- Half Ours
Half Ours is a
thoroughbred race horse . Bred by Brilliant Stables and bornKentucky on March 27, 2003, he was a contender for the Triple Crown in 2006. A striking grey roan like his sire, he is a son of Unbridled's Song out of the winning mare Zing byStorm Cat . Zing is a half sister to stakes winner Yankee Gentleman. Grade 1 winner Key Phrase is the second dam of Half Ours.After a workout on June 21, 2007 at Belmont Park, Half Ours suffered a fracture to a hind cannon bone and had surgery to insert two screws in the leg. His future is still undecided.
Secretariat,
Northern Dancer ,Bold Ruler ,Dr. Fager , Graustark andMr. Prospector shine in his pedigree.Connections
Half Ours, originally owned by Aaron and Marie Jones in partnership with Barry K. Schwartz, was sold in November 2006 for a record 6.1 million dollars at Keeneland November breeding stock sale. In a dissolution of the partnership, Aaron Jones outbid Schwartz for the colt.
Laid off for nineteen months due a fractured ankle incurred in the Three Chimney's Juvenile, Half Ours returned to the races in December 2006.
Trained by
Todd Pletcher , in his seven lifetime starts Half Ours has been ridden byJohn Velazquez .Races
* 7th,
Metropolitan Handicap - G1, May 28, 2007
* 2nd, The Alysheba Stakes - G3, May 4, 2007
* 1st,Richter Scale Breeders' Cup Sprint Championship Handicap - G2, March 3, 2007
* 1st, Optional Claiming,Gulfstream Park , February 4, 2007
* 1st, Optional Claiming,Aqueduct Race Track , December 14, 2006
* 1st, Three Chimneys Juvenile,Churchill Downs , May 7, 2005, by over four lengths.
* 1st, Maiden,Keeneland , April 17, 2005.References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/half+ours Half Ours pedigree and photo]
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