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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Beholder
|image_name = Beholder preparing for the Distaff.jpg
|caption = Beholder in the walking ring for the 2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff
| sire = [[Henny Hughes]]
| grandsire = [[Hennessy (horse)|Hennessy]]
| dam = Leslie's Lady
| damsire = [[Tricky Creek]]
| sex = [[Mare]]
| foaled = May 9, 2010<ref name="equineline1">{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=8884841&registry=T&horse_name=Beholder&dam_name=Leslie's%20Lady&foaling_year=2010&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Beholder pedigree |website=Equineline|date=May 8, 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref>
| country = United States
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Clarkland Farm
| owner = [[Spendthrift Farm]]
| trainer = [[Richard Mandella]]
| record = 26: 18-6-0<ref name=Equibase>{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=8884841&registry=T |title=Horse Profile: Beholder |publisher=Equibase |access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> 
| earnings =$6,156,000
| race =  [[Santa Ynez Stakes]] (2013)<br>[[Las Virgenes Stakes]] (2013)<br>[[Santa Anita Oaks]] (2013)<br>[[Zenyatta Stakes]] (2013, 2014, 2015)<br>[[Santa Lucia Stakes]] (2014, 2015)<br> [[Adoration Stakes]] (2015, 2016)<br>[[Clement L. Hirsch Stakes]] (2015)<br>[[Pacific Classic]] (2015)<br>[[Vanity Mile]] (2016)<br><br>'''Breeders' Cup wins:'''<br>[[Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies]] (2012)<br>[[Breeders' Cup Distaff]] (2013, 2016)
| awards = [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]] (2012)<br>[[American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly]] (2013)<br>[[American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse]] (2015, 2016)
| honours = [[Vanity Stakes|Beholder Mile Stakes]]<br> [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]], 2022
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'''Beholder''' (foaled May 9, 2010) is an American [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|race horse]] and multiple [[Eclipse Award]] winner. She was purchased as a [[yearling (horse)|yearling]] by [[B. Wayne Hughes]] of [[Spendthrift Farm]]. She had an early reputation for being difficult to handle, but [[horse trainer|trainer]] [[Richard Mandella]] worked extensively with the fractious young horse, gradually developing her from a temperamental [[Glossary of North American horse racing#F|front-runner]] into a seasoned veteran who could be placed in strategic positions.

As a two-year-old in 2012, she won three of her five races including the [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies]] and was voted [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]]. In the following season, she won five of her seven races, including the [[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]. With the [[Breeders' Cup]] win, she became the first horse to win both the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Distaff in consecutive years, and concluded her three-year-old season by being named [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly]].  After a four-year-old season plagued by injuries and illness, with a single graded stakes win in three attempts, she returned to form as a five-year-old with multiple stakes wins, becoming the first [[filly]] or [[mare]] to win the [[Pacific Classic]] and was voted [[American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse]]. In doing so, she became the first horse since 1976, male or female, to win [[graded stakes race|Grade 1 stakes]] races at age 2, 3, 4, and 5. In 2016, she extended this achievement by winning the Grade I [[Vanity Stakes]], and in doing so tied the record of [[John Henry (horse)|John Henry]] for winning a Grade I race five years in a row. She closed out her career winning the 2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff in a dramatic stretch run, prevailing by a scant nose over the [[Songbird (horse)|Songbird]]. She received her second Eclipse Award as Champion Older Dirt Female Horse at the end of the year and retired in 2016 having tied [[Goldikova]] as one of only two horses to have ever won three Breeders' Cup Championships. In 2022, she was named to the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]].

==Background==
Beholder is a [[bay (horse)|bay]] mare with no white [[Horse markings|markings]], other than two small specks of white on her forehead.<ref name="Paulick6">{{cite web|title=UPDATE: 'So Far, So Good' For Classic Contender Beholder|url=http://www.paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/fever-forces-beholder-to-miss-first-day-of-training-in-kentucky/|website=Paulick Report|access-date=November 6, 2016|date=October 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Balan22Aug/>  She was bred by Fred Mitchell's Clarkland Farm in [[Lexington, Kentucky]].<ref name="equineline1"/> She was sired by [[Henny Hughes]], a sprinter whose biggest wins came in the [[King's Bishop Stakes]] and [[Vosburgh Stakes]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/641932/henny-hughes |title=Henny Hughes Stud Record |publisher=Racing Post |date=February 15, 2012 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref> Beholder's dam, Leslie's Lady, won five races out of 28 starts, including the listed Hoosier Debutante Stakes in 1998, and was purchased by Mitchell in 2006 for $100,000. Leslie's Lady was a descendant of the broodmare Last Bird, making her a distant relative of the [[Kentucky Derby]] winner [[I'll Have Another]].<ref name="bloodlines1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family23b.htm |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Turk Mare – Family 23-b |publisher=Bloodlines.net |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref> Beholder's older half-brother, Into Mischief (sired by [[Harlan's Holiday]]), won the 2007 [[CashCall Futurity]] and the 2008 Damascus Stakes, and her younger half-brother [[Mendelssohn (horse)|Mendelssohn]] won the 2017 [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf]] and the 2018 [[UAE Derby]]. Leslie's Lady was named the 2016 [[Kentucky Broodmare of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Leslie's Lady Named 2016 Broodmare of the Year|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/221092/leslies-lady-named-2016-broodmare-of-the-year|website=BloodHorse.com|access-date=20 April 2017}}</ref><ref name="equineline leslie's lady">{{cite web|last1=Staff|title=Mare Produce Records- Leslie's Lady|url=https://www.equineline.com/MareProduceRecords.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=4052507 |website=Equineline.com|publisher=The Jockey Club Information Systems|access-date=September 30, 2015}}</ref> 
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As a yearling, Beholder was consigned by the Clarkland Farm to the sale at [[Keeneland]] in September 2011, where she was bought for $180,000 by B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/sales/results/individual_home.sd?tab=&st=8&l=&i=1&ob=ln&od=ASC&page=1&fv=131072&df=2011-09-11&dt=2011-09-15&venue_id=6&hn=&s=&a=&sin=&dn=Leslie_s+Lady&sdn=&vn=&b=&mip=&map=&lm=#individualResultsTabs=catalogue_6 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103132645/http://bloodstock.racingpost.com/sales/results/individual_home.sd?tab=&st=8&l=&i=1&ob=ln&od=ASC&page=1&fv=131072&df=2011-09-11&dt=2011-09-15&venue_id=6&hn=&s=&a=&sin=&dn=Leslie_s+Lady&sdn=&vn=&b=&mip=&map=&lm=#individualResultsTabs=catalogue_6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2013 |work=[[Racing Post]] |title=Keeneland Association September 2011 Yearling Sale |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref> At age two, the filly was sent into training with California-based trainer Richard Mandella.<ref name=Gantz30Oct/>

