Silver Max (foaled March 8, 2009) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2013

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Career

Silver Max 's first race was on July 31, 2011, at Saratoga, where he came in second. He did not pick up his first win until January 13, 2012, at Gulfstream Park. He went on a six race win streak starting on March 9, 2012. He won the

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in April. He then won the

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on May 4, then the

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on May 25. He picked up a win at the Oliver Stakes on June 13, then capped off the streak with a win at the 2012 Commonwealth Derby on July 21. His next graded race win came a year later as he won the

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on July 28, 2013. Silver Max then won the

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on August 31, 2013. Then on October 5, 2013, he won the biggest race of his career when he captured his first Grade-1 win - the

. 2014 was his final season. His only win was at the June 28th, 2014

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. He failed to place on the podium in his last three races and finished his career off with a 6th-place finish in the November 8th, 2014

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. In 2015, Silver Max was retired to stud.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist 2009 racehorse births Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Thoroughbred family A1