Wait A While (foaled March 4, 2003) is an American
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
racehorse and
broodmare
A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than four ...
. Although she showed some good form on dirt she had her greatest success on turf and won twelve of her twenty-four races in a track career which lasted from August 2005 until October 2008. As a two-year-old she won two of her four races including the
Miss Grillo Stakes
The Miss Grillo Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds filles over a distance of miles on the turf track scheduled annually in late September at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently offers a pur ...
. In the following year she won the
Davona Dale Stakes
The Davona Dale Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies, over a distance of one mile on the dirt held annually in late February or early March at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event ...
,
Sands Point Stakes,
American Oaks
The American Oaks is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the turf held annually in late December Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA. The event currently of ...
,
Lake Placid Stakes
The Lake Placid Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighths miles on the turf course scheduled annually in late July or early August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Sp ...
and
Yellow Ribbon Stakes
The Rodeo Drive Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is run at Santa Anita Park with a current purse of $300,000 and is contested over a distance of .
Originally named the Yellow Ribb ...
in a campaign which saw her being voted that season's
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when both ...
. Her third season was disrupted by illness and injury but she did win the
Honey Fox Stakes
The Honey Fox Stakes is a Grade III horserace, Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for filly, fillies and mares that are four years or older held over a distance of 1 mile on the turf scheduled annually in late February or early March at Gul ...
and the
Ballston Spa Handicap
The Ballston Spa Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf course scheduled annually in late July or early August at Sar ...
. In her final season Wait A While won the
San Gorgonio Handicap
The Robert J. Frankel Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares age three and older run over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the turf track held annually in late Decemberat Santa Anita Park ...
and recorded repeat victories in the Ballston Spa Handicap and the Yellow Ribbon Stakes. Her racing career ended controversially when she was disqualified for failing a drug test after finishing third in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf.
Background
Wait A While is a gray mare bred in Kentucky by
, , & W. Temple Webber Jr. She was sired by the 1995
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt The American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when the ''Daily Racing F ...
Maria's Mon
Maria's Mon (April 24, 1993 – September 14, 2007) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that was the champion two-year-old colt in 1995 and produced two Kentucky Derby winners.
Maria's Mon was foaled in Kentucky on April 24, 1993 at the farm ...
, whose other progeny included the Kentucky Derby winners
Monarchos
Monarchos (February 9, 1998 – October 22, 2016) was a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2001 Kentucky Derby in the second fastest winning time and overall third fastest time in the race's history.
Background
Monarchos was si ...
and
Super Saver. Wait A While was the first of four recorded foals produced by her dam Flirtatious, who won four minor races from twelve stats. Flirtatious's dam Grand Charmer was a half-sister of the dam of the
Preakness Stakes
The Preakness Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held on Armed Forces Day which is also the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. It is a Grade I race run over a distance of 9.5 furlongs () on ...
winner
Lookin At Lucky
Lookin At Lucky (foaled May 27, 2007 in Kentucky) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2010 Preakness Stakes. He was the 2009 Champion Two-Year-Old and 2010 Champion Three-Year-Old, becoming the first horse in 32 years to ...
, and a more distant relative of the
Irish Derby
The Irish Derby (Irish: Dearbaí na hÉireann) is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 ...
winner
Sir Harry Lewis.
In September 2004 the
yearling
Yearling may refer to:
*Yearling (horse), a horse between one and two years old
*''The Yearling
''The Yearling'' is a novel by American writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, published in March 1938. It was the main selection of the Book of the Mo ...
filly was consigned by Lane's End to the
Keeneland
Keeneland Association, Inc. is an equine business based in Lexington, Kentucky. It includes two distinct divisions: the Keeneland Race Course, a Thoroughbred racing facility, and Keeneland Sales, a horse auction complex. It is also known for it ...
sale and was bought for $50,000 by Tim Hamm. In February 2005, she returned to the sales ring at
Ocala, Florida
Ocala ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marion County within the northern region of Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 63,591, making it the 54th most populated city in Florida.
Home to ...
and was sold for $260,000 to Ocala Horses. She raced in the ownership of Alan & Karen Cohen's Arindel Farm and was sent into training with
Todd Pletcher
Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967 in Dallas, Texas) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. He won the Eclipse Award seven times as Trainer of the Year, four of these in consecutive years. His horses Super Saver (2010) and Always Dreaming (20 ...
