So often you don't know what a horse will do when challenged. Some babies go out and are so spectacular and precocious they aren't challenged. Arazi's performance in the Breeder's Cup Juvenile is an example - no one was close to him and he determined the win margin. Other horses put their best on the line when pressed hard and this is where the memorable ones are made - think Affirmed and Alydar. Sunday Silence and Easy Goer.
Champion Filly
7 March 2009
5 February 2009
Back in 1982 a grey filly won the Coaching Club American Oaks (gr.I), Ruffian Handicap (gr. I), Monmouth Oaks (gr II) and was even third against the boys in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. She returned the next year at 4 to beat the boys in the Gulfstream Park Handicap and retired sound. Christmas Past was her name and she was laid to rest last month in Kentucky at 29 years old. A daughter of Grey Dawn II out of a Bold Ruler Mare she didn't set the breeding world on fire but had 6 winners of 10 foals, none of major races. In her day she was a homebred champion for Cynthia Phipps.
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