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Kris S - "Sire of 5 Breeders Cup Winners" on back
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KRIS S, sire of five Breeders’ Cup winners:

Action This Day (Juvenile 2003)
Soaring Softly (F&M turf 1999)
Brocco (1993 Juvenile)
Hollywood Wildcat (Distaff 1993)
Prized (Turf 1989)
Ranked third on the North American general sire and juvenile sire lists in 1993, Kris S. sired 63 individual stakes winners, including 30 group/graded stakes winners, from his first 17 crops.

Hollywood Wildcat, who went on to produce 2000 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) winner War Chant, won 12 of 21 career starts for $1,432,160 in earnings and won the Eclipse Award as champion three-year-old filly in 1993. She won the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), Hollywood Oaks (G1), and Del Mar Invitational Oaks (G1) during her championship season.

Hollywood Wildcat is one of five Breeders’ Cup winners sired by Kris S., along with Soaring Softly, Prized, Brocco, and Action This Day.

Named champion grass mare in 1999, Soaring Softly won the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) that season at Gulfstream Park, along with the ’99 Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park. She won nine of 16 career starts for $1,270,433 in earnings.

Prized, who won the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), is Kris S.’s leading earner with a bankroll of $2,262,555 from a mark that included nine wins, two seconds, and three thirds from 17 career starts. Brocco, who currently stands in Japan, won the 1993 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) and ’94 Santa Anita Derby (G1).

In addition to his five Breeders’ Cup winners, Kris S. has sired major stakes winners Kissin Kris, Machikane Allegro, Dr Fong, Kudos, You and I, Adonis, Class Kris, Evening Kris, Cheval Volant, Stocks Up, and Arch. He had lifetime progeny earnings of over $50,000,000.

Kris S. was owned by Kris S Robillard, who was also the inspiration for his name.

Kris S. is buried at WinStar Farm in a handcrafted pine casket painted in the farm’s colors and emblazoned with its logo.