Speech (horse)
Speech | |
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Sire | Mr. Speaker |
Grandsire | Pulpit |
Dam | Scribbling Sarah |
Damsire | Frued |
Sex | Filly |
Foaled | February 12th, 2017 |
Country | USA |
Breeder | Gail Rice |
Owner | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Madaket Stables LLC |
Trainer | Michael W. McCarthy |
Jockey | Javier Castellano |
Record | 7:3-3-1 |
Earnings | $378,240 |
Major wins | |
Ashland Stakes (2020) | |
Last updated on July 29th, 2020 |
Speech (foaled February 12th, 2017) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Ashland Stakes.[1]
Career
Speech's first race was on November 15th, 2019, at Del Mar, where she came in third. Speech picked up her first win in her second race on December 14th, 2019, at Los Alamitos.[1]
She competed in her first stakes race on March 8th, 2020, at the Grade-3 Santa Ysabel Stakes and came in 2nd place, behind Donna Veloce. This was Speech's first two-turn race.[2]
Speech's next race was on May 2nd, 2020, at Oaklawn Park, where she picked up a win in an Allowance Optional Claiming race.
On June 6th, 2020, Speech competed in the Grade-2 Santa Anita Oaks. She finished four lengths behind the victor, Swiss Skydiver, but finished over seven lengths ahead of Merneith. The result gave Speech 40 qualification points towards the 2020 Kentucky Oaks.[3]
Speech was supposed to compete in the 2020 Beaumont Stakes, but was pulled out for the 2020 Ashland Stakes. This decision worked out as spectacularly as Speech picked up the biggest win of her career on July 11th, 2020, when she captured the Grade-1 Ashland Stakes. She came into the race with 4:1 odds as the third favorited horse and won by 3 lengths in an upset.[4] This victory qualified her for the 2020 Kentucky Oaks.
Pedigree
Sire Mr. Speaker (USA) b. 2011 |
Pulpit (USA) b. 1994 |
A.P. Indy | Seattle Slew |
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Weekend Surprise | |||
Preach | Mr. Prospector | ||
Narrate | |||
Salute (USA) b. 2002 |
Unbridled | Fappiano | |
Gana Facil | |||
Personal Ensign | Private Account | ||
Grecian Banner | |||
Dam Scirbbling Sarah (USA) b. 2010 |
Freud (USA) b. 1998 |
Storm Cat | Storm Bird |
Terlingua | |||
Mariah's Storm | Rahy | ||
Immense | |||
Plinking (USA) b. 2000 |
Talkin Man | With Approval | |
Pookette | |||
Holy Wish | Lord at War | ||
Holy Moly |
References
- ^ a b "Speech". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Donna Veloce Cruises In Santa Ysabel". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Swiss Skydiver Goes Gate To Wire In Grade II, $200,000 Santa Anita Oaks". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Speech springs upset in Ashland Stakes at Keeneland, qualifies for Kentucky Oaks". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Speech". Retrieved 9 January 2020.