.
Racing career
2005: two-year-old season
On her track debut, Wait A While finished fifth in a
maiden race
In horse racing a maiden race is an event for horses that have not won a race. Horses that have not won a race are referred to as maidens. Maiden horse races are held over a variety of distances and under conditions with eligibility based on the se ...
over six
furlongs
A furlong is a measure of distance in imperial units and United States customary units equal to one eighth of a mile, equivalent to 660 feet, 220 yards, 40 rods, 10 chains or approximately 201 metres. It is now mostly confined to use in hors ...
on dirt at
Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track located on Union Avenue in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. Opened in 1863, it is often considered to be the oldest major sporting venue of any kind in the country, but is actua ...
on August 29, 2005. A month later she was switched to the turf surface at
Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse racing facility in the northeastern United States, located in Elmont, New York, just east of the New York City limits. It was opened on May 4, 1905.
It is operated by the non-profit New York Racin ...
and won a one-mile maiden, taking the lead on the final turn and drawing away in the closing stages to win by five
lengths
Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance. In most systems of measurement a base unit for length is chosen, from which all other units are derived. In the Intern ...
under a ride from
John Velazquez
John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both ye ...
. On the dirt at Belmont on 23 October she started the
1.6/1 favorite for the nine furlong
Miss Grillo Stakes
The Miss Grillo Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-olds filles over a distance of miles on the turf track scheduled annually in late September at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The event currently offers a pur ...
in which she was ridden as on her debut by
Jerry Bailey
Jerry D. Bailey (born August 29, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) is an Thoroughbred Racing on NBC, NBC Sports thoroughbred racing analyst and a retired American National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame jockey.
Early years
Bailey was born ...
. She took the lead from the start and was never challenged, winning by six and a half lengths from Swap Fliparoo. The filly was then moved up in class for the
Grade II
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Demoiselle Stakes
The Demoiselle Stakes is a stakes race for thoroughbred horses open to two-year-old fillies who are willing to race the one and one-eighth miles on dirt. The Grade II event is run at Aqueduct Racetrack every November for a current purse of $250 ...
over nine furlongs at
Aqueduct Racetrack
Aqueduct Racetrack is a Thoroughbred horse racing facility and casino in the South Ozone Park, Queens, South Ozone Park and Jamaica, Queens, Jamaica neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, United States. Aqueduct is the only racetrack locate ...
in November. After showing some reluctance to enter the
starting gate
A starting gate also called a starting barrier or starting stalls is a machine used to ensure a fair start to in horse racing and dog racing.
History
Throughout the history of horse racing, there have been proposals as to how better to start ...
she set a "dawdling" for three-quarters of a mile before tiring to finish third behind Wonder Lady Anne L and Cinderella's Dream.
2006: three-year-old season
Wait A While began her championship season with two races at
Gulfstream Park
Gulfstream Park, owned by The Stronach Group, is a Thoroughbred race track, casino and outdoor entertainment and shopping destination in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Thoroughbred horse racing occurs year-round, defined by three distinct race meets ...
, in both of which she was ridden by Velazquez. On February 4, racing on a sloppy track she won the Grade II Davona Dale Stakes by fourteen lengths from Teammate with Wonder Lady Anne L in third. She had delayed the start of the race for several minutes as she refused to enter the gate. After the race Pletcher admitted that while he believed the filly was better suited by grass, he felt obliged to follow the Kentucky Oaks trail. In March she started favorite for the
Bonnie Miss Stakes
The Gulfstream Park Oaks is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for three year old fillies, over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the dirt held annually in March at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale Beach, Florida. The event currently ...
but after racing in second for most of the nine furlong distance she faded in the closing stages to finish third behind Teammate and Wonder Lady Anne L. She was then moved up to Grade I class for the
Ashland Stakes (a major trial for the
Kentucky Oaks
The Kentucky Oaks is a Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred Filly, fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The race currently covers at Churchill Downs; the horses carry . The Kentucky O ...
) at Keeneland on April 8. She was once again reluctant to enter the starting gate even after Velazquez dismounted, before finishing second, six and a half lengths behind the winner Bushfire.
Garrett Gomez
Garrett Keith Gomez (January 1, 1972 – December 14, 2016) was an American Thoroughbred jockey who won two Eclipse Awards and thirteen Breeders' Cup races during his career.
