Trading Leather
| Trading Leather (IRE) | |
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| Sire | Teofilo |
| Grandsire | Galileo |
| Dam | Night Visit |
| Damsire | Sinndar |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | 20 March 2010 |
| Died | 30 November 2014 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Jim Bolger |
| Owner | Jackie Bolger Godolphin |
| Trainer | Jim Bolger |
| Record | 16: 4-5-4 |
| Earnings | £1,363,985 |
| Major wins | |
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Autumn Stakes (2012) Silver Stakes (2013) Irish Derby (2013) |
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Trading Leather (20 March 2010 – 30 November 2014) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2013 Irish Derby. The horse died following an injury sustained in the 2014 Japan Cup.
Trading Leather was a dark-coated bay colt with a white star bred by his trainer Jim Bolger. He was from the second crop of foals sired by the undefeated Teofilo the European Champion Two-Year-Old of 2006.
Like his sire, Trading Leather was trained by Bolger in County Carlow and was ridden in all of his races by Bolger's stable jockey Kevin Manning. In his first two seasons he raced in the colours of Jim Bolger's wife, Jackie Bolger.
On his racecourse debut, Trading Leather ran in the Listed Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Trial Stakes over one mile at Leopardstown Racecourse on 8 September. He started a 14/1 outsider and finished second to the odds on favourite Battle of Marengo. Two weeks later at Gowran Park, the colt was dropped in class to contest a maiden race and recorded his first victory with an easy, seven length win from fifteen opponents. Trading Leather was then sent to England for the Group Three Autumn Stakes over the Rowley Mile course on 13 October. He started the 5/2 joint-favourite and won by three-quarters of a length from the Richard Hannon, Sr.-trained Montiridge, with the other beaten horses including Eye of the Storm, Glory Awaits and Galileo Rock. On his final start of the season, the colt started second favourite for the Group One Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster Racecourse, but after leading for five furlongs he faded to finish fifth behind Kingsbarns.
On his three-year-old debut, Trading Leather ran his third consecutive race in Britain when he contested the Dante Stakes over ten and a half furlongs at York Racecourse in May. He finished second of the eight runners, one and a quarter lengths behind the 33/1 outsider Libertarian. Eleven days later he was dropped back in distance to contest the Irish 2000 Guineas at the Curragh. he led from the start but was overtaken a furlong from the finish and finished third to the Aidan O'Brien-trained Magician.
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