[[File:Beholder wearing hood.jpg|thumb|left|Beholder in her hood and earmuffs]]
Beholder initially developed a reputation as a "temperamental diva." As a young filly, she was prone to [[rearing (horse)|rearing]] when she got upset and later turned to [[bucking]].<ref name="BC Mandella"/>   But the people who worked with her every day viewed her differently; her exercise rider in 2013, David Nuesch, described her as "straightforward", explaining, "she kind of likes it to be her idea and doesn't want to be told too much what to do." Her [[horse groom|groom]], Ruben Mercado, said she was a "little angel" in the stables but "all business" on the track.<ref name=Gantz30Oct>{{cite web|last1=Gantz|first1=Tracy|title=Stellar Team Behind Beholder's Success| url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/81714/stellar-team-behind-beholders-success|website=The Blood-Horse |access-date=October 5, 2015|date=October 30, 2013}}</ref> Mandella used earplugs and a hood with ear coverings (colloquially called "earmuffs") to help keep her focused. At one point, he tried giving her [[Headphones#Earphones|ear buds]], but the sound upset her even more.<ref name="BC Mandella">{{cite web|author1=Daily Racing Form|title=Mandella has home-court advantage in Breeders' Cup |url=http://www.breederscup.com/article/mandella-has-home-court-advantage-breeders-cup|website=Breederscup.com|access-date= October 5, 2015|date=October 10, 2013}}</ref> Mandella was described as the "perfect" trainer for her, as he was willing to try different training techniques to keep her from getting in her own way, took the time to figure out her quirks, and learned to anticipate her behavior.  The bond and depth of communication between trainer and horse was noted in the press. Mandella's son Gary described Beholder as having an "Alpha Male perspective", explaining, "She's actually dominant, bullyish and head strong. She's not quirky because she's worried that something is lurking around the corner. The things that she does that are hard to manage are because she's tougher than you."<ref name=Zieralski20Aug/>

As she aged, her behavior improved, and she began to behave like a seasoned veteran.<ref name=Balan1Aug>{{cite web|last1=Balan|first1=Jeremy |title=Beholder All Class in Easy Hirsch Score |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/93361/beholder-all-class-in-easy-hirsch-score|website=The Blood-Horse|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=August 1, 2015}}</ref>  Mandella gave credit to the horse: "I’d say she brought me along. I haven‘t brought her along. I’ve just been along for the ride."<ref name=Zieralski20Aug>{{cite web|last1=Zieralski|first1=Ed|title=Beholder a Richard Mandella gem |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/20/beholder-del-mar-mandella/|website=San Diego Union Tribune |access-date=October 5, 2015|date=August 20, 2015}}</ref> By her six-year-old season, following her 17th career win, which was also her sixth consecutive victory,<ref name=Equibase/>  Mandella said of Beholder, " "Good horses come along, and there are a few great ones, but to be great and stay great, it really is special."<ref name="Tierney4June16">{{cite web|last1=Tierney|first1=Mike|title=Beholder cruises to her 17th win in the Vanity Mile at Santa Anita|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-santa-anita-beholder-20160604-snap-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=5 June 2016|date=June 4, 2016}}</ref>

==Racing career==
[[File:Owner Spendthrift Farm.svg|upright=0.8|thumb|Silks of Spendthrift Farm, owner of Beholder]]

===2012: two-year-old season===
Beholder was ridden in all of her two-year-old races by [[Garrett Gomez]]. She began her racing career by finishing fourth behind Executiveprivilege in a [[maiden race]] on the [[Synthetic racetrack surfaces for horse racing|Cushion Track]] at [[Hollywood Park Racetrack]] on June 28.<ref name="Maiden1"/> A month later, she recorded her first win in a maiden race at [[Del Mar racetrack]], beating Fanticola by {{frac|3|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]].<ref name="Maiden2"/> On September 2, she was moved up to [[Graded stakes race|Grade I]] class for the [[Del Mar Debutante Stakes]] over seven furlongs. Starting at odds of 8.1–1, she hit the [[starting gate]] but took an early lead, leading by {{frac|2|1|2}} lengths in [[Glossary of North American horse racing#H|homestretch]], but she was caught by Executiveprivilege at the finish line and was beaten a nose.<ref name="Debutante"/>  Beholder moved to [[Santa Anita Park]] in October. Because she remained keyed up after the previous race and upset by the stress from shipping, Mandella chose to put her in an easier race than a Grade I to see if she would settle down enough to contest the Breeders' Cup later in the year.<ref name=Mitchell2Nov/> She was entered into a six-furlong [[allowance race]] and won by eleven lengths despite being [[Glossary of North American horse racing#E|eased]] in the closing stages.<ref name="Allowance"/> On November 2 at Santa Anita, Beholder was one of eight fillies to contest the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies over one mile. She was the 9–2 joint second choice in the betting behind Executiveprivilege, who was made the 13–8 favourite. Beholder took the lead from the start and broke clear of the field to open up a three-length advantage on the final turn. She held off the late challenge of Executiveprivilege to win by a length.<ref name=Mitchell2Nov>{{cite web|last=Mitchell |first=Eric |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/74145/spendthrifts-beholder-takes-juvenile-fillies |title=Spendthrift's Beholder Takes Juvenile Fillies |website=The Blood-Horse |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref>

