Grand Minstrel

Grand Minstrel

Grand Minstrel wishes you a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Read his card (yes, we’ve already taught him how to write!).

Below you will find information about Grand Minstrel, now standing at Menoken Farms. For further information, go to Blood Lines (we also have the Grand Minstrel Keeneland information available for download [PDF]). View his gallery for more Grand Minstrel images.

For more information about breeding, please contact us with your request. We will respond as soon as possible. You also can gain access to our breeding contract, along with a printable version.

• Grand Minstrel is a gray or roan colt foaled 2005 and stakes-winning son of Grand Slam o/o multiple-graded stakes winner Colonial Minstrel ($556,586), by Pleasant Colony.
• Winner of the 2007 Capote S., the Virginia-bred four-year-old has compiled a career mark of 11-2-3-2 while racking up $123,546 in earnings.
• Grand Minstrel counts as half-siblings stakes victress Storm Minstrel (Storm Cat) and 2009 Rushaway S. runner-up Ziegfeld (Elusive Quality).
• Grand Minstrel’s second dam is Minstrella (The Minstrel), who was named champion two-year-old in Ireland in 1986 following wins in the Phoenix S. (Ire-G1), Moyglare Stud S. (Ire-G1) and Cheveley Park S. (Eng-G1).
• Others of note in the family include Grade 2 heroines Misty Gallore (Halo) and Mini Sermon (Pulpit) (G2) and Grade 3 scorer Pleasant Strike (Smart Strike), who posted near-miss seconds in2009 Red Bank S. (G3) and Cliff Hanger S. (G3) in his past two starts.
• Colonial Minstrel also is dam of Minidar (G3), and Granddam of Mini Sermon (G2) and Unrestrained (f. by Unbridled).
• Impeccable Confirmation and Pedigree.

Grand Minstrel is bred to be a champion both on the track and in the breeding shed! For more information, please contact Menoken Farms.