{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse , horsename = Megahertz , image = , caption = , sire =

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Yellow Ribbon Stakes (2005) , awards = , honours = Grade III Megahertz Stakes , updated= 6 May 2020 Megahertz (foaled May 4, 1999 in Great Britain) is a Thoroughbred

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who raced in France and the United States. Raced at age two, Megahertz made eight starts, compiling a record of 1-1-2. Her only win came in the Prix Hotel du Golf Barriere at the Deauville-La Touques Racecourse. Owned by trainer Robert Collet, after her first two starts Megahertz was sold to a racing partnership and her training was taken over by Nicolas Clement. At the end of the year she was sold to American Michael Bello who brought her to the California stable of

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. Megahertz made her first start in the United States on January 9, 2002, winning the Blue Norther Stakes at Santa Anita Park. She did it in what would become her trademark style, coming from the back of the field to win in the homestretch. She went on to win another four stakes that year including the

. As a four-year-old, Megahertz won the

and her first Grade I event, the

. Back on the track at age five in 2004, she won the

and her second Santa Barbara Handicap. In her final year of racing at age six, Megahertz won the Beverly Hills and

s, plus a record third straight Santa Barbara Handicap. From 2003 through 2005, Megahertz competed in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, earning her best finish in 2004 when she finished fifth to winner, Ouija Board. Retired from racing, Megahertz was bred to Giant's Causeway and produced a colt named Causeithertz on February 18, 2007. At the November 2007

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, owner Michael Bello sold Megahertz in foal to

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for $2.1 million to Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stable

On February 29, 2008 she gave birth to a filly.

References

Megahertz's pedigree and partial racing stats

2005 article at the NTRA titled ''Megahertz last-to-first in Santa Barbara''

Video at YouTube of Megahertz winning the 2005 Santa Barbara Handicap
1999 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 1-l Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in France Racehorses trained in the United States