Keen Ice

Keen Ice
Keen Ice passes American Pharoah in the 2015 Travers Stakes
Sire	Curlin
Grandsire	Smart Strike
Dam	Medomak
Damsire	Awesome Again
Sex	Colt
Foaled	March 25, 2012
Country	United States
Color	Bay
Breeder	Glencrest Farm
Owner	Donegal Racing
Trainer	Dale Romans Todd Pletcher
Record	19: 2-2-5
Earnings	$2,387,245
Major wins
Travers Stakes (2015)

Keen Ice (foaled March 25, 2012) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse, best known for winning the 2015 Travers Stakes in an upset win over Triple Crown Champion American Pharoah. He previously faced off against American Pharoah and other notable horses in the 2015 Kentucky Derby, finishing seventh, was third in the 2015 Belmont Stakes, and was second in the 2015 Haskell Invitational Stakes. Prior to the Travers, his only other win had been a maiden race at Churchill Downs as a two-year-old.

Keen Ice is a bay horse with a white stocking on his left hind leg. He is a son of Curlin who was voted American Horse of the Year in 2008 and 2009. His dam Medomak, a daughter of Awesome Again, finished unplaced on her only start. She was a distant descendant of the Epsom Oaks winner Monade who was the ancestor of several major winners including Sadeem. Keen Ice was bred by Glencrest Farm and first sold as a weanling for $48,000 at the 2012 Keeneland breeding stock sale. He was sold again the following year, as a yearling, for $120,000, purchased by Jerry Crawford, acting as the agent for Donegal Racing, an Iowa-based horse racing syndicate with about 25 members, led by Crawford.

Inspired by Curlin, the name of his sire, Keen Ice was named for a term in the sport of curling, describing ice that is particularly fast (or "keen") allowing a rock to travel further over it given the same amount of force.