===2013: three-year-old season===
Beholder began her three-year-old season in the Grade II [[Santa Ynez Stakes]] over seven furlongs at Santa Anita on January 21. She started the 1–5 favorite but was beaten three-quarters of a length by Renee's Titan. An explanation for her poor performance emerged a week later when an examination revealed an ulcer in her throat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75823/small-ulcer-detected-in-beholders-throat |title=Small Ulcer Detected in Beholder's Throat |website=The Blood-Horse |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref> At the same course on March 2, Beholder started 4–5 favorite for the Grade I Las Virgenes Stakes over one mile. She led from the start and was never seriously challenged, winning by {{frac|3|3|4}} lengths from [[Fiftyshadesofhay]].<ref name="Virgenes"/> Beholder's next race was the Grade I Santa Anita Oaks on April 6, for which she started the 3–10 favorite. Despite an unfavorable draw, she quickly went into the lead and went clear of the field in the straight to win by {{frac|2|3|4}} lengths from Iotapa. Mandella described the winner as having "the heart of a warrior".<ref name=Shulman6Apr>{{cite web|last=Shulman |first=Lenny |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/77360/beholder-punches-ticket-to-kentucky-oaks |title=Beholder Punches Ticket to Kentucky Oaks |website=The Blood-Horse |date=April 6, 2013 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref>  Throughout her spring campaign, she continued to be ridden by Gomez.<ref name=Equibase/> 
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In the [[Kentucky Oaks]] on May 3 at [[Churchill Downs]], Beholder started at odds of 9–1 in a field of ten fillies, with the [[Gulfstream Oaks]] winner [[Dreaming of Julia]] the 6–4 favorite.<ref name=Equibase/>  It was the first time she had been shipped outside of California.<ref name=Brown3May/>  Beholder tracked the leader, Midnight Lucky, before moving into the lead in the homestretch but was overtaken in the closing stages by the 39–1 outsider [[Princess of Sylmar]] and finished second, beaten by half a length.<ref name=Equibase/> Her loss was attributed in part to her behavior in the [[Glossary of North American horse racing#P|post parade]]. Without her training earmuffs, she was anxious and upset by the crowd noise, fought to get away from the track pony that was leading her to the gate, and partially fell down, forcing Gomez to jump off. Sportswriters described her as "angry" and adrenaline-filled, while Mandella described her as "rattled." After the race, Gomez speculated that if Princess of Sylmar had been closer as she passed, instead of well to the outside, Beholder's fighting instincts still might have been enough to have held out for the victory.  However, he also commented at the time that she relied on speed to win, and if she was slowed down, she had difficulty regaining momentum.<ref name=Brown3May>{{cite web|last1=Brown|first1=C.L.|title=Kentucky Oaks 2013 Runner-Up; Fired-up Beholder fades at last second |url=http://archive.courier-journal.com/article/20130503/SPORTS08/305030179/Kentucky-Oaks-2013-Runner-Up-Fired-up-Beholder-fades-last-second| website=The Courier-Journal |access-date=October 5, 2015|date=May 3, 2013}}</ref>

After a break of almost four months, Beholder returned in the [[Torrey Pines Stakes]] over one mile at Del Mar on September 1, where she was ridden for the first time by [[Gary Stevens (jockey)|Gary Stevens]]. She started the 1–10 favorite and led all the way, winning from second-place finisher Wittgenstein.<ref name="Torrey"/> Four weeks later, Beholder was matched against older fillies and mares in the Grade I [[Zenyatta Stakes]] over eight and a half furlongs at Santa Anita. She led from the start and won, with the six-year-old veteran Authenticity in second. Mandella called the winner "a filly that really likes the fight" while Stevens said that "I haven't gotten close to the bottom of her yet".<ref>{{cite web|last=Shulman |first=Lenny |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/80964/beholder-dominates-foes-in-zenyatta-stakes |title=Beholder Dominates Foes in Zenyatta Stakes |website=The Blood-Horse |date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref> On November 1, Beholder contested the Breeders' Cup Distaff over nine furlongs at Santa Anita. The field was a very strong one, including [[Royal Delta]] who had won the race for the last two years, Princess of Sylmar, Authenticity, and [[Close Hatches]]. Although Beholder showed some anxiety in the [[starting gate]], she had a clean start. Mandella had been training her so that instead of always being a front-runner, she could be  [[Glossary of North American horse racing#R|rated]] behind other horses and conserve energy. His strategy was a success as Beholder tracked the leaders before moving up into second place half a mile from the finish. She took the lead two furlongs out and went clear of the field to win by {{frac|4|1|4}} lengths over Close Hatches, with Royal Delta fourth and Princess of Sylmar last of the six runners. After the race, Mandella said, "I’ve been lucky enough to have many good mares in my years of training, but this mare might have to be the best of all."<ref name=Shinar1Nov>{{cite web|last=Shinar |first=Jack |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/81786/beholder-trumps-delta-princess-in-distaff |title=Beholder Trumps Delta, Princess in Distaff |website=The Blood-Horse |date=November 1, 2013 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref>  With her Distaff win, she became the first horse to win both the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Distaff in consecutive years.<ref name=Zieralski2Nov>{{cite web |last1=Zieralski |first1=Ed |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2013/nov/02/tp-breeders-cup-win-is-a-beauty-for-beholder/ |title=Breeders' Cup Win s a Beauty for Beholder |website=San Diego Union Tribune |date=November 2, 2013 |access-date=November 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007073948/http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2013/nov/02/tp-breeders-cup-win-is-a-beauty-for-beholder/ |archive-date=October 7, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===2014: four-year-old season===
[[File:Beholder 2014.jpg|thumb|Beholder at the Ogden Phipps]]
Beholder ran only three races in 2014.<ref name=Bauer>{{cite web|last1=Bauer-Herzog|first1=Melissa|title=Getting to know champion filly Beholder|url=http://www.foxsports.com/horse-racing/story/getting-to-know-champion-filly-beholder-100814|website=FOX Sports|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=October 8, 2014}}</ref>  She began her third season in the Santa Lucia Stakes at Santa Anita on April 21. Conceding six pounds to her opponents, she started at odds of 1–10 and won by more than five lengths over Legacy.<ref name="Lucia2014"/> She returned to Grade I competition at the [[Ogden Phipps Handicap|Ogden Phipps Stakes]] at Belmont on June 7.  It was only the second time she had been shipped to race outside California, the only prior trip having been the Kentucky Oaks.<ref name=Bauer/>  Beholder went off as the favorite ahead of Princess of Sylmar and Close Hatches. She raced on the outside and moved up to third on the final turn but made no further progress and finished fourth behind winner Close Hatches.|<ref name="Phipps"/>  She had sustained an injury during that race, and after returning to training, split the wound site open again during a workout, requiring stitches and missing additional training time.  Nonetheless, on September 27, with [[Mike E. Smith|Mike Smith]] riding her for the first time, she won the Zenyatta Stakes for a second time, winning by {{frac|3|4}} of a length over Tiz Midnight and Iotapa.<ref name=Paulick27Sept>{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=Beholder Best in Zenyatta Stakes|url=http://www.paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/beholder-much-the-best-in-zenyatta/|website=Paulick Report|access-date=September 27, 2014|date=September 27, 2014}}</ref>  She was viewed as not at her peak fitness but progressing well in spite of the delays in training linked to her injury.<ref name=Bauer/>

