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Winter Memories
Winter Memories
(2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies)
SireEl Prado
DamMemories Of Silver
DamsireSilver Hawk
SexFilly
FoaledApril 24, 2008
DiedMay 16, 2023[1]
CountryUnited States
ColourGray or Roan[2]
BreederPhillips Racing Partnership
OwnerPhillips Racing Partnership
TrainerJames J. Toner
Record12: 8-1-0
EarningsUS$ 1,268,100
Major wins
Miss Grillo Stakes (2010)
Appalachian Stakes (2011)
Sands Point Stakes (2011)
Lake George Stakes (2011)
Garden City Handicap (2011)
Beaugay Stakes (2012)
Diana Handicap (2012)
Honours
Winter Memories Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack[1]
Last updated on October 17, 2023
Winter Memories racing in the 2012 Just A Game Stakes at Belmont Park.

Winter Memories (April 24, 2008 – May 16, 2023) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old, she won the Miss Grillo Stakes and finished second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Next year, she returned with the win in the Appalachian Stakes, the Sands Point Stakes, the Lake George Stakes, and the Garden City Stakes. As a four-year-old, she won the Beaugay Stakes and the Diana Stakes.

Owned and breed by Phillips Racing Partnership, she was trained by James J. Toner. Winter Memories has been ridden by Jose Lezcano until she lost in the Lake Placid Stakes when he was replaced with Javier Castellano.

Winter Memories was sired by El Prado, who also sired Paddy O'Prado. She is out of Silver Hawk mare Memories Of Silver.

Racing career

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2010 season

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On September 3, 2010, Winter Memories won her first start and defeated nine other opponents. She broke her maiden in a Maiden Special Weight going 1 1/16 miles at Saratoga. She was ridden by Jose Lezcano, carried 119 lbs and won by 1 1/2 lengths.

On October 3, 2010, Winter Memories won the 1 1/16 miles Miss Grillo Stakes by 5 lengths at Belmont Park.

On November 5, 2010, Winter Memories finished 2nd in Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf as a favorite to More Than Real.

2011 season

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On April 21, 2011, Winter Memories won the 1 1/16 miles Grade 3 Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland. She was ridden by Jose Lezcano and won by a neck carrying 123 lbs.[3]

On May 30, 2011, Winter Memories traveled back to Belmont Park where she won the Sands Point Stakes.[4]

Winter Memories went on to win the Grade 2 Lake George Stakes on the July 27, 2011. She broke slow and was last in the six horse field. She had been stopped, but than she went to the outside and won by 4 1/2 lengths.[citation needed]

Winter Memories won her first grade 1 in the Garden City Stakes at Belmont Park. Like her other races, she made a late charge, but she had to overcome major traffic issues to win in a time of 1:51.06. Her late charge was so strong that racetrack announcer Tom Durkin called her a "grey bullet".

2012 season

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Winter Memories began her four-year-old campaign with a win in the Beaugay Stakes at Belmont Park in May but then disappointed in the Just A Game Stakes behind Tapitsfly. On July 28, 2012 Winter Memories took her second grade I in the Diana Stakes accelerating at the final bend for a length and half victory. The win saw her emulate her dam Memories of Silver, who won the race in 1998. After the race, her owner John Phillips described her as "a very, very good horse". During the home stretch of the Diana Stakes, however, Winter Memories jolted to the right and appeared to be injured. This spurred on extensive veterinary examinations in the days after the race. It was discovered that Winter Memories had been suffering form a degenerative bone disease for quite some time. On August 9, 2012, owner Phillips Racing Partnership and trainer James J. Toner announced her retirement from racing.[5]

Broodmare career

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As a dam Winter Memories produced Winter Sunset, a filly who won black-type and listed stakes races at Fair Grounds Race Track and Horseshoe Indianapolis and placed in three Grade III races as a three-year-old,[6] and Seasons, who placed in four stakes races in his career.[7] Both horses were sired by three-time leading sire Tapit.[1] Her last foal is a filly by Mendelssohn born in 2022.[1]

Death

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In October 2023, Darby Dan Farm owner John Phillips confirmed that Winter Memories was euthanized earlier that year–on May 16–due to issues with her hind suspensory ligaments that made it difficult for her to stand.[1]

Career statistics

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Finish Jockey Race 1st 2nd 3rd Time
1st Javier Castellano Diana Handicap - GI Winter Memories Dream Peace Zagora 1:48.50
1st Eddie Castro Beaugay Stakes - GIII Winter Memories Gitchee Goomie Principal Role 1:43.87
2nd Javier Castellano Just A Game Stakes - G1 Tapitsfly Winter Memories Hungry Island 1:32.34
4th Javier Castellano Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes - G1 Together Marketing Mix Nereid 1:48.83
1st Javier Castellano Garden City Handicap - G1 Winter Memories Theyskens’ Theory More Than Real 1:51.06
4th Jose Lezcano Lake Placid Stakes - G2 Hungry Island Kathmanblu Dynamic Holiday 1:53.77
1st Jose Lezcano Lake George Stakes - G2 Winter Memories Bellamy Star More Than Real 1:41:57
1st Jose Lezcano Sands Point Stakes - G2 Winter Memories Celestial Kitten Parting Words 1:42:61
1st Jose Lezcano Appalachian Stakes - G3 Winter Memories Dos Lunas Parting Words 1:37:27
2nd Jose Lezcano Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf - G1 More Than Real Winter Memories Kathmanblu 1:36:61
1st Jose Lezcano Miss Grillo Stakes - G3 Winter Memories Arch Support Fancy Point 1:45:69
1st Jose Lezcano Maiden Special Weight Winter Memories Town Flirt Hungry Island 1:42:58

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Winter Memories (USA), Grey/roan filly, 2008
Sire
El Prado
1989
Sadlers Wells
1981
Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Fairy Bridge Bold Reason
Special
Lady Capulet
1974
Sir Ivor Sir Gaylord
Attica
Cap And Bells Tom Fool
Ghazni
Dam
Memories Of Silver
1993
Silver Hawk
1979
Roberto Hail To Reason
Bramalea
Gris Vitesse Amerigo
Matchiche
All My Memories
1987
Little Current Sea Bird
Luiana
Java Man Graustark
Golden Trail

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e King, Byron (17 October 2023). "Winter Memories Euthanized in Spring at Age 15". The BloodHorse. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Winter Memories". Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  3. ^ "Appalachian Stakes". Equibase. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  4. ^ "Sands Point Stakes". Equibase. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  5. ^ "Winter Memories shows class". Espn.go.com. 2008-01-01. Retrieved 2012-07-29.
  6. ^ "Horse Profile for Winter Sunset". Equibase. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  7. ^ "Horse Profile for Seasons". Equibase. Retrieved 17 October 2023.