Silver Charm
| Silver Charm | |
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Silver Charm in 2006.
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| Sire | Silver Buck |
| Grandsire | Buckpasser |
| Dam | Bonnie's Poker |
| Damsire | Poker |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | February 22, 1994 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Gray |
| Breeder | Mary Lou Wootton |
| Owner | Bob & Beverly Lewis |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Record | 24: 12-7-2 |
| Earnings | $6,944,369 |
| Major wins | |
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Del Mar Futurity (1996) Kentucky Derby (1997) Preakness Stakes (1997) |
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| Awards | |
| United States Champion 3-Year-Old Colt (1997) | |
| Honours | |
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United States' Racing Hall of Fame (2007) #63 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century |
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Del Mar Futurity (1996)
San Vicente Stakes (1997)
San Fernando Stakes (1998)
Clark Handicap (1998)
Dubai World Cup (1998)
Kentucky Cup Classic Handicap (1998)
San Pasqual Handicap (1999)
Goodwood Stakes (1998)
Strub Stakes (1998)
Silver Charm (foaled February 22, 1994) is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, he is best known for winning the 1997 Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes in the Triple Crown. He also won the Dubai World Cup, and stood at stud in both America and Japan.
Silver Charm was foaled in Florida on February 22, 1994 out of the mare Bonnie's Poker and sired by Silver Buck, who was a son of Buckpasser. He was a gray colt with no white markings and was bred by Mary Lou Wootton. As a two-year-old Silver Charm was purchased by trainer Bob Baffert for $85,000, and then resold to Beverly and Robert Lewis, who kept him in training with Baffert. Silver Charm's first win was as a two-year-old, in the Del Mar Futurity. Silver Charm entered the 1997 Kentucky Derby with Gary Stevens as his jockey. Silver Charm drew the sixth post position out of a field of 13, and broke well at the starting gate. He came out between other horses going into the backstretch and took the lead with less than a furlong to go. He won the Derby, finishing a head in front of Captain Bodgit. It was Baffert's second time entering the Kentucky Derby or any American classic race; his horse Cavonnier had come in second the year before. Silver Charm won the Preakness Stakes in the same manner, pulling ahead of Captain Bodgit and Free House just before the wire.
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