Roses in May

Roses In May
Sire	Devil His Due
Grandsire	Devil's Bag
Dam	Tell A Secret
Damsire	Speak John
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2000
Country	United States
Colour	Brown/Black
Breeder	Margaux Farm
Owner	Kenneth L. and Sarah K. Ramsey
Trainer	Dale L. Romans
Record	13: 8-4-0
Earnings	$5,490,187
Major wins
Whitney Handicap (2004) Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (2004) Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap (2004) Dubai World Cup (2005)

Roses In May (foaled February 9, 2000) is an American thoroughbred racehorse. Roses In May made 13 starts and won 8 of them, placing in four. He retired with career earnings of $5,490,187, much of this money coming from his win in the 2005 Dubai World Cup.

He was bred by Margaux Farm in Midway, Kentucky and bought by Danzel Brendemuehl of Classic Bloodstock at the Keeneland Yearling Sale in September 2001 as a pinhook. Subsequently sold by Classic Bloodstock at the OBS April 2002 two-year-old in training sale and purchased by Dr. Dave Lambert on behalf of Ken and Sarah Ramsey who owned him during his racing career. He was trained by Dale Romans and ridden in his most important races by jockey John Velazquez.

When he was four, he won the Grade I Whitney Handicap, the Grade II Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap, and the Grade III Cornhusker Breeders' Cup Handicap. He came second in that year's (2004) Grade I Breeders' Cup Classic to Horse of the Year, Ghostzapper.

At five years of age, after placing in the Grade I Donn Handicap, won by Saint Liam, Roses In May was sent to Dubai for the world's richest horse race, the US$6,000,000 Dubai World Cup at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai. Roses In May was favoured to win in the 2,000 metre race despite a poor draw. Roses In May broke slowly, but made up the lost ground and moved round the outside of the field to take the lead in the straight. He needed "little encouragement" to draw clear and win by three lengths from Dynever and Choctaw Nation.

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