Square Eddie
| Square Eddie | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Smart Strike |
| Grandsire | Mr. Prospector |
| Dam | Forty Gran |
| Damsire | El Gran Senor |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 2006 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Kinghaven Farms |
| Owner | 1) David Gorton (UK) 2) J. Paul Reddam (USA) |
| Trainer | 1) John R. Best (UK) 2) Doug F. O'Neill (USA) |
| Record | 6: 2-2-1 |
| Earnings | US$767,366 (equivalent) |
| Major wins | |
| Breeders' Futurity Stakes (2008) | |
Square Eddie (foaled April 4, 2006 in Ontario, Canada) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who has competed in England and the United States and who was one of the top winterbook favorites for the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
Bred by Kinghaven Farms, he is a son of Forty Gran, a daughter of Northern Dancer's son, El Gran Senor. He was sired by a son of Mr. Prospector, Smart Strike, a Leading sire in North America who is the sire of fifty-six stakes winners including 2007 American Horse of the Year Curlin.
As a yearling, Square Eddie was sold to a British buyer for $200,000 at the September Keeneland Sales. He was trained in England by John Best for owner David Gorton.
The colt began racing on the turf at age two in England. Making his debut on May 19, 2008, at Windsor Racecourse, Square Eddie finished last in the Weatherbys Bank Conditions Stakes. Entered in the June 17 Group 2 Coventry Stakes, he ran eleventh in a field of eighteen, reportedly coming out of the race with sore shins. In his third start on July 22, under new jockey Steve Drowne, he earned his first win in the Emma Arbery Memorial Maiden Stakes at Salisbury Racecourse, then followed up with a close second-place result in the September 6 Sirenia Stakes at Kempton Park Racecourse.
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