Rags to Riches (horse)
| Rags to Riches | |
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Rags to Riches in the paddock area at Belmont Park during the day of the Belmont Stakes
(June 9, 2007) |
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| Sire | A.P. Indy |
| Grandsire | Seattle Slew |
| Dam | Better Than Honour |
| Damsire | Deputy Minister |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 2004 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Skara Glen Stables |
| Owner | Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith |
| Trainer | Todd Pletcher |
| Record | 7: 5-1-0 |
| Earnings | $1,340,028 |
| Major wins | |
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Las Virgenes Stakes (2007) Belmont Stakes (2007) |
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| Awards | |
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NTRA "Moment of the Year" (2007) World Champion 3-year-old Filly (2007) American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2007) |
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| Honours | |
| Rags to Riches Invitational Stakes | |
| Last updated on September 22, 2007 | |
Las Virgenes Stakes (2007)
Santa Anita Oaks (2007)
Kentucky Oaks (2007)
Rags to Riches (foaled February 27, 2004, in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred racehorse who in 2007 became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes in over a century.
Rags to Riches is a chestnut mare sired by 1992 U.S. Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee A.P. Indy. She was out of the mare Better Than Honour, who also produced the 2006 Belmont Stakes winner, Jazil.
Bred by Skara Glen Stables, Rags to Riches was purchased for US$1.9 million in September 2005 at the Keeneland Sales by the partnership of Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith.
Sent to the track at age two under trainer Todd Pletcher, Rags to Riches made her first start in a 4½ furlong sprint in June 2006, finishing fourth.
Brought back to competition in January 2007, she won her first race at Santa Anita Park by six lengths. Ridden by Garrett Gomez, in February she won the 8 furlong Las Virgenes Stakes after running five wide for a good part of the race. In March, she drew away to win the 1 mile Grade I Santa Anita Oaks by 5½ lengths. Made the betting favorite for the prestigious Grade I Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, she won by 4¼ lengths over a field that included the 2006 U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner, Dreaming of Anna.
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