Better Talk Now
| Better Talk Now | |
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Better Talk Now in the paddock prior to the 2008 Manhattan Handicap
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| Sire | Talkin Man |
| Grandsire | With Approval |
| Dam | Bendita |
| Damsire | Baldski |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay |
| Breeder | Wimborne Farm, Inc. |
| Owner | Bushwood Racing Partners LLC |
| Trainer | H. Graham Motion |
| Record | 51: 14-8-5 |
| Earnings | $4,356,664 |
| Major wins | |
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Knickerbocker Handicap (2003) Breeders' Cup Turf (2004) |
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Knickerbocker Handicap (2003)
Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap (2004)
Fort Marcy Handicap (2005)
United Nations Handicap (2005)
Man o' War Stakes (2005)
Dixie Stakes (2006)
Sky Classic Stakes (2006)
Manhattan Handicap (2007)
Better Talk Now (foaled February 25, 1999 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Out of the mare Bendita, his damsire Baldski is a son of English Triple Crown Champion Nijinsky. Better Talk Now's sire was Talkin Man, the 1994 Canadian Champion Two-Year-Old Colt who in turn is a son of With Approval, the 1989 Canadian Triple Crown Champion and a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee.
As a weanling, Better Talk Now was sold for a bargain $10,500 at Keenland's November Sale of Breeding Stock. Racing from a base at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland, his conditioning was handled by Graham Motion. He made one start at age two but finished off the board. As a three-year-old in 2002, he made nine starts, winning three times and finishing second twice. At age four, Better Talk Now began to win Graded stakes races, capturing the Knickerbocker Handicap at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack.
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