Texas Red (horse)
| Texas Red | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Afleet Alex |
| Grandsire | Northern Afleet |
| Dam | Ramatuelle |
| Damsire | Jeune Homme |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 15 March 2012 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings |
| Owner | Erich Brehm, Wayne Detmar et al |
| Trainer | J. Keith Desormeaux |
| Record | 8: 3-3-1 |
| Earnings | $1,692,300 |
| Major wins | |
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2014) Jim Dandy Stakes (2015) |
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Texas Red (foaled March 15, 2012) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. In 2014, he won one minor race from his first four starts and then established himself as one of the top two-year-old colts in North America with a six and a half length win in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He has unique connections, as his part-owner/trainer and his usual jockey are brothers: Keith and Kent Desormeaux.
Texas Red is a bay colt with a white star bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. He was sired by Afleet Alex, who won the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes in 2005 when he was voted American Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. At stud, Afleet Alex has also sired Afleet Express (Travers Stakes), Afleet Again (Breeders' Cup Marathon), Iotapa (Vanity Handicap), and Dublin (Hopeful Stakes). Texas Red's dam, Ramatuelle, was a successful racemare in Chile before being sent to the United States, where she was placed in the Desert Stormer Handicap. As a descendant of the Argentinian mare Sixtina, Ramatuelle was a distant relative of several major winners including Crow.
In September 2013, the yearling colt was consigned by Three Chimneys Sales to the Keeneland Sales and was bought for $17,000 by Eric Brehm on behalf of a partnership that included Keith Desormeaux, Lee Michaels, Wayne Detmar, and Gene Voss. Keith Desormeaux later commented, "I still don’t realize how we got him for such a price because he was a physical masterpiece even then – very correct, very confident, very intelligent looking, all the things we look for as horsemen in trying to acquire a good animal". During his track career, the colt has been trained by Desormeaux and ridden in most of his races by Desormeaux's brother Kent.
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