Smart Strike, the sire of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin whose progeny earned a North American record $14,475,153 last year, is one of six Thoroughbreds nominated for induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

Bred in Ontario by Sam-Son Farms, Smart Strike became the first stallion to sire three Grade 1 winners at the same track on the same day when Curlin, English Channel, and Fabulous Strike all posted wins at Belmont Park on September 30, 2007.

Curlin, the 2007 champion three-year-old male, won last year’s Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Belmont. On the same card, ’07 champion turf male English Channel won the Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (G1) and Fabulous Strike captured the Vosburgh Stakes (G1).

Grade 1 winner Smart Strike stands for $150,000 at Lane’s End in Versailles, Kentucky.

Lane’s End also stands Canadian Hall of Fame nominee Wando for $5,000. The 2003 Canadian Horse of the Year, champion three-year-old male, and Canadian Triple Crown winner, Wando was owned by Gustav Schickedanz, who also bred the Langfuhr horse in Ontario.

Peteski, the 1993 Canadian Horse of the Year, champion three-year-old male, and Canadian Triple Crown winner, also was nominated. Barry Schwartz bred Peteski in Ontario.

Alywow, the 1994 Canadian Horse of the Year, champion three-year-old filly, and champion grass horse, is one of three nominees in the female category. Kinghaven Farms owned Alywow, and bred the Alysheba mare in Ontario along with Kinghaven Management.

Other nominees in the female category are 1992 Canadian champion older mare Wilderness Song and dual Canadian champion Rainbow Connection.

Three-time Sovereign Award winner Robert Tiller is one of three trainers nominated. The others nominees are veteran western Canadians David Forster and R.A. “Red” McKenzie, who has also served as a blacksmith, jockey, and breeder.

Schickedanz is nominated in the veteran’s committee along with Louis Cauz, a Sovereign Award winning writer who is managing director and curator of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Bruce Walker, a three-time Sovereign Award winner for outstanding feature story who spent 30 years as publicity director for the Ontario Jockey Club, was also nominated.

A 20-person election committee will determine the latest class of Hall of Fame inductees, which will be announced on May 20. The induction ceremony will take place on August 28 at the Mississauga Convention Centre.