Racing career Early career
Gomez learned to ride by watching his fathe ...
, who became the filly's regular jockey, took over the ride when Wait A While (after completing a series of starting gate tests) contested the 132nd running of the Kentucky Oaks at
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...
on May 5 and started the 8.3/1 fourth choice in the betting behind
Balance
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Common meanings
* Balance (ability) in biomechanics
* Balance (accounting)
* Balance or weighing scale
* Balance as in equality or equilibrium
Arts and entertainment Film
* ''Balance'' (1983 film), a Bulgaria ...
, Bushfire and Wonder Lady Anne L. She finished fourth of the fourteen runners behind the 47/1 outsider
Lemons Forever
Lemons Forever (foaled May 24, 2003 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Grade 1 132nd Kentucky Oaks horse race on May 5, 2006. Her win was the biggest upset in the history of the Oaks.
The Kentucky Oaks ...
, Ermine and Bushfire, but was promoted to third after Bushfire was disqualified for causing interference in the closing stages.
Wait A While was dropped in class for the Grade III Sands Point Stakes over nine furlongs at Belmont on June 3 and started the 0.5/1 favorite against three opponents. The race was run on a sloppy dirt track having been transferred from the waterlogged turf course. She led from the start before going clear approaching the straight and won by four and a half lengths from Diamond Spirit. Wait A While returned to Grade I class for the American Oaks on turf at
Hollywood Park Racetrack
Hollywood Park was a thoroughbred race course located in Inglewood, California, about 3 miles (5 km) from Los Angeles International Airport and adjacent to the Forum indoor arena. In 1994, the original Hollywood Park Casino was added to the ...
on July 2 and started 2.9/1 third favorite behind the Japanese filly Asahi Rising (third in the
Yushun Himba
The , also known as the is a Japanese Grade 1 flat horse race for three-year-old thoroughbred fillies run over a distance of 2,400 metres (approximately 1 mile 4 furlongs) at the Tokyo Racecourse, Fuchū, Tokyo in May.
History
It was first run ...
) and the
Honeymoon Handicap
The Honeymoon Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf course scheduled annually in late May or early June at Santa Anita Park. The event currently ca ...
winner Attima. After racing in fourth place she survived a bump a quarter of a mile from the finish before taking the lead and drawing clear to win by four and a half lengths from Asahi Rising with the Canadian filly Arravale in third. After the race her owner's racing manager Cody Richardson said that the filly would probably stick to turf racing in the immediate future observing "she's obviously a very competitive filly on the dirt as well, but after a performance like this against this caliber of fillies, you'd have to think she'd be here for a while". In the Grade II Lake Placid Stakes on turf at Saratoga on August 18 she started 1.05/1 favorite against four opponents and won for the third time in a row, beating the French-bred
Regret Stakes
The Regret Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighth miles (9 furlongs) on the Turf scheduled annually in mid-June near the end of the Spring Meet at Churchill Downs i ...
winner Lady of Venice by four and three quarter lengths. Pletcher described her win as "a dominant performance", and added "She is one of those special fillies that can do a little bit of everything. She's actually competitive on dirt, but this is her true calling: on the turf." Gomez commented; "this is a beautiful filly. When I asked her, she just exploded for me".
On September 30, Wait A While was matched against older fillies and mares for the first time in the Grade I Yellow Ribbon Stakes over ten furlongs at
Santa Anita Park
Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent horse racing events in the United States during early fall, winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races ...
and started the 0.7/1 favorite against seven opponents including Three Degrees (
Honeymoon Handicap
The Honeymoon Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old fillies over a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf course scheduled annually in late May or early June at Santa Anita Park. The event currently ca ...
), Moscow Burning (
Sheepshead Bay Stakes) and Dancing Edie (
John C. Mabee Handicap). She tracked the leader Dancing Edie, before taking the lead approaching the stretch and going clear to win by four and a half lengths. Dancing Edie took second place by a neck from Three Degrees. Gomez commented "all I can say is that everything she's done has been impressive...I'm really glad Todd decided to put her on the grass." Wait A While ended her second season by contesting the eighth running of the
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf
The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Champion ...
run that year at Churchill Downs. She started 2.3/1 second favorite behind the British mare
Ouija Board
The ouija ( , ), also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the Latin alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along with various symbols and grap ...
who had won the race in 2004. Wait A While raced in fifth place before moving up to third on the final turn but could make no further progress and finished fourth behind Ouija Board, Film Maker and Honey Ryder, being the first three-year-old to finish.
