Touch Gold
| Touch Gold | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Deputy Minister |
| Grandsire | Vice Regent |
| Dam | Passing Mood |
| Damsire | Buckpasser |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1994 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Holtsinger Inc., Hill 'n' Dale Farms, Star Stable |
| Owner | Stonerside Stable & Frank Stronach |
| Trainer |
Daniel J. Vella David Hofmans (at age 3) |
| Record | 15: 6-3-1 |
| Earnings | $1,179,907 |
| Major wins | |
|
Lexington Stakes (1997) Belmont Stakes (1997) |
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| Last updated on June 17, 2007 | |
Lexington Stakes (1997)
Haskell Invitational Handicap (1997)
Touch Gold (foaled May 26, 1994 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the winner of the Classic Belmont Stakes, in which he ended Silver Charm's bid for the U.S. Triple Crown.
Sired by Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee Deputy Minister, Touch Gold was out of the mare Passing Mood, a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Buckpasser. A late foal born at the end of May, he was purchased by Frank Stronach for $375,000 at the July 1995 Keeneland selected yearling sale. He was sent into training with Daniel J. Vella at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada.
After Touch Gold won a 6-furlong maiden race, his best 1996 stakes results were a third in the Grey Stakes and a second in the Swynford Stakes.
Sent to race in the United States under new trainer David Hofmans, Touch Gold won a 6-furlong allowance race at Santa Anita Park, then at Keeneland Race Course won April's Lexington Stakes, in which he defeated top three-year-old Smoke Glacken by 8½ lengths.
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