Beholder was prepared to defend her Breeders' Cup Distaff title and was also consigned to be sold at the 2014 [[Fasig-Tipton]] fall sale immediately after.  Plans changed when she was found to be running a 104&nbsp;°F fever after exercising on October 19.  She was scratched from both the race and the sale, and owner Hughes decided that after she recovered from her illness, she would not be sold, but instead would stay in training and return to racing in 2015.<ref name=BH26Oct>{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=Beholder to Remain With Trainer Mandella|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/88290/beholder-to-remain-with-trainer-mandella|website=The Blood-Horse|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=October 26, 2014}}</ref>

===2015: five-year-old season===
For the second year in a row, Beholder took the Santa Lucia Stakes, run at a distance of {{convert|1+1/16|mi|m}} on April 10, 2015. With Stevens returning as her rider, she tracked Uzziel until pulling away for a {{frac|3|3|4}} length win. "The game was pretty much over going into the first turn and it was sort of a glorified workout, which is something you hope for in a race like this", Stevens said. "She's the best filly I've ever sat on and I'm not sure she's not the best horse I've ever ridden." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/91197/beholder-breezes-to-santa-lucia-victory|title=Beholder Breezes to Santa Lucia Victory|last=Balan|first=Jeremy|work=The Blood-Horse|date=April 10, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref>

After missing the Grade 1 [[Vanity Mile|Vanity Stakes]] and an anticipated match-up with improving Warren's Veneda in May due to a fever similar to that which prevented her from competing in the 2014 Breeders' Cup Distaff, Beholder was given time off.<ref name=BH14May>{{cite web|author1=Staff|title=Beholder Back on Track After Illness|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/91993/beholder-back-on-track-after-illness|website=The Blood-Horse|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=May 14, 2015}}</ref> She returned in the Grade III Adoration Stakes on June 13, where she defeated Warren's Veneda by a comfortable {{frac|1|1|4}} lengths in 1:41.67.<ref name="Adoration"/>  Beholder followed up with a  win in the Grade I [[Clement L. Hirsch Stakes]], winning by 7 lengths<ref name="Hirsch"/> without being touched with the whip.  Her behavior had markedly improved as she matured, with Stevens commenting, "She went from being a cantankerous kid to a laid-back grandma."<ref name=Balan1Aug/>  With that victory, she became the first horse since 1976, male or female, to win Grade I stakes races at ages 2, 3, 4, and 5.  While other horses had won Grade I stakes four years in a row, she was notable for being the only horse to have done so beginning at age two.<ref name=ESPN2015>{{cite web|url=https://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/13480318/eye-beholder|title=West: Eye of the Beholder|date=21 August 2015 |publisher=ESPN|access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref>

On August 22, 2015, Beholder became the first filly or mare to win the Grade I [[Pacific Classic]] against males. She won by {{frac|8|1|4}} lengths with a final time of 1:59.77, against an otherwise all-male field of nine other horses, including 2014 [[Breeders' Cup Classic]] winner [[Bayern (horse)|Bayern]].<ref name=Balan22Aug/> She won in the third-fastest winning time in the history of the race,<ref name=Zieralski22Aug>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/22/pacific-classic-del-mar-beholder/|last1=Zieralski|first1=Ed |title=Beholder romps in Pacific Classic |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune|date=August 22, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> and with the second-largest margin of victory, behind the 2013 win of [[Game On Dude]].<ref name=Balan22Aug>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/93877/beholder-blows-away-pacific-classic-foes|title=Beholder Blows Away Pacific Classic Foes|last=Balan|first=Jeremy|date=August 22, 2015|work=The Blood-Horse |access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> Hughes said: "She's the first horse who has made me feel lucky to be her owner."<ref name=Zieralski22Aug/>  Mandella quipped, "We didn’t think she would do it quite like that. We thought it was the girls she was picking on."<ref name=Zieralski22Aug/> and added later, "I think the boys pissed her off. I think they were telling sexist jokes on the [[Glossary of North American horse racing#B|backside]]."<ref name=Balan23Aug>{{cite web|last1=Balan |first1=Jeremy|title=Mandella: Beholder 'One of the Greats' |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/93881/mandella-beholder-one-of-the-greats|website=The Blood-Horse|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> After the race, her  [[Glossary of North American horse racing#C|connections]] announced that she would train with the goal of running in the [[Breeders' Cup Classic]].  They also suggested that she might race again in 2016 and that upon retirement, Hughes would be likely to keep her at his Spendthrift Farm and not offer her for sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/94419/beholder-will-target-bc-classic|title=Beholder Will Target BC Classic|last=Mitchell|first=Eric|date=September 15, 2015|work=The Blood-Horse |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>