2007: four-year-old season
As in the previous year, Wait A While began her third season at Gulfstream. John Velazquez took the ride in the Grade III Honey Fox Stakes in which the filly started 0.4/1 favorite and won by one and a quarter lengths from Precious Kitten after leading from the start. Velazquez said "she was awesome. I gave her one spank and she took off." She was reunited with Gomez and started favorite for the Grade III
Jenny Wiley Stakes
The Jenny Wiley Stakes is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and Mares, age four and older over a distance of one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course, Lexington, Kentucky d ...
at Keeneland in April but finished fifth of the six runners behind
My Typhoon
{{Infobox racehorse
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, image =
, caption =
, sire = Giant's Causeway
, grandsire = Storm Cat
, dam = Urban Sea
, damsire = Miswaki
, sex = Mare
, foaled = 2002
, country = Ireland
, colour = Chestnut
, bre ...
(to whom she was conceding four pounds), almost seven lengths behind the winner. Wait A While started favorite again for the
Just A Game Handicap at Belmont on June 9, but again proved no match for My Typhoon (at level weights), beaten three and three quarter lengths into second place. The filly was sent to contest the
CashCall Mile Invitational Stakes
The Royal Heroine Stakes is a Grade II American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are four years old or older, over a distance of one mile on the turf held annually in April at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California. The event cu ...
but was scratched from the race after developing a fever.
Wait A While met My Typhoon for the third time in the Grade II Ballston Spa Handicap at Saratoga on August 23 and started 3/1 second favorite behind her rival, from whom she was receiving one pound. The filly recovered from a bump at the start to settle in fifth place before taking the lead on the outside entering the stretch and winning by two and a quarter lengths from Vacare, with My Typhoon in sixth. After the race Pletcher said "people may have lost some respect for her... things haven’t gone exactly right with her... she showed today that she is as good as she has ever been."
Wait A While started odds-on favorite for the Grade I
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes
The Flower Bowl Stakes is a Grade II American thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares aged four years old and older over a distance of miles on the turf held annually in early September at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. ...
at Belmont on September 29, but, after racing in second place on the outside for most of the way she faded in the stretch and finished third, beaten three quarters of a length and half a length by
Lahudood and Rosinka. Plans to race the filly in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf were abandoned after she sustained a knee injury. On her final appearance of the season, Wait A While started 6/5 favorite for the
Matriarch Stakes :'' This article is about an American horse race. For the Australian horse race, see Matriarch Stakes (Australia).''
The Matriarch Stakes is a Graded stakes race, Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares that are of age thre ...
at Hollywood Park on 25 November and finished second to Precious Kitten, with Lady of Venice and Live Life in third and fourth.
2008: five-year-old season
On January 14, 2008 at Santa Anita, Wait A While contested the Grade II San Gorgonio Handicap a race which had been postponed for a week as the racecourse struggled with drainage problems caused by the newly installed
Cushion Track The track surface of a horse racing track refers to the material of which the track is made. There are three types of track surfaces used in modern horse racing. These are:
* Turf, the most common track surface in Europe
*Dirt, the most common trac ...
. Starting the odds-on favorite against four opponents, she raced in third place before taking the lead a quarter of a mile from the finish and winning by one and a half lengths from Lavender Sky. Commenting on the mare's relatively unimpressive performance, Gomez said "She was looking around, and I couldn’t get her focused on her task
utwhen I found a spot, she did what she was supposed to do". Wait A While then sustained a
stress fracture
A stress fracture is a fatigue-induced bone fracture caused by repeated stress over time. Instead of resulting from a single severe impact, stress fractures are the result of accumulated injury from repeated submaximal loading, such as running or ...
to her left
tibia
The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...
and was off the course for more than six months.
