Soaring Softly
| Soaring Softly | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Kris S. |
| Grandsire | Roberto |
| Dam | Wings of Grace |
| Damsire | Key to the Mint |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1995 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Phillips Racing Partnership |
| Owner | Galbreath/Phillips Racing Partnership |
| Trainer | James J. Toner |
| Record | 16: 9-1-3 |
| Earnings | US$1,270,433 |
| Major wins | |
|
Vineland Handicap (1999) Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (1999) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Female Turf Horse (1999) | |
Vineland Handicap (1999)
Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1999)
New York Handicap (1999)
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (1999)
Soaring Softly (foaled 1995 in Kentucky, died 2015) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. She was bred and raced by Joan Phillips and her son John of the renowned Darby Dan Farm. Her sire is Darby Dan's outstanding stallion Kris S., a son of the Darby Dan European star grass racer Roberto. Her dam is the farm's own mare Wings of Grace, who was a daughter of the 1972 American Champion 3-Year-Old Colt, Key to the Mint.
Soaring Softly was conditioned for racing by Jimmy Toner. She made her racing debut at age two on October 18, 1997, with a third-place finish in a seven-furlong event for maidens on the dirt track at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. She won her second and final start of the year in a one mile event for maidens at Aqueduct Racetrack on November 11.
Soaring Softly made six starts at age three, winning her first outing on April 24, 1998, at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky. She then returned to Belmont Park for the June 7 Grade 1 Acorn Stakes, in which she finished fourth behind winner Jersey Girl before running sixth in the June 27 Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes, again won by Jersey Girl. Soaring Softly did not start again until November, when she returned to competing in allowance races at Aqueduct Racetrack, earning two third-place finishes in mile events. In her final start of 1998, on December 5, Soaring Softly ran second in a mile and a sixteenth allowance race.
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