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{{Short description|American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{More footnotes|date= September 2010}}

{{Infobox thoroughbred racehorse
{{More footnotes needed|date= September 2010}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Lady's Secret
| horsename = Lady's Secret
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| grandsire = [[Bold Ruler]]
| grandsire = [[Bold Ruler]]
| dam = Great Lady M.
| dam = Great Lady M.
| damsire = Icecapade
| damsire = [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]]
| sex = [[Filly]]
| sex = [[Mare]]
| foaled = 1982
| foaled = 1982
| country = [[United States]]
| country = [[United States]]
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| record = 45: 25-9-3
| record = 45: 25-9-3
| earnings = $3,021,325
| earnings = $3,021,325
| race = [[Moccasin Stakes]] (1984)<br>[[Test Stakes|The Darley Test]] (1985)<br>[[Ballerina Handicap]] (1985)<br>[[Monmouth Regret Stakes]] (1985)<br>[[Ruffian Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Beldame Stakes]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Go For Wand Handicap|Maskette Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Whitney Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Molly Pitcher Stakes|Molly Pitcher Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Shuvee Handicap]] (1986)
| race = [[Moccasin Stakes]] (1984)<br>[[Test Stakes|The Darley Test]] (1985)<br>[[Ballerina Handicap]] (1985)<br>[[Monmouth Regret Stakes]] (1985)<br>[[Ruffian Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Beldame Stakes]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Go For Wand Handicap|Maskette Handicap]] (1985, 1986)<br>[[Whitney Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Molly Pitcher Stakes|Molly Pitcher Handicap]] (1986)<br>[[Shuvee Handicap]] (1986)<p>
'''[[Breeders' Cup]] wins:'''<br>[[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] (1986)</p>

'''[[Breeders' Cup]] wins:'''<br>[[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] (1986)
| awards= [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse|U.S. Champion Older Filly]] (1986)<br>[[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|United States Horse of the Year]] (1986)
| awards= [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse|U.S. Champion Older Filly]] (1986)<br>[[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year|United States Horse of the Year]] (1986)
| honours = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|United States Racing Hall of Fame]] (1992)<br>[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|#76 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br>[[Zenyatta Stakes|Lady's Secret B.C. Handicap]] at [[Santa Anita Park]], 1993–2009<br>Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]]<br>Lady's Secret Drive in [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]]
| honours = [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame|United States Racing Hall of Fame]] (1992)<br>[[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|#76 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br>[[Zenyatta Stakes|Lady's Secret B.C. Handicap]] at [[Santa Anita Park]], 1993–2009<br>Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]]<br>Lady's Secret Drive in [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]]
|updated= January 3, 2009
|updated= January 3, 2009
}}
}}
'''Lady's Secret''' (April 8, 1982 - March 4, 2003) was an [[United States|American]] [[Eclipse Award]] winning [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racemare]] that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century.
'''Lady's Secret''' (April 8, 1982 &ndash; March 4, 2003) was an American [[Eclipse Award]] winning [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racemare]] that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in Oklahoma. Spreen sold her for $200,000 to [[Eugene V. Klein|Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Klein]] (former owner of the San Diego Chargers), and she was prepared for racing by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.<ref>{{cite web |title= Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK) |url= https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=887831&registry=T |website= Equibase Company LLC |access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref>


==Breeding and background==
==Breeding and background==
Sired by [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] champion [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] and out of Great Lady M., the gray filly Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in [[Oklahoma]]. Spreen sold her for $200,000 to [[Eugene V. Klein|Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Klein]] (former owner of the [[San Diego Chargers]]), and she was prepared for racing by Hall of Fame trainer [[D. Wayne Lukas]]. She was a small horse, weighing no more than about 900 pounds.
Lady's Secret was sired by [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]] champion [[Secretariat (horse)|Secretariat]] and out of Great Lady M., a daughter of [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]] who was a half brother to [[Ruffian (horse)|Ruffian]]. Lady's Secret was also closely related to Ruffian on her sire's side since Secretariat and [[Reviewer (horse)|Reviewer]] (Ruffian's sire) shared a sire in Bold Ruler. She was a small horse, weighing no more than about 900 pounds.


==Racing record==
==Racing record==
Lady's Secret, who was a front runner, won twenty-five of her forty-five races and had nine second-place finishes. The daughter of Secretariat dominated the fillies she raced against and was also competitive against males.
Lady's Secret, who was a front runner, won twenty-five of her forty-five races and had nine second-place finishes. The daughter of Secretariat dominated the fillies she raced against and was also competitive against males.