In her last race of 2015, she won the Zenyatta Stakes for the third time, stalking the pace until taking the lead in the homestretch, winning in a field of eight by {{frac|3|1|2}} lengths.<ref name="Zenyatta2015"/>  As she prepared for her next race, the 2015 [[Breeders' Cup Classic]], the biggest challenge was anticipated to be her reaction to travel; she had only raced twice outside of California, losing both times, and was known to be a poor shipper.<ref name=Balan23Aug/>  With the [[2015 Breeders' Cup]] races held at [[Keeneland]], and weather causing difficulties for shipping horses by air, Mandella nonetheless declared, "We plan to run in the big one."<ref name=Golden4Oct>{{cite web|last1=Golden|first1=Ed|title='We Plan To Run In The Big One': Beholder On Track For Classic Run |url=http://www.paulickreport.com/news/breeders-cup/we-plan-to-run-in-the-big-one-beholder-on-track-for-classic-run/|website=Paulick Report|access-date=October 5, 2015|date=October 4, 2015}}</ref>  She shipped to Keeneland on October 19 and developed a slight fever shortly after arrival, thought due to shipping stress, but the fever dropped following treatment and she continued to prep for the race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/95285/beholder-alert-back-in-the-game|title=Beholder Alert, 'Back in the Game'|author=Claire Novak|date=21 October 2015|work=BloodHorse.com}}</ref>  But on the morning of 29 October, Beholder was sent out for a gallop at the Keeneland training track, and examination after the race revealed that she had [[EIPH|bled]].  She was scratched from the Classic. Mandella explained, "there's obviously some irritated lung tissue there. She will be fine, but if I put her under the pressure of a race situation, it could cause some real damage. This was obviously due to the fever she had when she arrived".<ref name=Mitchell29Oct>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/95557/beholder-scratched-out-of-bc-classic|title=Beholder Scratched Out of BC Classic|author=Ron Mitchell|date=29 October 2015|work=BloodHorse.com}}</ref>

===2016: six-year-old season===
[[File:Songbird and Beholder 1.jpg|thumb|Beholder and Songbird in the stretch run of the Distaff]]
In her 2016 debut, Stevens was once again in the saddle, and Beholder won the [[Adoration Stakes]] for the second time in succession at Santa Anita Park on May 8, the day after the [[2016 Kentucky Derby]]. This was her seventh straight victory in 16 wins overall, of which 14 were stakes wins.<ref name=Equibase/> On June 4, Beholder appeared to be facing a much sterner task when she took on the 2015 American Champion three-year-old filly [[Stellar Wind (horse)|Stellar Wind]] in the Grade I [[Vanity Mile]] at Santa Anita. In a slowly run race, Stevens tracked the early leader, Lost Bus, before taking the lead on the turn and winning "effortlessly" by one and a half lengths from Stellar Wind.<ref name=Balan4Jun16>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/212189/beholder-dominates-again-at-santa-anita|title=Beholder Dominates Again at Santa Anita|date=4 June 2016|author=Jeremy Balan|publisher=The Blood Horse}}</ref> With this Grade I win, Beholder tied the record of [[John Henry (horse)|John Henry]] in winning a Grade I race for five years in a row.<ref name=ESPN2015/> However, Stellar Wind turned the tables on Beholder in the 2016 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, held on July 30, edging Beholder by a half-length in a stretch duel.<ref name="Hirsch2016"/>

Three weeks later, Beholder faced an all-star field in her return to the [[Pacific Classic]] on August 20.  The field included her first showdown with 2014 horse of the year [[California Chrome]], as well as [[Dortmund (horse)|Dortmund]], whose only career defeats had been to California Chrome and [[American Pharoah]].<ref name="Privman18Aug"/> She also faced Imperative and Hoppertunity, both of whom she had defeated in the previous year's race.<ref name="Pacific Classic"/>  Beholder was third favorite on the morning line behind Chrome and Dortmund.<ref name="Privman18Aug">{{cite web|last1=Privman|first1=Jay|title=Star-studded Pacific Classic a must-watch event|url=http://www.drf.com/news/star-studded-pacific-classic-must-watch-event|website=Daily Racing Form|access-date=August 20, 2016|date=August 18, 2016}}</ref> California Chrome got the number one post position in the nine-horse field, viewed as an unfavorable draw for him, while Beholder obtained a favorable post at number seven, with Dortmund to her outside. Mandella felt she had trained strongly since her previous loss and was ready to go.<ref name="Privman19Aug">{{cite web|last1=Privman|first1=Jay|title=Rail draw complicates matters for California Chrome in Pacific Classic|url=http://www.drf.com/news/rail-draw-complicates-matters-california-chrome-pacific-classic|website=Daily Racing Form|access-date=August 20, 2016|date=August 19, 2016}}</ref>  Beholder broke cleanly and remained second, stalking California Chrome, who led throughout the entire race.  She stalked the pace closely until the mile pole, at which point the stallion pulled ahead of the field and won by five lengths.  Beholder finished {{frac|2|1|2}} lengths ahead of third-place Dortmund.<ref name="Pacific Classic2"/>  Stevens described her race as a "gutty performance" and Mandella stated, "she ran really good, just second best." Both jockey and trainer expressed respect for the performance of the winner.<ref name="Balan20Aug2016">{{cite web|last1=Balan|first1=Jeremy|title=California Chrome Superior in Pacific Classic|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/214395/california-chrome-superior-in-pacific-classic|website=Blood-Horse|access-date=21 August 2016|date=August 20, 2016}}</ref>

