Sham was a racehorse in 1973 who ran second in the Kentucky Derby and
Preakness behind Secretariat.  I would like to know who owned Sham.
What was his pedigree?  What did he win?  Was he a stallion?  Did he
stand at stud?  What happened to him?

Dear cathi-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting question.

In 1973, SHAM, out of PRETENSE (sire) and SEQUOIA (mare) and a direct
male line descendant of the great ECLIPSE, ran second to winner
Secretariat in the Kentucky Derby in spite of knocking out two front
teeth on the starting gate and bleeding profusely the entire length of
the 1 3/16th mile race. Although he didn?t win, he set the record for
the second fastest Derby run ever (behind Secretariat, of course). The
horse?s finishing record was 13 Starts, 5 Wins, 5 Places, 1 Show and
Career Earnings of $204,808. He was retired to stud at Spendthrift
Farm alongside his own sire, Pretense and died in 1993 at the age of
23. Sham was buried on Walmac International Farm in Lexington, KY.

Owner: Sigmund Sommer 
Breeder: A.B. Hancock, Jr.'s Claiborne Farm 
Trainer: Pancho Martin

The links below are courtesy of PEDIGREE ONLINE THOROUGHBRED DATABASE
and represent the ?free? search results. Much more can be learned
about this horse (including up to nine generations of pedigree) if one
had a subscription to this service. TIP: If you mouse over the icons
and use the various features you?ll see even more free data than I?ve
listed here:

Here is Sham?s pedigree dating back 5 generations:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=horse&search_bar=horse&h=SHAM&g=5&inbred=Standard&x2=n&pedloggedin=0

This is a record of Sham?s lifetime stakes races:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?h=SHAM&query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=all

Here are the stakes results in those stakes races where Sham finsihed in the money:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=stakes&search_bar=stakes&field=all&exact=1&h=SHAM

Here is a list of Sham?s progeny:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?h=SHAM&g=5&query_type=progeny&search_bar=progeny&done=y&inbred=Standard&x2=n&username=&password=&x=0&y=0

Here?s the family photo album:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?h=SHAM&g=9&query_type=photos&search_bar=photos&inbred=Standard&x2=n&username=&password=&x=0&y=0



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Best regards;
Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher


INFORMATION SOURCES

PEDIGREE ONLINE THOROUGHBRED DATABASE
http://www.pedigreequery.com/

THOROUGHBRED DATABASE
http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/commodity/1881/files3.html

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Clarification of Answer by tutuzdad-ga on 04 Jun 2004 20:09 PDT

I'm sorry, I should also have included this source which lists Sham's
final resting place:

THOROUGHBRED HERITAGE
http://www.tbheritage.com/TurfHallmarks/Graves/GraveMattersIndex.html

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

Outstanding research.  You gave me everything I wanted to know and
then some.  What a fun and interesting job you have.  Bravo (or Brava
if you're a woman).