_Texas' all-time leading earner amoung Thoroughbreds, Groovy was voted an Eclipse Award  as the nation's champion sprinter as a 4-year-old in 1987.


Owned and campaigned by Marshall and Mickey Robinson of Fort Worth, Texas, Groovy's championship campaign included six triumphs in seven starts. Groovy annexed that season's Vosburgh Stakes (Gr. I), True North Handicap (Gr. II), Tom Fool Stakes (Gr. II), Forego Handicap (Gr. II), and Roseben Handicap (Gr. II). His only defeat was a second place finish in the Breeders' Cup Sprint (Gr. I).


Groovy was a multiple Grade One-placed stakes winner at three before blossoming into the nation's leading sprinter at four.


A son of Norcliffe and the Restless Wind mare Tinnitus, Groovy retired from racing with earnings of $1,346,956.


Groovy had a successful career as a stallion and was pensioned from stud duty at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky in 2001. As a stallion, he sired four group/graded stakes winners — Grade 1 winner Brutally Frank, Incinerate, Groovy Feeling, and Argentinean Group 3 winner My Swinger.


Brutally Frank, who was Groovy’s leading earner with a bankroll of $634,664 from six seasons on the racetrack. He won three stakes races in 2000, including the Carter Handicap (G1) at Aqueduct.


Incinerate won 14 of 62 career starts, including the 1995 Bed o’ Roses Handicap (G2) at Aqueduct, for $553,556 in earnings.


Groovy also sired 16 stakes-placed runners and has lifetime progeny earnings of over $10.5 million.