In October she started the 2-5 favorite for the Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita. After leading for most of the way she was headed in the final furlong and beaten a neck by Stellar Wind with the pair finishing more than eleven lengths clear of the other three runners.<ref name="Zenyatta2016">{{cite web|title=Santa Anita Park – October 1, 2016 – Race 9 |url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=SA&CTRY=USA&DT=10/01/2016&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB |website=Equibase |access-date=November 5, 2016 |date=October 1, 2016}}</ref> On November 4, in what was scheduled to be her final racecourse appearance before her retirement, Beholder made her first appearance in the Breeders' Cup since 2013 when she once again contested the Distaff at Santa Anita.<ref name="Balan4Nov"/> Stellar Wind was again challenging, but the odds-on favorite was the undefeated three-year-old [[Songbird (horse)|Songbird]]. Beholder, coming off three losses, was third in the betting odds.<ref name="Distaff2016"/> From the outside post position of the eight-horse field, Beholder tracked the leaders before moving alongside Songbird on the final turn. The pair engaged in a prolonged struggle in the straight before Beholder prevailed by a scant nose in a [[photo-finish]]. Stevens described the race by saying, "I've been in battles before, but never the length of the stretch  . . . definitely a quarter of a mile of just a street fight."<ref name="Balan4Nov">{{cite web|last1=Balan|first1=Jeremy|title=Beholder Noses Out Songbird in BC Distaff|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/217437/beholder-noses-out-songbird-in-bc-distaff|website=Blood-Horse|access-date=November 5, 2016|date=November 4, 2016}}</ref>  With her win, she tied Goldikova as one of only two horses to have ever won three Breeders' Cup Championships in the history of the series.<ref name="Hovdey28Oct">{{cite web|last1=Hovdey|first1=Jay|title=Mandella goes for another home sweet home run|url=http://www.drf.com/news/hovdey-mandella-goes-another-home-sweet-home-run|website=Daily Racing Form|access-date=November 6, 2016|date=October 28, 2016}}</ref>

==Honors and legacy==
Beholder was named [[American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly]] at the Eclipse awards for 2012, gaining 225 of the available 254 votes.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hammonds |first=Evan |url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/75690/beholder-champion-2-year-old-filly |title=Beholder Champion 2-Year-Old Filly |website=The Blood-Horse |date=January 19, 2013 |access-date=November 2, 2013}}</ref> She won her second Eclipse Award the following year as [[American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly]] with 207 votes against 42 for runner-up Princess of Sylmar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/82889/beholders-cup-win-earned-eclipse|title=Beholder's Cup Win Earned Eclipse|last=Gantz|first=Tracy|work=The Blood-Horse |date=January 18, 2014|access-date=August 23, 2015}}</ref> In the awards for 2014, in spite of her abbreviated season, she still received five votes for [[American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse|American Champion Older Female]], though the award that year went to [[Close Hatches]] by a wide margin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/89637/juddmontes-close-hatches-is-top-older-female|title=Juddmonte's Close Hatches is Top Older Female|last=LaMarra|first=Tom|date=January 17, 2015|work=The Blood-Horse |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref> Beholder won her third Eclipse Award when she was named the 2015 [[American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse]], taking 256 of the 261 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/97139/beholder-secures-third-eclipse-award|title=Beholder Secures her Third Eclipse Award}}</ref> She repeated in this category in 2016, receiving 246 out of 248 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Eclipse Awards Winners|url=http://www.drf.com/news/2016-eclipse-awards-winners|website=Daily Racing Form|access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref>  "You think about other sports and think about people in the Hall of Fame, and very often they have careers where they were good over a long period of time or brilliant over a shorter period of time", said Ned Toffey, the manager of Spendthrift Farm. "She did both. She was brilliant over a long period of time."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Wincze Hughes|first1=Alicia|title=Beholder Goes Out a Champion, Earns Fourth Eclipse|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/219210/beholder-goes-out-a-champion-earns-fourth-eclipse|website=BloodHorse.com|access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Beholder (42255879921).jpg|thumb|Beholder in retirement at Spendthrift Farms.]]

In the [[2013 World's Best Racehorse Rankings]], Beholder received a rating of 121, ranking her as the second-best three-year-old filly in the world behind the French-trained [[Treve (horse)|Treve]], and the thirty-eighth best horse in the world of any age or either sex.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifhaonline.org/resources/WTRRankings/2013_LWBRR.asp |title=The 2013 World Thoroughbred Rankings |website=International Federation of Horseracing Authorities |access-date=2014-01-17}}</ref>  In 2015, she received a rating of 123 following her Pacific Classic win, placing her in a tie for eighth worldwide and second only to Treve as the highest-rated filly or mare.<ref name=IFHA2015Sept>{{cite web|title=The 2015 Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings |url=http://www.ifhaonline.org/resources/WTRRankings/2015_LWBRRa.asp |website=International Federation of Horseracing Authorities|access-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref> In 2016, she again received a rating of 123, tying her for tenth worldwide and second to [[Winx (horse)|Winx]] as the highest rated mare.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifhaonline.org/resources/WTRRankings/LWBRR.asp?batch=36 |title=The World Thoroughbred Rankings – January to November 6, 2016 |website=International Federation of Horseracing Authorities |access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref>

Beholder was retired at the conclusion of the 2016 season.<ref name="HOF bio">{{cite web |title=Beholder |url=https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/beholder-ky |website=National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref> On February 10, 2017, Santa Anita announced that it was renaming the Vanity Stakes, which she won in 2016, as the Beholder Mile Stakes, noting that she won 14 races at Santa Anita during her career, including three [[Breeders' Cup]] victories.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Balan|first1=Jeremy|title=Santa Anita Renames Vanity to 'Beholder Mile'|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/219747/santa-anita-renames-vanity-to-beholder-mile|website=BloodHorse.com|access-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>  

