A Bit O'Gold

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = A Bit O'Gold


caption =
sire = Gold Fever
grandsire = Forty Niner
dam = Annasan
damsire = Corporate Report
sex = Gelding
foaled = 2001
country = Canada flagicon|Canada
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Beclawat Stable
owner = The Two Bit Racing Stable
trainer = Catherine Day Phillips
record = 18: 10-3-2
earnings = $1,888,155
race = Coronation Futurity (2003)
Plate Trial Stakes (2004)
Ontario Derby (2004)
Dominion Day Handicap (2005)
Chinese Cultural Centre Stakes (2005)
Sky Classic Handicap (2005)

Canadian Classic Race wins:
Prince of Wales Stakes (2004)
Breeders' Stakes (2004)
awards= Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse (2004)
Canadian Champion Older Male Horse (2005)
Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse (2005)
Canadian Horse of the Year (2005)
honours =
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A Bit O'Gold (foaled 2001 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.

Out of the mare, Annasan, A Bit O'Gold was sired by Grade I winner Gold Fever, a son of the 1987 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt, Forty Niner.

Equally effective racing on both dirt and grass, A Bit O'Gold began racing at age two in 2003 for owner/trainer Catherine Day Phillips. He won his first three starts, including the important Coronation Futurity Stakes in early November. At age three, the gelding won two of the three races comprising the Canadian Triple Crown series. After winning the Plate Trial, A Bit O'Gold finished second in the Queen's Plate, then won the Prince of Wales Stakes and on turf, the third leg iof the Triple Crown, the Breeders' Stakes. A Bit O'Gold's 2004 performances earned him the Sovereign Award for Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse.

At age four, A Bit O'Gold won important Canadian races on dirt and on grass that resulted in three Sovereign Awards, including for Canadian Horse of the Year.

In May of 2006, A Bit O'Gold was retired to Kingfield Farms in Maple, Ontario.

References

* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/a+bit+ogold A Bit O'Gold's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.jockeyclubcanada.com/PDF/2005-Sovereign-Award-Winners.pdf The Jockey Club of Canada 2005 Sovereign Awards]
* [http://news.bloodhorse.com/article/31436.htm?id=31436 Bloodhorse.com article titled "A Bit O'Gold Named Canadian Horse of Year"]