# Cross Traffic (horse)

Cross Traffic (foaled February 15, 2009) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Grade I Whitney Invitational Handicap at Belmont Park in 2013 as a four-year-old.

## Background

Cross Traffic is a gray or roan colt that was bred in Kentucky by Diamond A Racing Corp. and was a $300,000 purchase at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga select yearling sale when consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. His dam Stop Traffic was a multiple Grade I winner, victorious in the Santa Monica Handicap and Ballerina Handicap. He was sired by Unbridled's Song, the leading sire in the US in 2017.
Cross Traffic was trained by US Hall of Fame trainer Todd A. Pletcher.

## Racing career
### 2013: four-year-old season

Starting his career at Gulfstream Park January 24, he reeled off two impressive victories before tackling graded stakes company in only his third start. In the April 27 Grade III Westchester Stakes he earned a 1 1/2 Ragozin number when losing by a short head to Belmont specialist Flat Out, who finished in a time of 1:32.99, three-fifths of a second off the world record.
Cross Traffic followed that effort with a nose loss to Sahara Sky in the Grade I Metropolitan Handicap, just getting nipped after setting the pace in the one-mile test. In the Whitney Invitational Handicap, his first time around two turns, which he won by three quarters of a length over Successful Dan while defeating the one-two finishers of the 2012 Breeders' Cup Classic, Fort Larned and Mucho Macho Man, and 2012 Travers Stakes winner Alpha. In the Jockey Club Gold Cup Cross Traffic stumbled badly out of the starting gate and was no factor in the race when finishing seventh. It was found that he injured his shin and did not return to the racetrack again.

## Statistics

| Date | Distance | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Field | Finish | Winning Time | Winning (Losing) Margin | Jockey |
| 2013 – Four-year-old season ||||||||||||
| Jan 24, 2013 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | | Gulfstream Park | 0.70* | 6 | 1 | 1:15.79 | 1+3⁄4 lengths | John Velazquez |
| Mar 10, 2013 | 1 mile | Allowance | | Gulfstream Park | 1.20* | 6 | 1 | 1:35.17 | 7+1⁄2 lengths | John Velazquez |
| Apr 27, 2013 | 1 mile | Westchester Stakes | III | Belmont Park | 1.05* | 5 | 2 | 1:32.99 | (head) | Javier Castellano |
| May 27, 2013 | 1 mile | Metropolitan Handicap | I | Belmont Park | 2.90 | 9 | 2 | 1:34.17 | (nose) | John Velazquez |
| Aug 3, 2013 | 1+1⁄8 miles | Whitney Handicap | I | Saratoga | 3.55 | 8 | 1 | 1:47.89 | 3⁄4 length | John Velazquez |
| Sep 28, 2013 | 1+1⁄4 miles | Jockey Club Gold Cup | I | Belmont Park | 3.40 | 8 | 7 | 1:59.70 | (16+3⁄4 lengths) | John Velazquez |
Notes:
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Cross Traffic was the post-time favorite.

## Stud career

Cross Traffic was retired in 2014 and would stand at Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky and offered immediately to breeders through Spendthrift's "Share the Upside Program" on a limited basis for $17,500. His 2015 stands & nurses fee were $15,000.
On May 3, 2018, Dreaming Diamonds gave freshman sire Cross Traffic his first check mark in the winner's column, when she captured a 4+1⁄2-furlong maiden special weight at Churchill Downs in near gate-to-wire fashion by 3+1⁄4 lengths. In 2018 Cross Traffic would stand for $7,500. Jaywalk's victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2018 gave Cross Traffic top Freshman-sire honors and increased his fee for 2019 to $25,000. In 2023 Cross Traffic stands for $7,500 Live Foal.

### Notable progeny

c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major wins |
| 2016 | Jaywalk | f | Frizette Stakes Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies |
| 2016 | Capocostello | c | Clásico Junta de Control de Juegos (PAN) (2019, 2020) Clásico Año Nuevo (PAN) (2020, 2023) Clásico Independecia (PAN) (2020) Gran Clásico Presidente de la Republica (PAN) (2021) |
| 2020 | Defining Purpose | f | Ashland Stakes |
Notes:
* ↑ Capocostello won six Grade I events in Panama which is Part II of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities. These events are considered Black Type events.

## Pedigree

Pedigree of Cross Traffic, gray or roan colt, February 15, 2009 :
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Unbridled (1987) | Fappiano (1977) | Mr Prospector (1970) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Unbridled (1987) | Fappiano (1977) | Killaloe (1970) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Unbridled (1987) | Gana Facil (1981) | Le Fabuleux (FR) (1961) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Unbridled (1987) | Gana Facil (1981) | Charedi (1976) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Trolley Song (1983) | Caro (IRE) (1967) | Fortino II (FR) (1959) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Trolley Song (1983) | Caro (IRE) (1967) | Chambord (GB (1956) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Trolley Song (1983) | Lucky Spell (1971) | Lucky Mel (1954) |
| Sire Unbridled's Song (1993) | Trolley Song (1983) | Lucky Spell (1971) | Incantation (1965) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Cure the Blues (1978) | Stop The Music (1970) | Hail To Reason (1958) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Cure the Blues (1978) | Stop The Music (1970) | Bebopper (1962) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Cure the Blues (1978) | Quick Cure (1971) | Dr. Fager (1964) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Cure the Blues (1978) | Quick Cure (1971) | Spedwell (1960) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Save My Soul (1983) | I'ma Hell Raiser (1977) | Raise a Native (1961) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Save My Soul (1983) | I'ma Hell Raiser (1977) | I'm for Mama (1967) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Save My Soul (1983) | Somethingexciting (1978) | Shecky Greene (1970) |
| Dam Stop Traffic (1993) | Save My Soul (1983) | Somethingexciting (1978) | Queen of Dakota (1968) (family 4-e) |