
Polish Numbers is inbred 4x5 to two-time English champion sire Nearco and 5x5 to six-time English champion sire Hyperion. He is out of 1971 American champion 2-year-old filly Numbered Account and, thus, is a half brother to 1983 Beldame Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dance Number (by Northern Dancer), dam of 1989 American champion 2-year-old male Rhythm (by Mr. Prospector), Grade 3 winner and important broodmare Get Lucky (by Mr. Prospector), the good Maryland sire Not for Love (by Mr. Prospector), and Oscillate (by Seattle Slew), dam of 2006 Argentine champion sire Mutakddim (by Seeking the Gold). Polish Numbers is also a half brother to multiple Grade 1 winner and important sire Private Account (by Damascus); to Secret Asset (by Graustark), dam of 1989 Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d'Oro (ITY-G1) winner Assatis (by Topsider), English Group 3 winner Warrshan (by Northern Dancer), and Group 2-placed English stakes winner Razeen (by Northern Dancer; champion sire in India at least six times); and to Confidentiality (by Lyphard), dam of Grade 2 winner Confidential Talk (by Damascus), who proved a good sire in Argentina.
A full sister to multiple Grade 2 winner Cunning Trick and stakes winner How Curious, Numbered Account is out of the Swaps mare Intriguing. She is also a full sister to Playmate, dam of 1985 Irish champion 2-year-old male and important sire Woodman (by Mr. Prospector); to Special Account, dam of English Group 2 winner Gallant Special (by Gallant Romeo) and stakes winner Gallant Sister (by Vigors) and second dam of seven stakes winners including multiple Grade 2 winner Anguilla and Grade 3 winner Tresoriere; to The Cuddler, dam of multiple stakes winner Verification (by Exceller); and to Fascinating Trick, second dam of multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Redattore (a champion sire in Brazil) and Italian Group 2 winner Grey Way.
Fun facts
Last updated: November 13, 2024
Race record
11 starts, 4 wins, 2 seconds, 1 third, US$80,493
1989:
- 2nd J. O. Tobin Stakes (USA, 7FD, Aqueduct)
1991:
- Set a new track record of 1:14-3/5 for 6.5 furlongs on dirt at Belmont
As an individual
Polish Numbers stood 16.1 hands. A powerful bay horse with a handsomely arched neck, he had a good shoulder and hind leg but was a little heavy for his underpinnings. He retired from racing due to an ankle injury.
As a stallion
Polish Numbers topped the Maryland sire list in 1998 and was among the state's top 10 sires in 1999-2006. According to records kept by The Jockey Club, Polish Numbers sired 366 winners (69.4%) and 49 stakes winners (9.3%) from 527 named foals.
Notable progeny
Dark Equation (USA), Eithan (USA), Tenski (USA)
Notable progeny of daughters
Illuminant (USA)
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Polish Numbers was bred by Ogden Mills Phipps and raced in the colors of Phipps' son, “Dinny” Phipps. He was syndicated for US$17,500 a share at the end of his racing career and entered stud in Maryland in 1992 at Northview Stallion Station, where he stood his entire career. At the height of his stud career, shares in the stallion were selling for as much as US$275,000 each. Polish Numbers shattered a tibia in a paddock accident on November 29, 2002, and was humanely destroyed.
Pedigree notes
Polish Numbers is inbred 4x5 to two-time English champion sire Nearco and 5x5 to six-time English champion sire Hyperion. He is out of 1971 American champion 2-year-old filly Numbered Account and, thus, is a half brother to 1983 Beldame Stakes (USA-G1) winner Dance Number (by Northern Dancer), dam of 1989 American champion 2-year-old male Rhythm (by Mr. Prospector), Grade 3 winner and important broodmare Get Lucky (by Mr. Prospector), the good Maryland sire Not for Love (by Mr. Prospector), and Oscillate (by Seattle Slew), dam of 2006 Argentine champion sire Mutakddim (by Seeking the Gold). Polish Numbers is also a half brother to multiple Grade 1 winner and important sire Private Account (by Damascus); to Secret Asset (by Graustark), dam of 1989 Gran Premio del Jockey Club e Coppa d'Oro (ITY-G1) winner Assatis (by Topsider), English Group 3 winner Warrshan (by Northern Dancer), and Group 2-placed English stakes winner Razeen (by Northern Dancer; champion sire in India at least six times); and to Confidentiality (by Lyphard), dam of Grade 2 winner Confidential Talk (by Damascus), who proved a good sire in Argentina.
A full sister to multiple Grade 2 winner Cunning Trick and stakes winner How Curious, Numbered Account is out of the Swaps mare Intriguing. She is also a full sister to Playmate, dam of 1985 Irish champion 2-year-old male and important sire Woodman (by Mr. Prospector); to Special Account, dam of English Group 2 winner Gallant Special (by Gallant Romeo) and stakes winner Gallant Sister (by Vigors) and second dam of seven stakes winners including multiple Grade 2 winner Anguilla and Grade 3 winner Tresoriere; to The Cuddler, dam of multiple stakes winner Verification (by Exceller); and to Fascinating Trick, second dam of multiple Grade/Group 1 winner Redattore (a champion sire in Brazil) and Italian Group 2 winner Grey Way.
Fun facts
- Polish Numbers was the first stallion to stand at Northview Stallion Station after the farm was established on what was formerly the Maryland division of Windfields Farm, and was assigned to the same stall in the same barn where his grandsire Northern Dancer had once lived.
- After Polish Numbers finished second on the American freshman sire list in 1995, his syndicate turned down several multimillion offers for him, starting with an offer of US$6 million from Japanese interests.
Last updated: November 13, 2024