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IRISH FIGHTER, 1982, IRISH RIVER - GO ON DREAMING, by DEWAN
- Irish Fighter was a similar racehorse with similar class to First American, sire of Aquino.
- Irish Fighter did not run at 2, sprinted when winning both of his initial two races at 3, and was beat at 9 furlongs on dirt.
- Irish Fighter was a stakes winner who placed in Graded races.
- Irish Fighter, like First American, was on the Triple Crown trail, placing behind eventual Preakness Stakes hero Tank’s Prospect in the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby and just behind eventual Belmont Stakes winner Crème Fraiche in the Grade 3 Louisiana Derby.
- Irish Fighter, again like First American, ran in the Kentucky Derby, and was unplaced behind Spend a Buck, who like him wound up in Brazil.
- Irish Fighter sired nearly 50 stakes horses in Brazil, of which 16 won stakes races.
- Irish Fighter is best remembered as the sire of Ojeada Fighter, two times the Champion Mare in Brazil, a multiple Graded winner, including a Grade 1.
- Irish Fighter is also the sire of the high-class colt Topo do Sol, winner of the Grade 1 Grande Premio Machado in Brazil.
- Irish Fighter is the broodmare sire of Old Dodge, a Brazilian sprinter who came to the U. S. last season and has developed into a Grade 1 horse around 2 turns on grass.
- Irish Fighter is a son of Irish River, a Champion Miler in France and top stallion in Kentucky.
- Irish Fighter hails from the sire line of Riverman and his sire Never Bend. Riverman, bred in Kentucky, was a Champion in France and a leading sire in Kentucky. Never Bend was a Champion Colt at 2 in the United States and the sire of Mill Reef, considered one of the greatest English racehorses of the last century and a leading International sire in England.
- Irish Fighter is out of a mare by Dewan, a son of Bold Ruler who was a top racehorse and good sire in Kentucky.
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