After winning the [[Moccasin Stakes]] at age two, Lady's Secret won three important races at age three, including two [[Graded stakes race|Grade I]] events, and ran second to stablemate [[Life's Magic]] in the 1985 [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]]. In 1986, four-year-old Lady's Secret defeated the nation's best male horses four times, winning ten of her fifteen starts that season, all [[graded stakes race]]s. Eight of these stakes wins were Grade 1 events. No horse has won this many graded stakes races in one season since races became graded in 1973. Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Lady's Secret was the first female to win the [[Whitney Stakes]] since [[Gallorette]] in 1948. She finished her year by winning the [[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] with [[Pat Day]] aboard. Her lifetime earnings equaled $3,021,325.
After winning the [[Moccasin Stakes]] at age two, Lady's Secret won three important races at age three, including two [[Graded stakes race|Grade I]] events, and ran second to stablemate [[Life's Magic]] in the 1985 [[Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]]. In 1986, four-year-old Lady's Secret faced the nation's best male horses four times, winning one of those races and being victorious in ten of her fifteen total starts that season, all [[graded stakes race]]s. Eight of these stakes wins were Grade 1 events, a single-season Grade 1 winning record only equaled by the champion [[Cigar (horse)|Cigar]] during his undefeated 1995 campaign. Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Lady's Secret was the first female to win the [[Whitney Stakes]] since [[Gallorette]] in 1948. She finished her year by winning the [[Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic|Breeders' Cup Distaff]] with [[Pat Day]] aboard. Her margin of victory was 2½ lengths in defeating a strong field that included [[Fran's Valentine]] and [[Outstandingly]].<ref>{{cite web |title= 1986 Breeders' Cup Distaff |url= https://www.breederscup.com/races/bcwc/1986/distaff?tab=recap |website= Breeders’ Cup Limited |access-date=28 October 2024}}</ref> Her lifetime earnings equaled $3,021,325.


Her performance throughout the 1986 racing season earned her the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse]] plus the most prestigious honor of all, and a rarity for fillies, the [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year]] for 1986. Lady's Secret is ranked at number 76 by [[Blood-Horse magazine|''Blood-Horse'' magazine]] in their list of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century]].
Lady's Secret's performances throughout the 1986 racing season earned her the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse]] plus the most prestigious honor of all, and a rarity for fillies, the [[Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year]] for 1986. Lady's Secret is ranked number 76 by [[Blood-Horse magazine|''Blood-Horse'' magazine]] in their list of the [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century|Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century]].


==Stud record==
==Stud record==
Retired at age five, in 1989 Lady's Secret was sold to [[Fares Farm]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], as a [[broodmare]]. She and Azeri are the only two female winners of the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to have produced foals by more than one stallion who was also Horse of the Year (Lady's Secret produced foals by Seattle Slew and Skip Away). Lady's Secret died suddenly on March 4, 2003 at Valley Creek Farm in [[Valley Center, California|Valley Center]], [[California]], as a result of complications in foaling. None of her progeny were of particular note.
Retired at age five, in 1989 Lady's Secret was sold to [[Fares Farm]] in [[Lexington, Kentucky]], as a [[broodmare]]. She and [[Azeri (horse)]] are the only two female winners of the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to have produced foals by more than one stallion who was also Horse of the Year (Lady's Secret produced foals by [[Seattle Slew]] and [[Skip Away]]). Lady's Secret died suddenly on March 4, 2003 at Valley Creek Farm in [[Valley Center, California|Valley Center]], [[California]], as a result of complications in foaling. She produced 12 foals, with 10 starters and 5 winners. None of her progeny were of particular note.


In 1992, Lady's Secret was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]]. The Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey]] is named in her honor. In 1993, a major race at [[Santa Anita Park]] in [[Arcadia, California]], was named in her honor, but from 2012<ref>{{cite web|last=Network |first=Sports |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/13/4629727/goodwood-stakes-among-14-to-be.html |title=Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita |publisher=Sacramento Bee |date=July 14, 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-14}}</ref> it was known as the [[Zenyatta Stakes]], after [[Zenyatta|the 2010 American Horse of the Year]] who won that race in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Lady's Secret Drive in Del Rayo Estates, [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], where her owner lived, was also named in her memory. Valley Creek Farm has since been sold. The new owner is in the process of developing The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden as a tribute to the great race mare.
In 1992, Lady's Secret was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK) |url= https://www.racingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/horse/ladys-secret-ok |website= National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame |access-date= 2 November 2024}}</ref> The Lady's Secret Café at [[Monmouth Park Racetrack]] in [[Oceanport, New Jersey]] is named in her honor. In 1993, a major race at [[Santa Anita Park]] in [[Arcadia, California]], was named in her honor, but from 2012<ref>{{cite web |last=Network |first=Sports |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/13/4629727/goodwood-stakes-among-14-to-be.html |title=Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita |publisher=Sacramento Bee |date=July 14, 2012 |access-date=2012-07-14 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> it was known as the [[Zenyatta Stakes]], after [[Zenyatta|the 2010 American Horse of the Year]] who won that race in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Lady's Secret Drive in Del Rayo Estates, [[Rancho Santa Fe, California]], where her owner lived, was also named in her memory. Valley Creek Farm has since been sold. The new owner is in the process of developing The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden as a tribute to the great race mare.