Wait A While returned for the Grade I
Diana Stakes
The Diana Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race. Named for the mythological goddess Diana, the race is run each year at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York. Inaugurated in 1939, it is open to fillies and mares age three and ...
at Saratoga on 26 July. Ridden for the first and only time by
Rafael Bejarano
Rafael Bejarano (born June 23, 1982 in Arequipa, Peru) is a champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He trained at the Peruvian national riding school before embarking on his professional career in 1999. Having met with success, inclu ...
she was made the 3.05/1 favorite but finished seventh of the ten runners almost six lengths behind the winner
Forever Together
"Forever Together" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released in September 1991 as the second single from his album ''High Lonesome (Randy Travis album), High Lonesome''. It peaked at number ...
. On August 21, the mare attempted to repeat her 2007 success in the Ballston Spa Handicap and started the 0.85/1 favorite against four opponents. With John Velazquez reclaiming the ride, Wait A While tracked the leader Sharp Susan before taking the lead entering the stretch and held off the challenge of Carriage Trail to win by a length. Pletcher expressed the view that the firmer ground had been the key to the mare's improved performance and added "She's a special filly... she's won some tremendous races. This is her fourth year at Saratoga, so when you have one that long, it gets a little extra special".
On 27 September, Wait A While attempted to become the first horse to win the Yellow Ribbon Stakes for a second time. Ridden by Velaquez she started favorite ahead of the New Zealand-bred Black Mamba (winner of the John C. Mabee Handicap) and Vacare. After racing in third place on the outside, the mare took the lead entering the stretch, accelerated into a clear lead, and held off a challenge from Vacare to win by three-quarters of a length, with Black Mamba a length away in third. Velazquez reported that the mare "got a little bit aggressive with me when we started down the backside, but she does everything easy and I was able to bide my time. When we made the lead turning for home I thought she was going to just open up, but instead she waited on those horses. When Vacare came to her outside, though, she dug in and got it done."
Wait A While ended her career by contesting the tenth running of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf run at Santa Anita on October 24 and started 4/1 second favorite behind the three-year-old Irish filly
Halfway to Heaven. After racing in third place she moved forward on the outside on the final turn and briefly took the lead inside the final furlong but was overtaken in the final strides and finished third behind Forever Together and the Canadian outsider Sealy Hill. Following the race, Wait A While was disqualified from third place after testing positive for
procaine
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, a
local anaesthetic
A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of pain sensation. In the context of surgery, a local anesthetic creates an absence of pain in a specific location of the body without a loss of consciousness, as opposed to a general an ...
component of "procaine penicillin G" an antibiotic preparation which was administered to the mare to treat a fever she contracted after winning the Yellow Ribbon. Pletcher insisted that the drug had last been administered to the mare eighteen days before the Filly & Mare Turf after he had been assured that it would be clear of her system in fourteen days.
Assessment and awards
In the
Eclipse Awards
The Eclipse Award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th-century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse.
An Eclipse Award Trophy is presented to the winner in each division that is made by a few small selected American ...
for 2006, Wait A While was named
American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly The American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor awarded annually to a female horse in Thoroughbred flat racing. It became part of the Eclipse Awards program in 1971.
The award originated in 1936 when both ...
. She received 138 votes with 108 going to the
Alabama Stakes
The Alabama Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies. Inaugurated in 1872, the Grade I race is run over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the dirt track at Saratoga Race Course. Held in mid August, it cu ...
winner Pine Island and 21 to other contenders. She finished third to Ouija Board in the voting for
American Champion Female Turf Horse The American Champion Female Turf Horse award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor. It is part of the Eclipse Awards program and is awarded annually to a female horse (filly or mare) for her performance on grass race courses.
Until 1978 t ...
Breeding record
* Zaikov, grey colt, foaled in 2010, sired by
Distorted Humor
Distorted Humor (foaled March 19, 1993 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and a successful sire.
Bloodline
Distorted Humor's sire is Forty Niner, 1987's Eclipse Award winning Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse by the champio ...
, unbeaten in two races
* Wait No More, grey filly, 2011, by
Medaglia d'Oro
The Gold Medal of Military Valour ( it, Medaglia d'oro al valor militare) is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia for deeds of outstanding gallantry in war by junior officers and soldiers.
The fac ...
, won two races (active in 2014)
* Partiro, colt, 2013, by
Smart Strike
Smart Strike (foaled May 21, 1992 in Ontario – died March 25, 2015) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse. The son of the Champion sire, Mr. Prospector, and out of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame mare Classy 'n Smart, Smart Strike is a ...
Pedigree
References
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Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in the United States
Thoroughbred family 9-f