Big Spruce won races in New York and California, including two Grade 1 events.
Racing Hall of Fame inductee Cougar II to win the San Luis Rey Handicap at Santa Anita Park[2] and captured the first of his two consecutive editions of the Gallant Fox Handicap at Belmont Park.
Racing Hall of Fame filly Dahlia in the Washington, D.C. International at Laurel Park in Maryland.
[3] Retired to stud duty for the 1975 season, Big Spruce sired forty-three stakes race winners including Acaroid, whose wins included the United Nations and Manhattan Handicaps, multiple stakes winners Berry Bush and Catatonic, and millionaire runner Super Moment, who won three consecutive editions of the Bay Meadows Handicap.
Due to the infirmities of old age, on December 28, 2001, he was humanely euthanized at Gainesway Farm where he had stood throughout his stud career.