He bred her to leading sire Ben Brush, but believing she was barren, he sold her to Milton Young, One year later she foaled Broomstick at the famous McGrathiana Stud in Kentucky.

As a yearling Broomstick then went to a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, coal millionaire named Captain Samuel S. Brown who was a member of The Jockey Club and the owner of two racetracks.

At three, and under new trainer Robert Tucker, he won the Travers Stakes at Saratoga and the Flying Handicap at Sheepshead Bay.

[5] In that race he was up against the truly game Irish Lad who broke down nearing the wire, but finished on three legs, only barely beaten.

[1] Purchased by Harry Payne Whitney, Broomstick was sent to stand at his Brookdale Farm in Lincroft, New Jersey, where he continued as a great sire.