Speightstown (horse)
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Speightstown at WinStar Farm
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| Sire | Gone West |
| Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Dam | Silken Cat |
| Damsire | Storm Cat |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | February 1, 1998 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Aaron and Marie Jones |
| Owner | Eugene and Laura Melnyk |
| Trainer | Todd Pletcher |
| Record | 16: 10–2–2 |
| Earnings | $1,258,256 |
| Major wins | |
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Churchill Downs Handicap Breeders' Cup Sprint (2004) |
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| Awards | |
| Eclipse Award for Champion Sprinter (2004) | |
Churchill Downs Handicap
True North Breeders' Cup Handicap
Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap
Speightstown (foaled February 1, 1998 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2004 Breeders' Cup Sprint and was named that year's Champion sprinter. He also tied the track record for six furlongs at Saratoga race course. He has since become one of North America's leading sires.
Speightstown is a chestnut horse with a white star and a white sock on the left hind leg. He was bred by Aaron and Marie Jones. His sire is Gone West, an outstanding miler and one of Mr. Prospector's best sire sons. Speightstown was the first foal out of Silken Cat, who won the Sovereign Award for Canadian champion 2-year-old in 1995. Silken Cat was from a good female family that includes stakes winners on both turf and dirt. Her line traces to Meadow Stable’s great broodmare Hildene, dam of champions Hill Prince and First Landing. Silken Cat died in 2016, having produced ten foals, seven of which were sold at auction for a combined $8.7 million.
As a yearling, Speightstown was an outstanding physical specimen: compact and muscular with correct conformation. He sold at the 1999 Keeneland July Sale for $2 million to Eugene Melnyk. In July 2004, Taylor Made and WinStar Farm purchased an interest.
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