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Meanwhile, Arrogate swept to the lead and drew off to win by nearly five lengths over longshot Shaman Ghost. [23] [24] The timing of the race proved controversial. [25] The original time, measured by Trakus based on transmitters in the horses' saddle cloths, was 1:47.61. However, clocking experts hand-timed the race faster, at around 1:46.9.
For example, at the 2007 Fall Yearling sale at Keeneland, 3,799 young horses sold for a total of $385,018,600, for an average of $101,347 per horse. [2] However, that average sales price reflected a variation that included at least 19 horses that sold for only $1,000 each and 34 that sold for over $1,000,000 apiece.
Havre de Grace (May 12, 2007 – April 30, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was bred in Kentucky and was 2011 American Horse of the Year. [2] During her racing career, she was owned by Fox Hill Farms and trained by J. Larry Jones. Her sire was the 2005 American Horse of the Year, Saint Liam. Her dam was the mare Easter Bunnette ...
Gun Runner is a chestnut stallion with a small white star and one white sock bred in Kentucky by Benjamin Leon Jr.'s Besilu Stables. [3] His sire is Candy Ride, an Argentinian-bred horse who was undefeated in a six race career that included four Grade I wins in Argentina and the United States.
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The colt held off a late challenge from Seattle Song to win by three-quarters of a length. That success took his prize money for the season to £384,114. At the time, this was the fourth-highest single-season total for any horse trained in Britain or Ireland, behind Troy (£408,424 in 1979), Tolomeo (£400,000 in 1983) and Shergar (£386,410 in ...
Curlin was established as the morning-line favorite by Churchill Downs official handicapper Mike Battaglia at 7–2 in spite of the fact that no horse had won the Derby with only three prior starts since 1915 , and no horse had won with no two-year-old preps since 1882. [14] He was the second betting choice when the race went off.
In 2000 McPeek bought a standout horse, Take Charge Lady, for $175,000. Despite her modest pedigree, she won over $2.4 million during her career and became a Blue Hen mare, producing champions like Take Charge Brandi and Omaha Beach. [2] In 2005, McPeek temporarily stepped away from training to focus more on bloodstock work.