Old Fashioned (foaled January 27, 2006 in

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racehorse who was one of the top winterbook favorites for the 2009 Kentucky Derby until an injury in April's

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forced him to retire.

Background

Out of the stakes-winning mare Collect Call, Old Fashioned's damsire was the very fast colt, Meadowlake. He was sired by

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, a winner of three

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races including the 1995

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. Grandsire

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won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and

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. Bred by Rod and Lorraine Rodriguez, Old Fashioned was purchased for $800,000 by Rick Porter's

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at the September 2007 Keeneland yearling sale and sent into training with Larry Jones.

Racing career

2008: two-year-old season

The colt raced at age two in 2008, winning all three of his starts. Ridden by jockey Terry Thompson in his first two starts, he won his debut by a nose in a six-

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event at

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. In his next start, Old Fashioned won a one-mile race (eight furlongs) over the same track by 15½ lengths. Old Fashioned was not entered in the 2008

but ran instead in the November 29

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's Aqueduct Racetrack. Ridden by Ramon Dominguez, Old Fashioned won the 1⅛ mile Grade II event by 7¼ lengths while finishing under a hard hold. In a December 26, 2008 article on the

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website, award-winning horse racing writer Bill Finley picked Old Fashioned as the number one contender for the first leg of the 2009 U.S. Triple Crown series, the Kentucky Derby. Old Fashioned was a finalist for the 2008

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for

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2009: three-year-old season

Old Fashioned made his three-year-old debut at

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in the G3

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. He defeated his competitors, easily going the mile. He next ran in the G2

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where he suffered his first loss when he was passed by Win Willie on the stretch. In his next start, he finished second to Papa Clem in the

(G2), when he was beaten by half a length. After the race, it was discovered that Old Fashioned had suffered a non-displaced slab fracture of his right knee. Following surgery at the

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in Lexington, Kentucky, the colt was retired from racing.Old Fashioned retired following surgery
April 15, 2009

Retirement

Old Fashioned entered stud in 2010 at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky. He's produced several stakes winners including Grade I winner,

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. He was moved in 2016 to stand in South Korea at Jeju-do.

References

External links

Old Fashioned's pedigree and partial racing stats

Old Fashioned winning an allowance race at Delaware Park by 15½ lengths

Video at YouTube of Old Fashioned winning the 2008 Remsen Stakes
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