Cape Canaveral Pensioned at 25
Admin • October 13, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Cape Canaveral has been pensioned from stallion duty at Highfield Stock Farm at Okotoks, Alberta. Cape
Canaveral has been one of the leading sires in Canada since 2008, and he has been the foundation sire
at Highfield for 13 years. Cape Canaveral has 18 crops of racing age, 519 foals, 417 starters, 38 stakes
winners, 304 winners of 1,046 races and earnings of over $17.5 million.
The 25-year-old is one of the last sons of Mr. Prospector standing in North America, and is out of 1990
Kentucky Oaks (G1) winning mare Seaside Attraction. Cape Canaveral won his first start at 2, and went
on to win the San Miguel Stakes (G3) as a 3-year-old and won three of four starts before his retirement.
He has had an incredible influence on racing in Alberta.
“Cape Canaveral has been a great fit for our program, and has been an asset to racing in Alberta. His
offspring are precocious, athletic and have a lot of speed, he definitely stamped them with his best
qualities,” says Adrian Munro. “He’s been a great stallion for us.”
Cape Canaveral has sired multiple Alberta Champions, including Pearl of Knowledge, Onestaratatime
and Capitalism. His progeny also helped Highfield Investment Group win leading breeder of Alberta breds
in 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2020. Cape Canaveral progeny remain strong at race tracks and
sales in Alberta.
”For 13 years Cape has been the undisputed king of the farm, and he still has his paddock outside where
he can keep an eye on things, and he will remain in the same stall in the stallion barn every night,” says
stallion manager Jennifer Buck. “He’s been a huge part of our breeding program and we’ve been blessed
to have him. We wish him a long and happy retirement.
As a Broodmare Sire Cape Canaveral continues to make his mark on racing. He is the sire of 72 dams of
foals of racing age with 182 runners, 128 winners (52%) and 12 stakes winners.
Contact Jennifer Buck at Highfield Stock Farm at 403-660-6859 or jbuck@highfieldstockfarm.ca
About Highfield Stock Farm: With a primary focus on thoroughbred horse breeding, Highfield Stock Farm
is one of the leading consignors in Alberta and represents many clients throughout the province. In
addition to thoroughbred breeding and boarding, Highfield has a strong racing stable and partners with
horses racing all across North America and a select few in Europe.
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