- A Rare Find in Kentucky: By a Breeders’ Cup-winning sire and out of a Breeders’ Cup winning mare.
- His Champion sire Speightstown won the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) and his dam Perfect Shirl was the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) in 2011.
- A Grade 1 winner when capturing the Maker’s Mark Mile S. (G1) in at Keeneland, earning a career-high 104 Beyer Speed Figure.
- Finished a close second behind Champion Modern Games (Ire) in the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) at Keeneland, finishing ahead of eight G1 winners.
- Finished second in the Woodbine Mile (G1) to Master of the Seas (Ire).
- Versatile in pedigree and form and accomplished on all three surfaces
- Earned Graded Black-type on dirt when third in the Salvator Mile (G3) at Monmouth Park, behind G1-winning multimillionaires Mind Control and Hot Rod Charlie.
- Winner of his stakes debut in the Marine S. (G3) over the all-weather at Woodbine as a 3-year-old, recording a 91 Beyer.
- An eight-length winner on debut over the turf at Woodbine.
- A durable horse who retires sound and ran each year for the past five years
ALAN PORTER ANALYSIS PEDIGREE CATALOG STYLE (PDF)
| SPEIGHTSTOWN (USA) ch. 1998 |
GONE WEST (USA) dkb/br. 1984 [IC] |
MR. PROSPECTOR (USA) b. 1970 [BC] |
RAISE A NATIVE (USA) | ||||
| GOLD DIGGER (USA) | |||||||
| SECRETTAME (USA) ch. 1978 |
SECRETARIAT (USA) | ||||||
| TAMERETT (USA) | |||||||
| SILKEN CAT (CAN) ch. 1993 |
STORM CAT (USA) dkb/br. 1983 |
STORM BIRD (CAN) | |||||
| TERLINGUA (USA) | |||||||
| SILKEN DOLL (USA) b. 1980 |
CHIEFTAIN (USA) | ||||||
| INSILCA (USA) | |||||||
| PERFECT SHIRL (USA) b. 2007 |
PERFECT SOUL (IRE) b. 1998 |
SADLERS WELLS (USA) b. 1981 [CS] |
NORTHERN DANCER (CAN) | ||||
| FAIRY BRIDGE (USA) | |||||||
| BALL CHAIRMAN (USA) ch. 1988 |
SECRETARIAT (USA) | ||||||
| A STATUS SYMBOL (USA) | |||||||
| LADY SHIRL (USA)* b. 1987 |
THATS A NICE (USA) ch. 1974 |
HEY GOOD LOOKIN (USA) | |||||
| OUR BONNIE S (USA) | |||||||
| CANONIZATION (USA) b. 1976 |
NATIVE HERITAGE (USA) | ||||||
| HEATHERGLOW (USA) | |||||||
Race Record
| Age | Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earned |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | $101,980 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | $907,092 |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $425,232 |
| 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $61,941 |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 3 | 2 | $1,497,245 |
Won at 3:
- Maiden special weight at Woodbine (7F, Turf, by 8 lengths, on debut)
- Marine S. at Woodbine (G3, 8.5F, All weather, by 2 ¾ lengths)
3rd at 3:
- Toronto Cup at Woodbine (8F, Turf, to Proven Strategies and Lucky Curlin)
Won at 5:
- Maker’s Mark Mile S. at Keeneland (G1, 8F, Turf, by a nose, defeating Masen, Smooth Like Strait, etc.)
- Tampa Bay S. at Tampa Bay Downs (G1, 8.5F, Turf, by 1 ½ lengths, defeating Get Smokin, Floriform, etc.)
- Allowance optional claimer at Tampa Bay Downs (8.5F, Turf, by 1 ¾ lengths, defeating Hidden Stash, Driftwood, etc.)
2nd at 5:
- Breeders’ Cup Mile at Keeneland(G1, 8F, Turf, to Modern Games, defeating Kinross, Ivar, etc.)
3rd at 5:
- Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park (G3, 8F, Dirt, to Mind Control and Hot Rod Charlie, defeating Phat Man and Mohaafeth)
2nd at 6:
- Woodbine Mile at Woodbine (G1, 8F, Turf, to Master of the Seas, defeating Lucky Score, War Bomber, etc.)
2nd at 7:
- Allowance optional claimer at Woodbine (8.5F, Turf, to Never Surprised, defeating Wicked Django, etc.)
