Ashado
| Ashado | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Saint Ballado |
| Grandsire | Halo |
| Dam | Goulash |
| Damsire | Mari's Book |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 2001 |
| Country | United States |
| Color | Dark Bay |
| Breeder | Aaron & Marie Jones |
| Owner | Starlight Racing |
| Trainer | Todd Pletcher |
| Record | 21: 12-4-3 |
| Earnings | $3,931,440 |
| Major wins | |
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Schuylerville Stakes (2003) Spinaway Stakes (2003) Demoiselle Stakes (2003) Cotillion Handicap (2004) Fair Grounds Oaks (2004) Kentucky Oaks (2004) Coaching Club American Oaks (2004) Ogden Phipps Handicap (2005) Go For Wand Handicap (2005) Beldame Stakes (2005) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Distaff (2004) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old filly (2004) U.S. Champion Older Female Horse (2005) |
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| Honours | |
| United States Racing Hall of Fame (2014) | |
| Last updated on May 3, 2014 | |
Ashado (foaled February 4, 2001 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racemare whose seven Grade I wins included the 2004 Breeders' Cup Distaff. She won Eclipse Awards as the Champion Three-Year-Old Filly of 2004 and Champion Older Female of 2005, and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2014. At the end of the 2005 racing season, her owners sold her at the Keeneland Sales November auction for $9 million, a world-record price for a broodmare/broodmare prospect.
Ashado was bred by Aaron & Marie Jones in Kentucky. She was by Saint Ballado and out of Goulash, by Mari's Book. Goulash was a stakes winning Florida-bred mare who later produced two stakes-winning full brothers to Ashado, Sun River and Saint Stephen. Saint Ballado was a full brother to champion two-year-old colt Devil's Bag. Though less successful than his brother on the racetrack, Saint Ballado proved the superior sire. His other leading offspring included Saint Liam, the 2005 Horse of the Year.
Ashado was sold at the September 2002 Keeneland yearling sale to a partnership that included Jack and Laurie Wolf's Starlight Racing, John Martin and Paul Saylor. She was trained by Todd Pletcher.
Ashado won in her first start on June 18, 2003 at Belmont Park by seven lengths over a sloppy track. For her next start, she was entered in the Schuylerville Stakes on July 23 at Saratoga and won by three lengths. On August 29, she stepped up in class to the Grade I Spinaway Stakes at Saratoga, where she was the third betting choice in a field of six. She raced off the pace for the first part of the race, then pulled away in the stretch to win by 1 1⁄2 lengths. "My biggest concern was that this filly is so lazy in the mornings that I didn't do enough with her," said Pletcher. "She had three works and they were all slow since the Schuylerville. Fortunately, she is one of those horses that know the difference between the morning and the afternoon."
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