Shanghai Bobby
| Shanghai Bobby | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Harlan's Holiday |
| Grandsire | Harlan |
| Dam | Steelin' |
| Damsire | Orientate |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 27 February 2010 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Dark Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Stonehaven Steadings |
| Owner | Starlight Racing |
| Trainer | Todd Pletcher |
| Record | 7: 5-1-0 |
| Earnings | $1,797,000 |
| Major wins | |
|
Hopeful Stakes (2012) Champagne Stakes (2012) Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2012) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2012) | |
Shanghai Bobby (foaled February 27, 2010) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2012 he was unbeaten in five races including the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and was awarded American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt at the Eclipse Awards.
Shanghai Bobby is a dark bay or brown colt bred in Kentucky by Stonehaven Steadings. In September he was sent to the Keeneland sales where he was bought for $105,000 by a representative of Starlight Racing. Jack Wold and Donnie Lucarelli, the owners of Starlight Racing, named the horse after their friend Bob Burton, an airline pilot who often flew to Shanghai. He is trained by the five-time Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher and has been ridden in all of his races to date by Rosie Napravnik.
Shanghai Bobby made his first appearance on April 19 when he won a four and half furlong race at Aqueduct Racetrack. Two months later he ran in the Track Barron Stakes at Belmont Park. Starting the 1/2 favorite, he won by a length from Handsome Jack. Shanghai Bobby's next race was the Grade II Hopeful Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on September 3. He took the lead early in the straight and won by three and three-quarter lengths from the favored Fortify.
In October, Shanghai Bobby was moved up to Grade I class for the Champagne Stakes over one mile at Belmont. Starting the 33/20 favorite, he took the lead a quarter mile from the finish and drew clear to win by five lengths from Goldencents. After the race Pletcher praised the colt's versatility and tenacity, saying that he had "all the tools". For his final start of the year, Shanghai Bobby raced outside New York State for the first time when he was sent to California to contest the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Park. Starting the 7/4 favorite he raced in second place before taking a clear lead two and a half furlongs from the finish. At the turn into the stretch he appeared to be struggling and was briefly headed, but rallied strongly to win by a head from He's Had Enough. Commenting on the horse's performance, Napravnik, who became only the second woman to ride a Breeders' Cup winner, explained that "Bobby gets lost when he's out there by himself".
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