Peace Rules
| Peace Rules | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Jules |
| Grandsire | Forty Niner |
| Dam | Hold To Fashion |
| Damsire | Hold Your Peace |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Newchance Farm |
| Owner | Edmund A. Gann |
| Trainer | 1) Gary C. Contessa 2) Robert J. Frankel |
| Record | 19 Starts: 9 – 2 – 2 |
| Earnings | $3,084,278 |
| Major wins | |
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Generous Stakes (2002) Hill Rise Stakes (2002) Blue Grass Stakes (2003) Louisiana Derby (2003) Haskell Invitational Handicap (2003) New Orleans Handicap (2004) Oaklawn Handicap (2004) Suburban Handicap (2004) |
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| Awards | |
| Florida-bred Horse of the Year (2003) | |
| Honours | |
| Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame (2011) | |
| Last updated on October 20, 2009 | |
Peace Rules (bred and foaled in Florida at Newchance Farm on April 26, 2000), is a multiple Grade I-winning American Thoroughbred race horse. By Jules, a "black type" winner and classic sire in Brazil, Peace Rules' grandsire was Forty Niner, a son of the great sire- producing stallion, Mr. Prospector, a Leading sire in North America. His dam, Hold To Fashion, has dropped five foals, all winners.
Initially trained as a juvenile by Gary Contessa, Peace Rules broke his maiden by four lengths on the turf. He was then sold to Edmund A. Gann and transferred to Hall of Famer Robert Frankel. Peace Rules won five times in nine starts before he met Funny Cide in the 2003 Kentucky Derby. Overshadowed in Frankel's barn by Empire Maker, Frankel's pick to win that year's Derby, Peace Rules had won the Grade II Louisiana Derby, beating Funny Cide (second after a late rally), before Empire Maker won a single stakes race. He then won the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes gate to wire, beating Offlee Wild.
Peace Rules was often ridden by jockey Edgar Prado, who won the 2006 Kentucky Derby on the ill-fated Barbaro. Coming into the Derby, Empire Maker was the "chalk" (horse racing term for favorite, taken from the days of a bookmakers chalking the odds on blackboards). Both of Frankel's Derby entries were beaten by the longshot Funny Cide, but Peace Rules led for over a mile and held on for third place and a check for $110,000.
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