Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector (January 28, 1970 – June 1, 1999) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who became an outstanding breeding stallion and notable sire of sires. A sprinter whose career was cut short by repeated injuries, he won seven of his 14 starts, i ...
, dam = Timeleighness
, damsire = Sir Raleigh
, sex = Mare
, foaled = 2001
, country = United States
, colour =
Bay
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, breeder = Thomas/Lakin
, owner = Patti & Hal J. Earnhardt III
, trainer = Bob Baffert
, record = 13: 9-2-0
, earnings = $ 749,224
, race =
Rancho Bernardo Handicap
The Rancho Bernardo Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older run over a distance of six and one half furlongs on the dirt held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Californi ...
(2005, 2006)
Santa Monica Handicap
The Santa Monica Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to fillies and mares age four and older, it is run on the dirt over a distance of s ...
(2006)
Genuine Risk Handicap The Genuine Risk Handicap is a race for thoroughbred race horses, open to fillies and mares age three and up. The race is run each spring at six furlongs on the dirt at Belmont Park in New York and offers a purse of $150,000.
The Grade II Genui ...
(2006)
Las Flores Handicap
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(2006) Big Brush Stakes (2006)
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, honours =
, updated= September 2, 2007
Behaving Badly is a Thoroughbredracingmare foaled on April 5, 2001 in
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and a top sprinting distaffer. Sired by Pioneering, a
Mr. Prospector
Mr. Prospector (January 28, 1970 – June 1, 1999) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who became an outstanding breeding stallion and notable sire of sires. A sprinter whose career was cut short by repeated injuries, he won seven of his 14 starts, i ...
son (going back to Secretariat), out of Timeleighness (by Sir Raleigh), she was bred by Thomas and Lakin, and owned by Patti and Hal J. Earnhardt III.
Behaving Badly is a half-sister to stakes-winning filly Lavish Numbers. Her dam, Timeleighness, is a full sister to stakes winner Timelessleigh.
Trained by Bob Baffert, she had been pointed to the $2 million TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint for 2006, but instead, Baffert decided to retire her after a disappointing effort in the Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes at
Keeneland Race Course
Keeneland Association, Inc. is an equine business based in Lexington, Kentucky. It includes two distinct divisions: the Keeneland Race Course, a Thoroughbred racing facility, and Keeneland Sales, a horse auction complex. It is also known for its ...
. He said, "There have always been little things that bothered her, so I just didn't want to press her anymore. She'd done so much, what was there left for her to do?"
Of her thirteen starts, Behaving Badly won nine, and placed in 2. This means she was out of the money only twice. Racing under jockey Victor Espinoza through her fifth year, she earned $749,224.
At four she won the Grade III
Rancho Bernardo Handicap
The Rancho Bernardo Handicap is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older run over a distance of six and one half furlongs on the dirt held annually in August at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, Californi ...
. At five, she took five of seven starts, beginning with three straight wins at Santa Anita Park in California. She won the Grade I
Santa Monica Handicap
The Santa Monica Stakes is an American Grade II Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late January/early February at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to fillies and mares age four and older, it is run on the dirt over a distance of s ...
in January 2006 and the Grade III
Las Flores Handicap
The Las Flores Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the first week of April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In 2015, due to the 2013 closing of Hollywood Park Racetrack and extensive rescheduling, the race ...
in February. She followed that by placing to Pussycat Doll in the Grade I
Humana Distaff Handicap
The Derby City Distaff Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged three and older over a distance of seven furlongs on the dirt held annually in early May on the Kentucky Derby day meeting at Churchill Down ...
, and then went on to win the Grade II Genuine Risk Breeders' Cup Handicap on July 3, the Grade III Rancho Bernardo for the second straight time on August 18, and then the Big Brush Stakes. After that came her fourth-place finish as the 9-to-10 favorite in Thoroughbred Club.
Behaving Badly is now a broodmare at John Sikura's
Hill 'n' Dale Farms
Hill 'n' Dale Farms is a thoroughbred race horse breeding farm with operations in Canada and the United States.
History
Hill 'n' Dale was founded in 1960 in Ontario, Canada by Czechoslovakian immigrant John Sikura, Jr. Following John's death in a ...
near
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