65-12-7-10, $43,550., Stakes Winner
Won: Oceanside Handicap
3rd: Albany Handicap
ETR TUP 6f 1:09.40
Foaled in Texas on 05/05/1953

Anchor Watch was foaled on J. W. Dial’s ranch in Texas in 1953 and was by Degage, a stakes-winning son of Calumet Farm’s foundation sire Bull Lea. His dam, L’Admiralte, was a race-winning granddaughter of Triple Crown winner War Admiral.

Anchor Watch began his racing career at age two. As a three-year-old, the plain brown colt won the Oceanside Handicap and placed third in the Albany Handicap. He failed to win a race as a four-year-old but won six races at age five and equaled the track record at Turf Paradise for six furlongs in 1:09.4. He made his final start in 1959 at age six. In total, Anchor Watch made 65 starts, won 12 races, and earned $43,550, the equivalent of about $400,000 today.

After he retired from racing, Anchor Watch began stud duties at the Vessels Stallion Farm. Anchor Watch sired 143 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse foals in 17 foal crops. His progeny included 61 race winners, 56 ROM earners and eight Superior Race Award earners. Tiny Watch was his most successful son. Other successful sires by Anchor Watch included Anchor Chic, Big Al, Flow Anchor and Watch Clabber. His daughters Echol’s Watch, Hi Watch, Miss Tiny Watch, No Anchor and Rhoda Watch produced several race winners.