Well Armed (foaled April 4, 2003 in

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who won the 2009

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Background

Well Armed was sired by

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out of the stakes-winning

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Well-Dressed, which places

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on the top and bottom of his pedigree. Bred and owned by

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, he was trained by

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Racing career

Well Armed raced in

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but was laid up with a fractured pelvis after finishing eleventh in the 2006

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.Rags to Riches to resume training - Well Armed earns shot in Native Diver
''ESPN'', November 13, 2007 He did not race again until the fall of 2007 when he finished fourth in his American debut in an allowance race at

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. His most important win to date came on March 28, 2009, at

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when he won the

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$6 Million Dollar

by a record 14 lengths over Gloria De Campeao. Well Armed has been ridden in all of his starts in the

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. In the San Diego Handicap at Del Mar on August 2, 2009, Well Armed made his first appearance since the Dubai World Cup in March. Informed ran down a loose-on-the-lead Mast Track in the final strides to win by a nose in the Grade 2, $250,000 race. Well Armed finished last and was found to have a small chip in his left front ankle. Surgery was performed, and he was sent to the Alamo Pintado Clinic near Solvang, California, where the chip was discovered. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2009/August/07/Well-Armed-out-with-ankle-chip.aspx Well Armed is behind the current earnings of John Henry and Lava Man and may be the second gelding to surpass the $6 million zone.

References

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