Seeking The Gold
| Seeking The Gold | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mr. Prospector |
| Grandsire | Raise a Native |
| Dam | Con Game |
| Damsire | Buckpasser |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1985 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Ogden Phipps |
| Owner | Ogden Phipps |
| Trainer | Shug McGaughey |
| Record | 15: 8-6-0 |
| Earnings | $2,307,000 |
| Major wins | |
| Super Derby (1988) Peter Pan Stakes (1988) Dwyer Stakes (1988) Swale Stakes (1988) |
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| Horse (Equus ferus caballus) | |
| Last updated on August 10, 2007 | |
Seeking The Gold (foaled 1985 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by the leading stud, Mr. Prospector, who in turn was a son of Raise a Native, out of the mare, Con Game.
He was raced at 2, 3, and 4, and never placed worse than second in 15 starts earning over $2 million lifetime.
Winning the Super Derby, the Peter Pan Stakes, the Dwyer Stakes, and the Swale Stakes, he placed second by a nose to Forty Niner in the 1988 Haskell Invitational Handicap, and second to Alysheba in the 1988 Breeder's Cup Classic.
[edit] As a sire
Seeking The Gold currently is standing at stud at Claiborne Farm for a fee of $125,000 (live foal). Very successful, as at 07/28/08, Seeking The Gold has sired eighty-five Stakes winners of which eighteen are Grade I winners. Some of his notable progeny includes:
- Heavenly Prize (b.1991) - won eight Grade I races, 1994 American Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly
- Flanders (b. 1992) - won Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, 1994 American Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly
- Seeking the Pearl (b.1994) - first Japan-based horse to win a Group 1 race in Europe, career earnings of $4,021,716
- Meiner Love (b.1995) - Japanese multi-millionaire
- Dubai Millennium (b. 1996) - won four Group One races, career earnings of $4,470,404
- Gold Tiara (b. 1996) - raced in Japan, career earnings of $3,548,991
- Cash Run (b. 1997) - won the 1997 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies
- Catch the Ring (b. 1997) - Canadian Champion 3-Yr-Old Filly
- Dream Supreme (b. 1997) - won 2001 Breeders' Cup Distaff
- Pleasant Home (b.2001) - won 2005 Breeders' Cup Distaff
- Wanderin Boy (b.2001)(deceased) - multiple stakes winner including G1 Pimlico Special
- Bob and John (b.2003) - won 2006 Wood Memorial Stakes
- Jazil (b.2003) - won 2006 Belmont Stakes
