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for economic terms '' Notional (born February 1, 2004 in California) is an American Thoroughbred

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. He was sired by In Excess and out of the mare Truly Blessed. His damsire, French Deputy, is a son of the 1997/98

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, Deputy Minister. Notional is trained by

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for owner J. Paul Reddam, who also have three-year-olds

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and Liquidity in their stable. Racing at age two, Notional's best showing in a stakes race was a third in the 2006 Hollywood Prevue Stakes. In his three-year-old debut, Notional won January's

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at Santa Anita Park in

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by four lengths under jockey Corey Nakatani. Sent to the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana in February, Notional scored a 2{{fraction, 1, 4 length win in the

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under

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Robby Albarado in a race where favorite Circular Quay was seriously impeded as a result of a race accident. Notional came in a close second to Scat Daddy in the Florida Derby in his last prep before the Kentucky Derby. While he was set to run the Triple Crown races, Notional suffered a fracture of his front cannon bone during a workout at Keeneland three weeks before the running of the Kentucky Derby. He will undergo surgery for the injury which is not life-threatening, but there is question about whether he will be able to return to racing. He did not run in any of the Triple Crown races. Having an uneventful four-year-old season, Notional returned to form winning the July 5th, 2008 running of the

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under Joe Bravo.

References

NTRA article ''Injury knocks Notional out of Derby''

Notional's pedigree and racing stats

2004 racehorse births Thoroughbred family 13-c Racehorses bred in California Racehorses trained in the United States