Sambuca Classica (foaled February 21, 2004, in
New York) is a
Thoroughbred mare best known as the dam of 2016
Champion Two-Year-Old ColtClassic Empire.[2] She was an unsuccessful race mare, not winning in eight career starts and even starting once in a
Maiden Claiming, but has proven to be more successful as a
broodmare, with all five of her foals to race to date being winners.[3]
Background
Sambuca Classica is a small chestnut mare with a star, strip, a sock on her right front and left rear leg, and a coronet mark on her right rear.[4] She was raced by her breeders, Anstu Farm, for her three career starts in 2006, with her best finish being fourth-place. She was purchased by Steven and Brandi Nicholson, but did not race again until August of her three-year-old season. She failed to finish higher than third-place in her five subsequent starts. She was retired in 2008 to become a broodmare.
Progeny Record
2009: Song Girl, a bay filly by Songandaprayer. She won 3 of 13 races for earnings of $84,644, with her best win being a Starter Allowance.[5]
2010: Anytime Magic, a chestnut gelding by
Fusaichi Pegasus. He won 15 of 64 races for earnings of $202,945, with wins in the
Lost in the Fog Stakes and the Everett Nevin Stakes at two.[6]
2011: bred to
Afleet Alex but did not produce a foal.
2012: bred to Warrior's Reward but did not produce a foal.
2013: Uptown Twirl, a bay filly by Twirling Candy. She won 4 of 9 races for earnings of $170,714, with wins in the Surfside Stakes and the Pleasanton Oaks at three.[7]