| Rags to Riches |
Rags to Riches in the paddock area at Belmont Park during the day of the Belmont Stakes
(June 9th, 2007) | | Sire: | A.P. Indy | | Grandsire: | Seattle Slew | | Dam: | Better Than Honour | | Damsire: | Deputy Minister | | Sex: | Filly | | Foaled: | 2004 | | Country: | United States
 | | Colour: | Chestnut | | Breeder: | Skara Glen Stables | | Owner: | Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith | | Trainer: | Todd Pletcher | | Record: | 7: 5-1-0 | | Earnings: | $1,340,028 | | Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | | Major Racing Wins | Las Virgenes Stakes (2007)
Santa Anita Oaks (2007)
Kentucky Oaks (2007)
American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (2007) The term Rags to Riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth. ...
Image File history File links Size of this preview: 776 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1100 × 850 pixel, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Rags to Riches (horse) at the Belmont Park paddock area. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
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Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967, Dallas, Texas) is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. ...
The Las Virgenes Stakes is a race for thoroughbred fillies. ...
The Santa Anita Oaks is a race for Thoroughbred horses run each year during the Spring at Santa Anita Park. ...
The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
The American Classic Races consist of: 1) Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky held annually on the first Saturday of May; 2) Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland held annually in May on the Saturday two weeks after the Kentucky Derby; 3) Belmont Stakes at...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
| | Infobox last updated on: September 22, 2007. | Rags to Riches (foaled February 27, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred filly racehorse. She was sired by 1992 U.S. Horse of the Year and U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, A.P. Indy, who in turn was a son of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew and, on his dam's side, a grandson of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat. She was out of the mare Better Than Honour who is a daughter of Canadian Hall of Fame inductee and two-time North American Champion sire, Deputy Minister. Better Than Honour also produced the 2006 Belmont Stakes winner, Jazil. Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...
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Filly is also a town in Belgium. ...
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A.P. Indy (born 1989) is a champion stallion Thoroughbred racehorse. ...
The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse who won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse, among eleven, to accomplish the feat. ...
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Bred by Skara Glen Stables, Rags to Riches was purchased for US$1.9 million in September of 2005 at the Keeneland sale by the partnership of Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith. Sent to the track at age two under trainer Todd Pletcher, her first race was a 4½ furlong sprint. She finished fourth, demonstrating that she needed longer distances to get up to speed. Keeneland Race Course at Dawn There is also a town in Jefferson County, Kentucky, with the same name, unrelated to this article; for the town, see Keeneland, Kentucky. ...
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Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967, Dallas, Texas) is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. ...
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Not brought back to competition until January of 2007, Rags to Riches won her first race at Santa Anita Park by six lengths. Ridden by Garrett Gomez, in February she won the 8 furlong Las Virgenes Stakes despite being forced to run five wide for a good part of the race. In March she showed an explosive finishing kick to run away and win by 5½ lengths in the 1 mile Grade I Santa Anita Oaks. Made the betting favorite for the prestigious Grade I Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs, she did not disappoint. Once again, Rags to Riches showed a powerful stretch drive in her 4¼ length win, easily pulling away from a field that included the 2006 U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Filly and Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner, Dreaming of Anna. The Santa Anita track is set against the dramatic backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains. ...
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The Las Virgenes Stakes is a race for thoroughbred fillies. ...
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The Santa Anita Oaks is a race for Thoroughbred horses run each year during the Spring at Santa Anita Park. ...
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The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky. ...
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"A filly is in front at the Belmont!" On June 5, 2007, the handlers for Rags to Riches announced she would run in the third and longest leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes. It was to be her first start against males. The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
In the race, Rags to Riches stumbled out of the starting gate but recovered to move within easy striking distance of the pacesetters. At the top of the stretch, she and three other horses made a move but quickly she was dueling head-to-head with only Preakness Stakes winner Curlin and beat him to the finish line by a head. Rags to Riches' win made her only the third filly to ever win the Belmont and the first since Tanya claimed victory 102 years earlier in 1905, and the first filly to win the race at the current 1½ mile distance at Belmont Park (The race distance has varied: from 1867 until 1873, it was 1⅝ miles (2.6 km). In 1874 the distance was reduced to 1½ miles (2.4 km), and from 1890 to 1892, and in 1895, the distance was 1¼ miles (2 km). From 1896 until 1925, the distance was increased to 1 3/8 miles (2.3 km). In 1926, the race distance was set at the present 1½ miles (2.4 km)).Tanya's win came 38 years after Ruthless captured the inaugural running of the Belmont in 1867. The Preakness Stakes is a Grade I stakes race 1 3/16 mile (1. ...
Curlin (foaled March 25, 2004 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and was one of the favorites among North American bettors to win the 2007 Kentucky Derby. ...
Tanya (1902-unknown) was an American thoroughbred filly racehorse bred and raised in Kentucky. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
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However, nothing would match the call of the race by Belmont Park track announcer Tom Durkin as Curlin and Rags to Riches dueled it out in the home stretch.
"Here comes Hard Spun. And Curlin is coming through in between horses! And Rags to Riches is coming with a four-wide sweep! And Tiago is in behind them. And at the top of the stretch, a filly is in front at the Belmont! But Curlin is right there with her! These two, in a battle of the sexes at the Belmont Stakes! It is Curlin on the inside -- Rags to Riches on the outside. A desperate finish: Rags to Riches and Curlin! They're coming down to the wire. It's gonna be very close! And it's gonna be.... a filly in the Belmont! Rags to Riches has beaten Curlin and a hundred years of Belmont history! The first filly to win it in over a century!"
2007 Season Despite several minor medical problems over the summer, Rags to Riches continued to train at Belmont Park towards the 2007 Breeder's Cup. She made her return to the races in the $250,000 Gazelle Stakes at Belmont Park on September 15th but finished second to Lear's Princess. It was announced the next day, September 16, that X-rays had revealed a hairline fracture in her right front pastern, and that her trainer Todd Pletcher had taken her out of training. She is expected to make a full recovery and return to racing in 2008. Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ...
The Gazelle Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race raced annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
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The pastern is a part of the horse between the fetlock joint and the hoof, or between the wrist and forepaw of a dog. ...
Todd Pletcher (born June 26, 1967, Dallas, Texas) is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. ...
She was also a Teen Choice Award nominee for Choice Female Athlete[1] in 2007. The Teen Choice Awards is an awards show that has been annually televised on FOX and on Global TV in Canada[1] since the summer of 1999. ...
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References The New York Racing Association is the non-profit governing body for thoroughbred horse-racing in the state of New York. ...
Belmont Park is a major thoroughbred horse-racing facility located in the hamlet of Elmont, New York in Nassau County on Long Island (just outside of New York City). ...
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