Dullahan (horse)
| Dullahan | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Even The Score |
| Grandsire | Unbridled's Song |
| Dam | Mining My Own |
| Damsire | Smart Strike |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 8 February 2009 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Phil Needham |
| Owner | Donegal Racing |
| Trainer | Dale Romans |
| Record | 12: 3–2–3 |
| Earnings | $1,735,901 |
| Major wins | |
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Breeders' Futurity Stakes (2011) Blue Grass Stakes (2012) Pacific Classic (2012) |
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Dullahan (February 8, 2009 – October 20, 2013) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old he recorded his first win in the Grade I Breeders' Futurity Stakes. In early 2012 he won the Blue Grass Stakes, finished third in the Kentucky Derby and was the beaten favorite for the Belmont Stakes. Later in the season he defeated older horses in the Pacific Classic. He died of a ruptured colon on October 20, 2013 at Winstar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
Dullhan is a chestnut colt with a white blaze and a white sock on his right hind leg. He was bred in the United States by Phil Needham. As a son of the mare Mining My Own, he is a half-brother of the Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. As a yearling, he was sent to the Keeneland sales, where he was bought for $250,000 by Jerry Crawford and Donegal Racing.
Dullahan was slow to show worthwhile form as a two-year-old, being well beaten in minor events at Churchill Downs in June and July. He then moved to Saratoga where he finished second in a maiden race before finishing third in the Grade II With Anticipation Stakes on turf in September. Despite having failed to win in four starts, he was then moved up to Grade I level for the Breeders' Futurity Stakes at Keeneland. Ridden by Kent Desormeaux he was held up in the early stages before finishing strongly to take the lead near the finish and won by three quarters of a length from Majestic City. He was badly hampered and almost fell in the early stages but recovered well, leading Desormeaux to describe him as a "super horse". In the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill Downs on 5 November, Dullahan started a 16/1 outsider and stayed on in the straight to finish fourth of the thirteen runners behind Hansen, Union Rags and Creative Cause.
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