- Circular Quay (horse)
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Circular Quay Sire Thunder Gulch Grandsire Gulch Dam Circle of Life Damsire Belong to Me Sex Colt Foaled 2004 Country United States Colour Chestnut Breeder Doreen Tabor Owner Michael Tabor Trainer Todd Pletcher Record 10: 4-2-0 (to date) Earnings $1,117,434 (to date) Major wins Bashford Manor Stakes (2006)
Hopeful Stakes (2006)
Louisiana Derby (2007)
New Orleans Handicap (2008)Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on December 5, 2007 Circular Quay (foaled February 26, 2004 in Kentucky) is a thoroughbred racehorse who was a 2007 Kentucky Derby contender. The son of 1995 Belmont Stakes and Kentucky Derby winner Thunder Gulch is owned by Michael Tabor and trained by Todd Pletcher.
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Race career
Circular Quay won his maiden at Churchill Downs in June 2006, and after his subsequent victories in the Bashford Manor Stakes and the Hopeful Stakes, he found himself on top of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Division poll. Then came the October 7 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity, a race in which he was the heavy 2-5 favorite. With jockey Garrett Gomez in the saddle, the colt finished second, 1 3/4 lengths behind the winner Great Hunter. In the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on November 5, he finished second behind Street Sense, who won the race by 10 lengths[1].
In his first race as a 3-year-old in the Grade III Risen Star Stakes on February 10, 2007 at Fair Grounds Race Course he finished fifth after he faced traffic trouble and moved to avoid a fallen horse and rider when the horse in front of him Slew's Tizzy, clipped heels with Makeithapencaptain and lost jockey James Graham[2].
The colt won the March 10 Louisiana Derby[3] as his final prep for The May 5 Kentucky Derby, where he was one of five Pletcher entries and finished sixth after the eight week layoff between races. Two weeks later, he was one of two entries for Pletcher in the 2007 Preakness Stakes[4] where he finished fifth in the field of nine.
After skipping the Belmont Stakes, he was made his first start on grass—and final start as a 3-year-old—and was the favorite in the Grade II Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs where he was not a factor and finished sixth[5].
2008 racing season
He made his 2008 debut on March 8 in the New Orleans Handicap with and impressive win.
Offspring
The first reported foal for Circular Quay was a filly out of Destiny's Yield (by High Yield) born on January 15, 2010 at Destiny Oaks Farms in Ocala, Florida.[6] He currently stands at the Journeyman Stud in Ocala, Florida for a fee of $6,500.[7]
Races
Finish Race Distance Track Date 1st New Orleans Handicap One and One-Eighth miles Fair Grounds Race Course March 8, 2008 6th Virginia Derby One and One-Quarter Miles (Turf) Colonial Downs July 21, 2007 5th Preakness Stakes One and Three-Sixteenths Miles Pimlico Race Course May 19, 2007 6th Kentucky Derby One and One-Quarter Miles Churchill Downs May 5, 2007 1st Louisiana Derby One and One-Sixteenth Miles Fair Grounds Race Course March 10, 2007 5th Risen Star Stakes One and One-Sixteenth Miles Fair Grounds Race Course February 10, 2007 2nd Breeders' Cup Juvenile One and One-Sixteenth Miles Churchill Downs November 4, 2006 2nd Breeders' Futurity Stakes One and One-Sixteenth Miles Keeneland Race Course October 7, 2006 1st Hopeful Stakes Seven Furlongs Saratoga Race Course September 4, 2006 1st Bashford Manor Stakes Six Furlongs Churchill Downs July 8, 2006 1st Maiden Special Weight Five and One-Half Furlongs Churchill Downs June 15, 2006 Pedigree
Pedigree of Circular Quay Sire
Thunder GulchGulch Mr. Prospector Raise a Native Gold Digger Jameela Rambunctious Asbury Mary Line of Thunder Storm Bird Northern Dancer South Ocean Shoot a Line High Line Death Ray Dam
Circle of LifeBelong to Me Danzig Northern Dancer Pas de Nom Belonging Exclusive Native Straight Deal Concentric Shadeed Nijinsky Continual Magic Circle Alydar Golden Circlet Name
Circular Quay (pronounced "Key") is a locality of Sydney, Australia[8]. It is the site of the first European settlement in Australia and is now a major transport hub for the city's central business district within several hundred metres of the Sydney Opera House.
References
- ^ Street Sense wins Juvenile by record 10 - NTRA
- ^ Notional gets lucky trip in Risen Star - NTRA
- ^ Circular Quay takes orbit - NTRA
- ^ Circular Quay confirmed for Preakness start - Thoroughbred Times
- ^ Red Giant casts Pletcher's shadow in Va. Derby - NTRA
- ^ Notable 2010 Foals | Thoroughbred Times
- ^ "Circular Quay". Stallion Register Online. http://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/sr_sire_page.asp?refno=7118187&origin=singlesearch. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
- ^ Circular Quay - NTRA
Categories:- 2004 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- American racehorses
- Racehorses bred in Kentucky
- Northern Dancer bloodline
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