Artie Schiller (foaled April 23, 2001 in

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) is a retired

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racehorse. Bred by

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, he was out of the

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Hidden Light, a daughter of multiple

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winner, Majestic Light. His sire was El Prado, the 1991 Irish Champion Two-Year-Old and who became the Leading sire in North America in 2002. A

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specialist, Artie Schiller was purchased and raced by William Entenmann of Timber Bay Farm and his daughter Denise Walsh, and was named after Entenmann's childhood friend. He was conditioned for racing by

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. At age two the colt won two of his five starts then at age three won five of eight outings including the

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in which he set a new Belmont Park course record for nine furlongs. At

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, he was sent off as the

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favorite for the 2004

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but finished twelfth in the fourteen-horse field. Racing at age four, Artie Schiller had his best earnings year and most important career win. After winning the 2005

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and the

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, he was sent to Belmont Park where under jockey

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he won the Breeders' Cup Mile, defeating runnerup Leroidesanimaux by nearly two lengths. At age five, he made three starts without a win but earned a second in the 2006 Maker's Mark Mile Stakes and a third in the

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. Artie Schiller was retired from racing in August 2006 and entered

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for the 2007 season at Hurricane Hall in Lexington, Kentucky. Afterward, he was moved to Paul's Mills, KY, then to WinStar Farm, Versailles, KY, while shuttling to Australia. In 2017 he was permanently stationed in Australia and stood at Independent Stallion Station & Emirates Park Stud before relocating to Stockwell Thoroughbreds in Diggers Rest, Victoria, where he currently stands.

Stud Record

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References

Artie Schiller's pedigree and partial racing stats

Official race details and race video of the 2005 Breeders' Cup Mile
* Stockwell Thoroughbred

2001 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Breeders' Cup Mile winners Thoroughbred family 13-c