==Pedigree==
==Tabulated pedigree==
{{Pedigree
{{Pedigree
|name = Lady's Secret (USA), grey mare, 1982
|name = Lady's Secret (USA), grey mare, 1982
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|ff = [[Bold Ruler]]<br />1954 
|ff = [[Bold Ruler]]<br />1954 
|fm = [[Somethingroyal]]<br />1952 
|fm = [[Somethingroyal]]<br />1952 
|mf = Icecapade<br />1969 
|mf = [[Icecapade (horse)|Icecapade]]<br />1969 
|mm = Sovereign Lady<br />1969 
|mm = Sovereign Lady<br />1969 
|fff = '''[[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]''' (IRE)
|fff = '''[[Nasrullah (horse)|Nasrullah]]''' (IRE)
|ffm = Miss Disco
|ffm = [[Miss Disco]]
|fmf = [[Princequillo]] (IRE)
|fmf = [[Princequillo]] (IRE)
|fmm = Imperatrice
|fmm = [[Imperatrice]]
|mff = [[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]] (CAN)
|mff = [[Nearctic (horse)|Nearctic]] (CAN)
|mfm = Shenanigans
|mfm = [[Shenanigans (horse)|Shenanigans]]
|mmf = Young Emperor (GB)
|mmf = Young Emperor (GB)
|mmm = Sweety Kid
|mmm = Sweety Kid
|ffff = '''[[Nearco]]'''
|ffff = '''[[Nearco]]'''
|fffm = Mumtaz Begum
|fffm = [[Mumtaz Begum (horse)|Mumtaz Begum]]
|ffmf = [[Discovery (horse)|Discovery]]
|ffmf = [[Discovery (horse)|Discovery]]
|ffmm = Outdone
|ffmm = Outdone
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|fmmm = Cinquepace
|fmmm = Cinquepace
|mfff = '''Nearco'''
|mfff = '''Nearco'''
|mffm = Lady Angela
|mffm = [[Lady Angela]]
|mfmf = [[Native Dancer]]
|mfmf = [[Native Dancer]]
|mfmm = Bold Irish
|mfmm = Bold Irish
|mmff = Grey Sovereign
|mmff = [[Grey Sovereign]]
|mmfm = Young Empress
|mmfm = Young Empress
|mmmf = Olympia
|mmmf = [[Olympia (horse)|Olympia]]
|mmmm = Trustworthy (Family: 22-d)<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=612837 Australian Stud Book] Retrieved 2011-1-17</ref>
|mmmm = Trustworthy (Family: 22-d)<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=612837 Australian Stud Book] Retrieved 2011-1-17</ref>
}}
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* ''Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor'' by the [[The Blood-Horse magazine|Staff and Correspondents of The Blood-Horse magazine]] (2004) [[Blood-Horse Publications|Eclipse Press]] ISBN 1-58150-116-1
* ''Women of the Year - Ten Fillies Who Achieved Horse Racing's Highest Honor'' by the [[The Blood-Horse magazine|Staff and Correspondents of The Blood-Horse magazine]] (2004) [[Blood-Horse Publications|Eclipse Press]] {{ISBN|1-58150-116-1}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160220033133/http://www.skracingstable.com/the-ladys-secret-memorial-garden The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden]
*{{Find a Grave|8455571}}
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1065361/index.htm A Swell Dame Wins The Beldame]
*The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden [http://www.skracingstable.com/history/the-ladys-secret-memorial-garden]


{{American Horse of the Year winners}}
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[[Category:2003 racehorse deaths]]
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[[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]]
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[[Category:Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic winners]]
[[Category:Breeders' Cup Distaff winners]]
[[Category:American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year]]
[[Category:American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Oklahoma]]
[[Category:United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
[[Category:Eclipse Award winners]]
[[Category:Individual mares]]

Latest revision as of 15:25, 21 November 2024

Lady's Secret
SireSecretariat
GrandsireBold Ruler
DamGreat Lady M.
DamsireIcecapade
SexMare
Foaled1982
CountryUnited States
ColourGray
BreederRobert H. Spreen
OwnerMr. & Mrs. Eugene Klein
TrainerD. Wayne Lukas
Record45: 25-9-3
Earnings$3,021,325
Major wins
Moccasin Stakes (1984)
The Darley Test (1985)
Ballerina Handicap (1985)
Monmouth Regret Stakes (1985)
Ruffian Handicap (1985, 1986)
Beldame Stakes (1985, 1986)
Maskette Handicap (1985, 1986)
Whitney Handicap (1986)
Molly Pitcher Handicap (1986)
Shuvee Handicap (1986)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Distaff (1986)

