Seeking the Soul (foaled May 4, 2013) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse owned by Canadian

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whose most important win came in the 2017 Grage 1

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Career

On February 20, 2016, Seeking the Soul debuted at the

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, coming in second place. Although he had mixed results in smaller races throughout 2016 and 2017, while competing in an allowance race at

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on October 21, 2017, Seeking the Soul set a new track record of 1:41.36 for a mile and one-sixteenth on dirt. A month later, on November 24, he won the

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2017 His next major win came on September 29, 2018 at the

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. Seeking the Soul finished second in both the 2018

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and the 2019

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. On June 15, 2019, he won the 2019

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and was ranked 3rd on the North American Thoroughbred Racing Starters Earnings Leaderboard in August 2019.

Pedigree

References

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