- Ashado
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Ashado
caption =
sire =Saint Ballado
grandsire = Halo
dam = Goulash
damsire = Mari's Book
sex =Filly
foaled = 2001
country =United States flagicon|USA
colour = Dark Bay
breeder = Aaron & Marie Jones
owner =Jonabell Farm
trainer =Todd Pletcher
record = 21:12-4-3
earnings = $3,931,440
race =Spinaway Stakes (2003)Demoiselle Stakes (2003)Schuylerville Stakes (2003)Cotillion Handicap (2004)Kentucky Oaks (2004)Breeders' Cup Distaff (2004)Coaching Club American Oaks (2004)Ogden Phipps Handicap (2005)Go For Wand Handicap (2005)Beldame Stakes (2005)
awards= U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old filly (2004)
U.S. Champion Older Female Horse (2005)
honours = Ashado Stakes atSaratoga Race Course
updated= January 22, 2008Ashado (born February 4, 2001) is American
Thoroughbred mare racehorse. Highly successful in racing, she is a two-timeEclipse Award winner. At the end of the 2005 racing season her owner group, which included trainerTodd Pletcher , Paul Saylor, Johns Martin, and Mr. & Mrs. Jack Wolf, sold her at theKeeneland November auction for $9 million, a world-record price for a broodmare/broodmare prospect. Ashado was retired to broodmare duty at her new owner'sJonabell Farm inLexington, Kentucky .Two-time champion Ashado, who sold for a world record $9 million, produced her first foal, a
Storm Cat colt, on March 18, 2007. She is owned by Sheikh Mohammed'sDarley Stables and produced the Kentucky-bred colt forDarley Stud Management.Ashado, by
Saint Ballado , established a world record price for a broodmare or broodmare prospect when bought for $9 million by John Ferguson Bloodstock for Sheikh Mohammed at the 2005Keeneland November breeding stock sale. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned as agent.Ashado's dam, Goulash (by Mari's Book), produced a half-brother to Ashado on March 21, 2007. The newborn colt is by
Storm Cat .References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/ashado Ashado's pedigree and stats]
* [http://www.bloodhorse.com/articleindex/article.asp?id=38615 "Bloodhorse" article on Ashado]
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