David Junior
| David Junior | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Pleasant Tap |
| Grandsire | Pleasant Colony |
| Dam | Paradise River |
| Damsire | Irish River |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 18th April 2002 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Arthur I. Appleton |
| Owner | Roldvale Ltd |
| Trainer | Brian Meehan |
| Record | 12: 7-1-1 |
| Earnings | £2,359,960 |
| Major wins | |
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Gala Stakes (2005) Select Stakes (2005) Champion Stakes (2005) Dubai Duty Free (2006) Eclipse Stakes (2006) |
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| Last updated on June 22, 2007 | |
David Junior is a retired thoroughbred racehorse and active sire who was bred in the United States but trained in the United Kingdom during his racing career, which lasted from 2004 to 2006. In 2005-6, he won three Group One races and was officially rated the joint-best colt in the world in the 2005-06 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings.
David Junior was bred by Arthur Appleton at the Bridlewood Stud Farm near Ocala, Florida, sired by the Eclipse Award winning stallion Pleasant Tap. His dam, Paradise River was a full sister to the American Turf Champion Paradise Creek. This pedigree suggested a bright future on American tracks, but at the Fasig-Tipton sale at Calder in spring 2004, he was bought for $175,000 by the bloodstock agent Richard Galpin on behalf of the British publisher David Sullivan. Sullivan, who runs his horses under the name of Roldvale Ltd, named the chestnut colt in honour of his son, and sent him into training in England with Brian Meehan. At that time, Meehan was training at Lambourn.
David Junior had a brief two-year-old career, beginning with a third place in a maiden race at Thirsk in September 2004. Two weeks later he appeared in a similar event at Ascot and led from the start to record his first win despite running "green".
David Junior's 2005 debut brought a significant rise in class, as he was sent straight for the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. Starting a complete outsider at 100-1, he finished unplaced, finishing eleventh of the nineteen runners, beaten less than five lengths by Footstepsinthesand. A move up in trip followed in the listed Fairway Stakes at Newmarket, where David Junior took the lead two furlongs out and pulled clear to win by eight lengths from a field that included the future Group One winner Linngari. Less than two weeks later, he appeared in another listed event, the Fink Gala Stakes at Sandown and was "impressive", winning by five lengths despite being eased down in the closing stages. Brought back to a mile (and back up to Group One) he made little impression in the Sussex Stakes, finishing seventh behind Proclamation. He then disappointed when finishing second at odds-on in the Group Three Rose of Lancaster Stakes at Haydock.
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