Awards
U.S. Champion Older Filly (1986)
United States Horse of the Year (1986)
Honours
United States Racing Hall of Fame (1992)
#76 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
Lady's Secret B.C. Handicap at Santa Anita Park, 1993–2009
Lady's Secret Café at Monmouth Park Racetrack
Lady's Secret Drive in Rancho Santa Fe, California
Last updated on January 3, 2009

Lady's Secret (April 8, 1982 – March 4, 2003) was an American Eclipse Award winning Thoroughbred racemare that was listed in the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century. Lady's Secret was bred by Robert H. Spreen at Lucas Farm in Oklahoma. Spreen sold her for $200,000 to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Klein (former owner of the San Diego Chargers), and she was prepared for racing by Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas.[1]

Breeding and background

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Lady's Secret was sired by U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat and out of Great Lady M., a daughter of Icecapade who was a half brother to Ruffian. Lady's Secret was also closely related to Ruffian on her sire's side since Secretariat and Reviewer (Ruffian's sire) shared a sire in Bold Ruler. She was a small horse, weighing no more than about 900 pounds.

Racing record

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Lady's Secret, who was a front runner, won twenty-five of her forty-five races and had nine second-place finishes. The daughter of Secretariat dominated the fillies she raced against and was also competitive against males.

After winning the Moccasin Stakes at age two, Lady's Secret won three important races at age three, including two Grade I events, and ran second to stablemate Life's Magic in the 1985 Breeders' Cup Distaff. In 1986, four-year-old Lady's Secret faced the nation's best male horses four times, winning one of those races and being victorious in ten of her fifteen total starts that season, all graded stakes races. Eight of these stakes wins were Grade 1 events, a single-season Grade 1 winning record only equaled by the champion Cigar during his undefeated 1995 campaign. Nicknamed "The Iron Lady," Lady's Secret was the first female to win the Whitney Stakes since Gallorette in 1948. She finished her year by winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff with Pat Day aboard. Her margin of victory was 2½ lengths in defeating a strong field that included Fran's Valentine and Outstandingly.[2] Her lifetime earnings equaled $3,021,325.

Lady's Secret's performances throughout the 1986 racing season earned her the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Female Horse plus the most prestigious honor of all, and a rarity for fillies, the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year for 1986. Lady's Secret is ranked number 76 by Blood-Horse magazine in their list of the Top 100 U.S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century.

Stud record

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Retired at age five, in 1989 Lady's Secret was sold to Fares Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, as a broodmare. She and Azeri (horse) are the only two female winners of the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year to have produced foals by more than one stallion who was also Horse of the Year (Lady's Secret produced foals by Seattle Slew and Skip Away). Lady's Secret died suddenly on March 4, 2003 at Valley Creek Farm in Valley Center, California, as a result of complications in foaling. She produced 12 foals, with 10 starters and 5 winners. None of her progeny were of particular note.

In 1992, Lady's Secret was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.[3] The Lady's Secret Café at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey is named in her honor. In 1993, a major race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, was named in her honor, but from 2012[4] it was known as the Zenyatta Stakes, after the 2010 American Horse of the Year who won that race in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Lady's Secret Drive in Del Rayo Estates, Rancho Santa Fe, California, where her owner lived, was also named in her memory. Valley Creek Farm has since been sold. The new owner is in the process of developing The Lady's Secret Memorial Garden as a tribute to the great race mare.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Lady's Secret (USA), grey mare, 1982
Sire
Secretariat
1970 
Bold Ruler
1954 
Nasrullah (IRE) Nearco
Mumtaz Begum
Miss Disco Discovery
Outdone
Somethingroyal
1952 
Princequillo (IRE) Prince Rose
Cosquilla
Imperatrice Caruso
Cinquepace
Dam
Great Lady M
1975 
Icecapade
1969 
Nearctic (CAN) Nearco
Lady Angela
Shenanigans Native Dancer
Bold Irish
Sovereign Lady
1969 
Young Emperor (GB) Grey Sovereign
Young Empress
Sweety Kid Olympia
Trustworthy (Family: 22-d)[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK)". Equibase Company LLC. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ "1986 Breeders' Cup Distaff". Breeders’ Cup Limited. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Horse Profile - Lady's Secret (OK)". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ Network, Sports (July 14, 2012). "Goodwood Stakes among 14 to be renamed at Santa Anita". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved 2012-07-14.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Australian Stud Book Retrieved 2011-1-17
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