Ashford Handbook 2023

CLASSIC EMPIRE Bay Horse; foaled 2014

Unbridled Toussaud Lord At War (ARG) Castle Eight Storm Cat Train Robbery Miswaki Forever Waving

Empire Maker........................

Pioneerof the Nile ................

Star of Goshen ......................

CLASSIC EMPIRE

Cat Thief ................................

Sambuca Classica ................ (2004)

In Her Glory ..........................

By PIONEEROF THE NILE (2006). Black-type winner of $1,634,200, CashCall Futurity [G1] (HOL, $400,000), etc. Among the leading sires, sire of 10 crops of racing age, 843 foals, 602 starters, 44 black-type winners, 410 winners of 1184 races and earning $60,684,190, 4 champions, including American Pharoah ($8,650,300, Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,418,800), etc.), Classic Empire ($2,520,220, Breeders' Cup Juvenile [G1] (SA, $1,-100,000), etc.), and of Midnight Storm [G1] ($1,783,110), Matareya [G1] . 1st dam SAMBUCA CLASSICA, by Cat Thief. Placed at 3, $8,663, in Canada. (Total: $13,896). Dam of 8 foals, 6 winners, including-- CLASSIC EMPIRE (c. by Pioneerof the Nile). Champion, below. ANYTIMEMAGIC (g. by Fusaichi Pegasus). 15 wins to 6, $202,945, Lost in the Fog S. (GG, $30,450), Everett Nevin Alameda County S.-R (PLN, $33,150). UPTOWN TWIRL (f. by Twirling Candy). 4 wins at 2 and 3, $170,714, Surfside S. (LRC, $45,000), Pleasanton Oaks (OTP, $31,500), 2nd Anoakia S. (SA, $14,700). Dam of 3 foals, 2 to race, including-- Presidential (c. by Pioneerof the Nile). Winner at 2 and 3, 2022, $174,918, 2nd Texas Derby (LS, $57,228). Exclamation Point (g. by Concord Point). 5 wins at 3 and 4, $290,540, 2nd Oaklawn Mile S. (OP, $50,000). 2nd dam IN HER GLORY , by Miswaki. 6 wins to 4, $199,244, Garland of Roses S. (AQU, $28,740), 3rd Acorn S. [G1] , etc. Half-sister to Uncharted Waters . Dam of-- Seattle Glory (c. by Seattle Slew). 4 wins at 3 and 4, $109,150, 3rd Skip Trial S. (MTH, $5,500). Combanchera (f. by Seattle Slew). 2 wins at 2, $87,235, 2nd Maid of the Mist S.-R (BEL, $20,000), 3rd East View S.-R (AQU, $8,885). Dam of-- BAY PARK BOY (g. by Johannesburg). 3 wins at 2 and 4, $166,567, Aspirant S.-R (FL, $75,832), 3rd New York Breeders' Futurity-R (FL, $26,088). Emblem's Glory. Winner, $19,436. Dam of Atrevete [L] (g. by Artie Schiller). Forever Sunshine. Unraced. Dam of 9 foals, 7 to race, 5 winners, including-- BRONX BEAUTY (f. by Liaison). 11 wins, 2 to 6, $706,370, Regret S. (MTH, $60,000), Dashing Beauty S. (DEL, $60,000), etc. Glorious Sky. Unraced. Dam of His Glory (f. by Mineshaft, 5 wins, $238,665, 2nd Pocahontas S. [G2] (CD, $38,800), etc.). RACE RECORD: At 2, champion 2-year-old colt, 4 wins (Breeders' Cup Juvenile [G1] (SA, $1,100,000), Claiborne Breeders' Futurity [G1] (KEE, $300,000), Bashford Manor S. [G3] (CD, $59,520)) in 5 starts; at 3, one win (Arkansas Derby [G1] (OP, $600,000)), once 2nd (Preakness S. [G1] (PIM, $300,- 000)), once 3rd (Lambholm South Holy Bull S. [G2] (GP, $34,300)). Totals: 5 wins, once 2nd, once 3rd in 9 starts. Earned $2,520,220.

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