Domestic Spending (foaled February 24, 2017) is a British-bred American-owned multiple

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turf winning

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racehorse. His

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wins include the

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in 2020 and

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and Manhattan Stakes in 2021.

Background

Domestic Spending is a bay gelding who was bred in

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by Rabbah Bloodstock. He was sired by Kingman, a champion British

racehorse who was the 2014

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. His dam Urban Castle, is the only registered foal out of the stakes-winning Street Cry daughter who died in 2017. His second dam, Cloud Castle (by In the Wings), was a Group 3 winner (1998

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) who twice placed in Group 1 company. She produced 11 winners.

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's Klaravich Stables purchased Domestic Spending for the equivalent of 300,000

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(US$412,320) from Highclere Stud's consignment to Book 1 of the 2018

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October Yearling Sale. The horse had to be gelded because he would not train. Kingman stands at Banstead Manor Stud in England for 150,000 Pounds (2020). Domestic Spending is trained by

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winning trainer Chad C. Brown.

Statistics

''Legend:''

''Notes:''
An (*) asterisk after the odds means Domestic Spending was the post-time favorite.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist 2017 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family 7-a American Grade 1 Stakes winners