Havre de Grace (horse)

Havre de Grace
Havre de Grace at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton sale
Sire	Saint Liam
Grandsire	Saint Ballado
Dam	Easter Bunnette
Damsire	Carson City
Sex	Filly
Foaled	May 12, 2007
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Nancy S. Dillman
Owner	Fox Hill Farms
Trainer	J. Larry Jones
Record	16: 9-4-2
Earnings	$2,586,175
Major wins
Cotillion Handicap (2010) Azeri Stakes (2011) Apple Blossom Handicap (2011) Obeah Stakes (2011) Woodward Stakes (2011) Beldame Stakes (2011) New Orleans Ladies Stakes (2012) Breeders' Cup placing: Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic - 3rd (2010) Breeders' Cup Classic - 4th (2011)
Awards
American Champion Older Female Horse (2011) American Horse of the Year (2011)

Havre de Grace (foaled on May 12, 2007, in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred Racehorse who was 2011 American Horse of the Year. During her racing career, she was owned by Fox Hill Farms and trained by J. Larry Jones. Her sire is the 2005 American Horse of the Year, Saint Liam. Her dam is the mare Easter Bunnette, a daughter of Carson City. Her name derives from the city and racetrack of Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Based at Delaware Park in Stanton, Delaware, Havre de Grace made her career debut under the care of trainer Anthony W. Dutrow, finishing third in a one-mile maiden race for two-year-old fillies on August 24. She broke her maiden in her second start on September 30, a one-mile and 70 yards maiden event. She was then rested for her three-year-old campaign in 2010.

Havre de Grace made the first start of her three-year-old campaign by winning a one-mile allowance race at Delaware Park on May 10. She then finished second in the ungraded Go For Wand Stakes on June 5 in preparation for the July 10 Delaware Oaks, where she was beaten a nose while finishing second to Blind Luck in the first of several meetings between the fillies. She finished second again to Blind Luck, this time by a neck, in her first start away from her hometrack in the August 21 Alabama Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York, before besting her newfound rival by the same margin in the October 2 Cotillion Handicap at Parx Casino and Racing in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. She ended her three-year-old campaign with a third-place finish behind both Unrivaled Belle and Blind Luck in the November 5 Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. This was her first start against older fillies and mares. Afterwards, she was rested for her four-year-old campaign in 2011.