Ruler on Ice

Ruler on Ice
Ruler on Ice in July 2011
Sire	Roman Ruler
Grandsire	Fusaichi Pegasus
Dam	Champagne Glow
Damsire	Saratoga Six
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	April 2, 2008
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Liberation Farm and Brandywine Farm
Owner	George and Lori Hall
Trainer	Kelly J. Breen
Record	23:4–5–3
Earnings	US$ 1,709,566
Major wins
Belmont Stakes (2011)
Last updated on May 20, 2013

Ruler on Ice (born April 2, 2008) is a Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 2011 Belmont Stakes. He was bred and foaled in Kentucky by Brandywine Farm in partnership with Liberation Farm on. He is a chestnut gelding sired by Hill 'n' Dale Farms' Roman Ruler out of the Saratoga Six-bred mare, Champagne Glow. The colt was consigned as lot 988 at the 2009 Keeneland September yearling auction, where he was purchased by George and Lori Hall for $100,000. Ruler on Ice only won one minor race after winning the Belmont and was retired from racing in July 2014. He currently lives in Versailles, Kentucky at the farm of his owners.

Ruler on Ice raced thirteen times on ten different tracks, and of his three wins, two were over sloppy tracks. His trainer for all of his starts was Kelly J. Breen who was based out of Monmouth Park.

Racing as a two-year-old, Ruler on Ice made his first start was in a maiden race at Monmouth Park on September 19, 2010. He finished fifth in a field of seven horses and was ridden by jockey Joe Bravo. In his next start, a six-furlong maiden race at Delaware Park on October 4, 2010, he won by a head over four other horses and collected $22,800.

Racing as a three-year-old, Ruler on Ice was second at an optional claiming race and won an allowance race on February 22, 2011. On May 7, he was a fast-closing second in the Federico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico, beaten by Concealed Identity. On March 27, 2011, he finished third in the Grade III Sunland Derby to Twice the Appeal and Astrology.

Ruler on Ice went into the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the US Triple Crown, on June 11, 2011, without running in the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness Stakes. He was a 24–1 longshot to the favorites, Animal Kingdom and Irish colt Master of Hounds, and he was wearing blinkers for the first time. The colt won the 2011 Belmont Stakes in the slop, beating both Animal Kingdom (winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby) and Shackleford (winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes), who finished sixth and fifth, respectively. With this victory, Ruler on Ice became one of the few geldings to ever win the Belmont.