In retirement, {{asof|2024|lc=on}} she has had four of her foals go to the track.<ref>{{cite web |title=Beholderprogeny |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/beholder2 |website=Pedigree query |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref> The most notable winner to date is Tamara, who won the 2023 Grade I [[Del Mar Debutante Stakes]], before being sidelined by an injury.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=Paulick Report |title=Beholder Daughter Tamara To Skip Del Mar Meet |url=https://paulickreport.com/news/thoroughbred-racing/beholder-daughter-tamara-to-skip-del-mar-meet |website=Paulick Report |access-date=21 November 2024 |language=en |date=3 July 2024}}</ref> Her 2022 foal by [[Curlin]], a colt, sold in 2023 as a yearling for $4 million<ref>{{cite web |last1=Genaro |first1=Teresa |title=Curlin Colt Out of Beholder Commands $4 Million |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/270827/curlin-colt-out-of-beholder-commands-4-million |website=Blood Horse|date=August 8, 2023 |access-date=21 November 2024}}</ref>

In her first year of eligibility, Beholder was elected to the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] as part of the class of 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Champions Beholder, Tepin lead 2022 Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/258757/champions-beholder-tepin-lead-2022-hall-of-fame-class |website=BloodHorse.com |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>

==Statistics==
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| Maiden Special Weight
| {{ntsh|6}}Maiden
| [[Hollywood Park Racetrack|Hollywood Park]]
| 21.80
| NA
| 9
| 4
| NA
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
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| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
| 2.30
|  1:03.78
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| 1
| {{ntsh|3.25}}{{frac|3|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
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|{{ntsh|7}}7 [[furlongs]]
| [[Del Mar Debutante Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}}I
| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
| 8.10
|NA
| 8
| 2
| {{ntsh|0.1}}{{sort|0.1 length|[[Horse length#Other measures|nose]]}}
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
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|{{ntsh|6}}6 [[furlongs]]
| Allowance
| {{ntsh|5}} Allowance
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.60
|1:09.00
| 6
| 1
| {{ntsh|11}} 11 [[Horse length|lengths]]
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
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| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
| [[Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 3.9
|1:43.61
| 8
| 1
| {{ntsh|1}} 1 [[Horse length|length]]
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
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| {{ntsh|6.5}} {{frac|6|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Santa Ynez Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|2}} II
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.2
|NA
| 7
| 2
| {{ntsh|.75}} {{frac|3|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
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| 3
| {{ntsh|8}} 8 [[furlong]]s
|[[Las Virgenes Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.8
|1:36.14
| 8
| 1
| {{ntsh|3.75}} {{frac|3|3|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
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|[[Santa Anita Oaks]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.3
| 1:43.16
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| 1
| {{ntsh|2.75}} {{frac|2|3|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
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| 3
| {{ntsh|9}}9 [[furlong]]s
| [[Kentucky Oaks]]
| {{ntsh|1}}I
| [[Churchill Downs]]
| 9.0
|NA
| 10
| 2
| {{ntsh|.5}} {{frac|1|2}} [[Horse length|length]]
| {{sortname|Garrett|Gomez}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
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| 3
| {{ntsh|8}}8 [[furlong]]s
|[[Torrey Pines Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} III
| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
| 0.10
| 1:36.30
| 5
| 1
| {{ntsh|2.75}} {{frac|2|3|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
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|<ref name="Torrey">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=3&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=09/01/2013&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Del Mar – September 1, 2013 – Race 3 |website=Equibase|date= April 6, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2013|Sep|28}}
| 3
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Zenyatta Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 1.60
|  1:42.11
|7
| 1
| {{ntsh|1.25}} {{frac|1|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Zenyatta2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=3&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=09/01/2013&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – September 28, 2013 – Race 9 |website=Equibase|date= September 28, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2013|Nov|1}}
| 3
| {{ntsh|9}}9 [[furlong]]s
|[[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 2.80
| 1:47.77
|6
| 1
| {{ntsh|4.25}} {{frac|4|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Distaff2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=10&BorP=P&TID=SA&CTRY=USA&DT=11/01/2013&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – November 1, 2013 – Race 10|website=Equibase|date= November 1, 2013 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2014|Apr|20}}
| 4
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|Santa Lucia Stakes
| {{ntsh|4}} Listed Stakes
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
|0.10
| 1:42.67
|5
| 1
| {{ntsh|5.25}} {{frac|5|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Lucia2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=SA&CTRY=USA&DT=04/20/2014&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – April 20, 2014 – Race 8|website=Equibase|date= April 20, 2014 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2014|Jun|7}}
| 4
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Ogden Phipps Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Belmont Park]]
| 1.00
| NA
|6
| 4
| NA
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Phipps">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=7&BorP=P&TID=BEL&CTRY=USA&DT=06/07/2014&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Belmont Park – June 7, 2014 – Race 7 |website=Equibase|date= June 7, 2014 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2014|Sep|27}}
| 4
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Zenyatta Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.40
| 1:42.19
| 5
| 1
| {{ntsh|0.75}} {{frac|3|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Mike E.|Smith}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Zenyatta2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=5&BorP=P&TID=SA&CTRY=USA&DT=09/27/2014&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – September 27, 2014 – Race 5 |website=Equibase|date= September 27, 2014 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2015|Apr|10}}
| 5
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|Santa Lucia Stakes
| {{ntsh|4}} Listed Stakes
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
|0.10
| 1:42.54
|5
| 1
| {{ntsh|3.25}} {{frac|3|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Lucia2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=6&BorP=P&TID=SA&CTRY=USA&DT=04/10/2015&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – April 10, 2015 – Race 6|website=Equibase|date= April 10, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2015|Jun|13}}
| 5
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Adoration Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|3}} III
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
|0.20
| 1:41.67
| 6
| 1
| {{ntsh|1.25}} {{frac|1|1|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Adoration">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=SA&CTRY=USA&DT=06/13/2015&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – June 13, 2015 – Race 8|website=Equibase|date= June 13, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2015|Aug|1}}
| 5
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Clement L. Hirsch Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
|0.30
| 1:43.81
| 8
| 1
| {{ntsh|7}} 7 [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Hirsch">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=8&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/01/2015&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Santa Anita Park – June 13, 2015 – Race 8|website=Equibase|date= August 1, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2015|Aug|22}}
| 5
| {{ntsh|10}}10 [[furlong]]s
|[[Pacific Classic Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
|0.80
| 1:59.77
| 10
| 1
| {{ntsh|8}} 8 [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Pacific Classic">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbPDFChartPlus.cfm?RACE=9&BorP=P&TID=DMR&CTRY=USA&DT=08/22/2015&DAY=D&STYLE=EQB | title=Del Mar – August 22, 2015 – Race 9|website=Equibase|date= August 22, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2015|Sep|26}}
| 5
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Zenyatta Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.40
| 1:42.83
| 8
| 1
| {{ntsh|3.75}} {{frac|3|3|4}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Zenyatta2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/enwiki/static/chart/pdf/SA092615USA7.pdf | title=Santa Anita Park – September 26, 2015 – Race 7 |website=Equibase|date= September 26, 2015 |access-date=September 29, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2016|May|8}}
| 6
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Adoration Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|3}} III
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
|0.05
| 1:42.73
| 6
| 1
| {{ntsh|2.5}} {{frac|2|1|2}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Adoration2">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/enwiki/static/chart/pdf/SA050816USA5.pdf | title=Santa Anita Park – May 8, 2016 – Race 5|website=Equibase|date= May 8, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2016|Jun|4}}
| 6
| {{ntsh|8}} 8 [[furlong]]s
|[[Vanity Mile]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
|0.20
| 1:35.97 
| 5
| 1
|{{ntsh|1.5}}{{frac|1|1|2}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name=Balan4Jun16/>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2016|Jul|30}}
| 6
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Clement L. Hirsch Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
|0.10
| NA 
| 5
| 2
|{{ntsh|0.5}}{{frac|1|2}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Hirsch2016">{{cite web|title=Del Mar – July 30, 2016 – Race 8|url=http://www.equibase.com/enwiki/static/chart/pdf/DMR073016USA8.pdf|website=Equibase|access-date=July 31, 2016|date=July 30, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2016|Aug|20}}
| 6
| {{ntsh|10}}10 [[furlong]]s
|[[Pacific Classic Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Del Mar Racetrack|Del Mar]]
|3.00
| NA
| 9
|2
|{{ntsh|0.5}}{{frac|1|2}} [[Horse length|lengths]]
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Pacific Classic2">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/enwiki/static/chart/pdf/DMR082016USA9.pdf|title=Del Mar – August 20, 2016 – Race 9|website=Equibase|date=August 20, 2016|access-date=August 20, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911104434/http://www.equibase.com/enwiki/static/chart/pdf/DMR082016USA9.pdf|archive-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2016|Oct|1}}
| 6
| {{ntsh|8.5}}{{frac|8|1|2}} [[furlong]]s
|[[Zenyatta Stakes]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 0.40
|  NA
|5
| 2
| {{ntsh|0.25}} neck
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Zenyatta2016"/>
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{dts|2016|Nov|4}}
| 6
| {{ntsh|9}}9 [[furlong]]s
|[[Breeders' Cup Distaff]]
| {{ntsh|1}} I
| [[Santa Anita Park|Santa Anita]]
| 3.30
| 1:49.20
|8
| 1
| {{ntsh|0.1}} nose
|{{sortname|Gary|Stevens|Gary Stevens (jockey)}}
| [[Richard Mandella]]
| [[Spendthrift Farm]]
|<ref name="Distaff2016">{{cite web|url=http://www.equibase.com/enwiki/static/chart/pdf/SA110416USA9.pdf| title=Santa Anita Park – November 4, 2016 – Race 9|website=Equibase|date= November 4, 2016 |access-date=November 5, 2016}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;"
|+ * Conversion of race distances
|-
! scope= "col" | [[Furlong]]s
! scope= "col" | Miles
! scope= "col" | Meters
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{frac|5|1|2}}
| {{frac|11|16}}
| style="text-align:right;" |{{convert|0.6875|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 6
| {{frac|3|4}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|.75|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{frac|6|1|2}}
| {{frac|13|16}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,308
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 7
| {{frac|7|8}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|.875|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 8
| 1
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{frac|8|1|2}}
| {{frac|1|1|16}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1.0625|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 9
| {{frac|1|1|8}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1.125|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | {{frac|9|1|2}}
| {{frac|1|3|16}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1.1875|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 10
| {{frac|1|1|4}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1.25|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|-
! scope="row" style="font-weight:normal;" | 12
| {{frac|1|1|2}}
| style="text-align:right;" | {{convert|1.5|mi|m|0|sp=us|disp=output only|abbr=values}}
|}

