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Open Fire (1961–1980) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Her sire was Brandywine Stable’s multiple stakes winner Cochise and her grandsire was the winner of the 1936 British Classic the St. Leger Stakes. Open Fire was out of the mare Lucy Lufton whose sire Nimbus was a son of Nearco one of the world’s most influential sires in the history of Thoroughbred racing.Owned and raced under the Brandywine Stable banner by Delaware Park Racetrack president Donald P.