Uncle Mo
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Uncle Mo (right) battles Caleb's Posse in the 2011 King's Bishop Stakes.
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| Sire | Indian Charlie |
| Grandsire | In Excess |
| Dam | Playa Maya |
| Damsire | Arch |
| Sex | Colt |
| Foaled | March 10, 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | D. Michael Cavey |
| Owner | Repole Stable |
| Trainer | Todd A. Pletcher |
| Record | 8: 5-1-1 |
| Earnings | US$1,336,000 |
| Major wins | |
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Champagne Stakes (2010) Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2010) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2010) | |
Champagne Stakes (2010)
Timely Writer Stakes (2011)
Kelso Stakes (2011)
Uncle Mo (foaled March 10, 2008, in Kentucky) is an American champion Thoroughbred racehorse who went undefeated in his two-year-old season and was named the American Champion Two-Year-Old of 2010. However, his three year old season was disrupted by illness, causing him to miss the Kentucky Derby. Retired to stud in 2012, he was the leading freshman sire with his first foal crop, which included 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist.
In his first start, a maiden special weight on the Travers undercard at Saratoga, Uncle Mo led at every call to beat a field of 2-year-olds by 14 1/4 lengths. In his next start, the Grade I Champagne Stakes, he took the lead early and never looked back en route to a 5-length win in the time of 1:34 2/5 seconds—faster than Secretariat's 1972 Champagne win.
In the Grade I Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Uncle Mo won by four lengths over Grade 1 winner Boys at Tosconova. He was voted the 2010 Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.
As the early favorite for the 2011 Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, Uncle Mo made his 3-year old debut in the Timely Writer, a one-turn mile overnight stakes at Gulfstream Park. After dawdling on the lead for the first three-quarters of a mile, he came home in 22 4/5 for the final quarter.
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