==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Beholder, bay filly, 2010<ref name="equineline1"/>
|f    = [[Henny Hughes]] (USA)<br>2003
|m    = Leslie's Lady (USA)<br>1996
|ff   = [[Hennessy (horse)|Hennessy]] (USA)<br>1993
|fm   = Meadow Flyer (USA)<br>1989
|mf   = Tricky Creek (USA)<br>1986
|mm   = Crystal Lady (CAN)<br>1990
|fff  = [[Storm Cat]]
|ffm  = Island Kitty
|fmf  = Meadow Lake
|fmm  = Shortley
|mff  = [[Clever Trick (horse)|Clever Trick]]
|mfm  = Battle Creek Girl
|mmf  = [[Stop The Music (horse)|Stop The Music]]
|mmm  = One Last Bird
|ffff = [[Storm Bird]]
|fffm = [[Terlingua (horse)|Terlingua]]
|ffmf = [[Hawaii (horse)|Hawaii]]
|ffmm = T C Kitten
|fmff = Hold Your Peace
|fmfm = Suspicious Native
|fmmf = [[Hagley (horse)|Hagley]]
|fmmm = Short Winded
|mfff = [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]]
|mffm = Kankakee Miss
|mfmf = [[His Majesty (horse)|His Majesty]]
|mfmm = Far Beyond
|mmff = [[Hail To Reason]]
|mmfm = Bebopper
|mmmf = One For All
|mmmm = Last Bird (Family:23-b)<ref name="bloodlines1"/>
}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

[[Category:2010 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United States]]
[[Category:Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winners]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred family 23-b]]
[[Category:Breeders' Cup Distaff winners]]
[[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
[[Category:United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees]]