Circular Quay (foaled February 26, 2004 in

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) is a

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who was a 2007

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contender. The son of 1995

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and

winner

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is owned by

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and was trained by

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Race career

Circular Quay won his maiden at

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in June 2006, and after his subsequent victories in the

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and the

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, he was ranked on top of the

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Juvenile Division poll. Then came the October 7

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, a race in which he was the heavy 2-5 favorite. With jockey

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in the saddle, the colt finished second, 1 lengths behind winner

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. In the

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on November 5, he finished second behind Street Sense, who won the race by 10 lengths. In his first race as a 3-year-old in the Grade III

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on February 10, 2007, at

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, Circular Quay finished fifth after he faced traffic trouble when the horse in front of him, Slew's Tizzy, clipped heels with Makeithapencaptain and lost jockey James Graham. The colt won the March 10

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as his final prep for The May 5

, where he was one of five Pletcher entries and finished sixth after the eight-week layoff between races. Two weeks later, he was one of two entries for Pletcher in the 2007

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, where he finished fifth in the field of nine. After skipping the

, Circular Quay made his first start on grass and final start as a 3-year-old and was the favorite in the Grade II Virginia Derby at

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. However, he was not a factor and finished sixth.

2008 racing season

Circular Quay made his 2008 debut on March 8 in the New Orleans Handicap with a win.

Stud career

The first reported foal for Circular Quay was a filly out of Destiny's Yield (by High Yield) born on January 15, 2010, at Destiny Oaks Farms in Ocala, Florida. He currently stands at the Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Florida for a fee of $6,500. During the summer of 2014, Circular Quay was sold and now stands in Panama. Circular Quay's descendants include: ''c =

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, f =

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Races

Pedigree

Name

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References

Circular Quay's Pedigree and Photo

Stats and Bio

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