Milwaukee Brew (foaled January 31, 1997 in Kentucky) is an American

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best known as one of only three horses to win back-to-back runnings of the

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. He is retired and moved to

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in 2020.

Background

Out of the mare Ask Anita, he was sired by the 1984

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winner,

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, a grandson of

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. Purchased by prominent Canadian businessman

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Racing career

At age three Milwaukee Brew began his racing career at

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, before going south to compete in the United States. Milwaukee Brew had his best earnings year in 2002 when he won the

Californian Stakes The Californian Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California (relocated from the now closed Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California). The Grade II event is open to ho ...

and the first of his

s, as well as running third in the

Hollywood Gold Cup The Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May. The race currently offers a purse of $200,000 ...

, Pacific Classic, and 2002 Breeders' Cup Classic (behind winner Volponi and runner-up

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Stud record

Retired after the 2003 racing season with earnings of more than $2.8 million, Milwaukee Brew stands at

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at his owner's Adena Springs South in

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. His offspring's thirteen wins in 2008 were the most that year of any second-crop sire.

Pedigree

Milwaukee Brew’s pedigree is a rare American five-cross pedigree that lacks three common ancestors of the modern thoroughbred:

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, and

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.Milwaukee Brew Hails Canada as Windfields Ends Era
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References

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Milwaukee Brew's profile at Adena springs
1997 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States American Grade 1 Stakes winners Thoroughbred family 20-a