Saint Liam
| Saint Liam | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Saint Ballado |
| Grandsire | Halo |
| Dam | Quiet Dance |
| Damsire | Quiet American |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2000 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Edward P. Evans |
| Owner | Mr. & Mrs. William K. Warren, Jr. |
| Trainer | Richard E. Dutrow, Jr. |
| Record | 20: 9-6-1 |
| Earnings | $4,456,995 |
| Major wins | |
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Clark Handicap (2004) Donn Handicap (2005) Stephen Foster Handicap (2005) Woodward Stakes (2005) Breeders' Cup Classic (2005) |
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| Awards | |
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U.S. Champion Older Male Horse (2005) United States Horse of the Year (2005) |
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| Last updated on October 2, 2006 | |
Saint Liam (April 13, 2000 – August 22, 2006) was an American thoroughbred racehorse who was voted 2005 Eclipse Award Horse of the Year honors.
Sired by Saint Ballado out of the dam Quiet Dance, by Quiet American, Saint Liam was unraced as a two-year-old. At age three, he started in three races, earning his best result with a 2nd in the Iowa Derby. Owned by William Warren and trained by Richard E. Dutrow, Jr., in his four-year-old season, Saint Liam won the Grade II Clark Handicap and lost the Grade I Woodward Stakes by a neck to eventual 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper.
In 2005, Saint Liam captured four Grade I races, including the Donn Handicap, the Stephen Foster Handicap, and the Woodward Stakes. He was second in the Grade I Whitney Handicap to Commentator. In his last race, jockey Jerry Bailey rode him to victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic, after which he was retired with a record of 9-6-1 in 20 races and career earnings of $4,456,995.
Saint Liam was standing at stud at Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky when, in a freak accident in August 2006 he slipped and fell, suffering an untreatable left tibial fracture. The 6-year-old stallion was humanely euthanized at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky. Before his death he covered a number of mares, 115 of which were in foal and 96 that had foals that went on to race.
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