Beholder (horse)
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Beholder (foaled May 9, 2010) is an American
Background
Beholder is a
"It's like I’m driving a Mack truck with the speed of a Porsche and the brain of a rocket scientist."
—Gary Stevens, jockey, describing the experience of riding Beholder[9]
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.[10] At age two, the filly was sent into training with California-based trainer Richard Mandella.[11]
Beholder initially developed a reputation as a "temperamental diva." As a young filly, she was prone to
As she aged, her behavior improved, and she began to behave like a seasoned veteran.[14] 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."[13] By her six-year-old season, following her 17th career win, which was also her sixth consecutive victory,[2] 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."[15]
Racing career
2012: two-year-old season
Beholder was ridden in all of her two-year-old races by
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.[21] 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 3+3⁄4 lengths from Fiftyshadesofhay.[22] 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 2+3⁄4 lengths from Iotapa. Mandella described the winner as having "the heart of a warrior".[23] Throughout her spring campaign, she continued to be ridden by Gomez.[2]
In the
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. She started the 1–10 favorite and led all the way, winning from second-place finisher Wittgenstein.[25] 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".[26] 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 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 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."[27] With her Distaff win, she became the first horse to win both the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Distaff in consecutive years.[28]
2014: four-year-old season
Beholder ran only three races in 2014.
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 °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.[33]
2015: five-year-old season
For the second year in a row, Beholder took the Santa Lucia Stakes, run at a distance of 1+1⁄16 miles (1,700 m) on April 10, 2015. With Stevens returning as her rider, she tracked Uzziel until pulling away for a 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."[34]
After missing the Grade 1
On August 22, 2015, Beholder became the first filly or mare to win the Grade I
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 3+1⁄2 lengths.
2016: six-year-old season
In her 2016 debut, Stevens was once again in the saddle, and Beholder won the
Three weeks later, Beholder faced an all-star field in her return to the
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.
Assessment and honors
Beholder was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly at the Eclipse awards for 2012, gaining 225 of the available 254 votes.[57] 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.[58] In the awards for 2014, in spite of her abbreviated season, she still received five votes for American Champion Older Female, though the award that year went to Close Hatches by a wide margin.[59] Beholder won her third Eclipse Award when she was named the 2015 American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse, taking 256 of the 261 votes.[60] She repeated in this category in 2016, receiving 246 out of 248 votes.[61] "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."[62]
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, and the thirty-eighth best horse in the world of any age or either sex.[63] 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.[64] In 2016, she again received a rating of 123, tying her for tenth worldwide and second to Winx as the highest rated mare.[65]
On February 10, 2017, Santa Anita announced that it was renaming the Vanity Stakes, which she won in 2016, as the Beholder Mile Stakes. Beholder won 14 races at Santa Anita during her career including three Breeders' Cup victories.[66]
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.[67]
Breeding career
Beholder was retired to become a broodmare at Spendthrift Farm.
In 2017, Beholder was bred to Uncle Mo and foaled a bay colt on 23 January 2018, who was later named Q B One. He was unplaced in one start at three, then gelded, and ran third in his first start at four.
In 2018, she was bred to Curlin and foaled a filly on 19 January 2019. Named Karin With an I, she will debut spring 2022.
In 2019, she was bred to War Front and foaled a bay filly on 16 January 2020. She has since been named Teena Ella.
In 2020, she was bred to Bolt d’Oro and foaled a bay filly on 12 February 2021.
In 2021, she was bred to Curlin again and foaled a chestnut colt on 6 April 2022.
In 2022, she will be bred to Gun Runner.
Statistics
Date | Age | Distance * | Race | Grade | Track | Odds | Time | Field | Finish | Margin | Jockey | Trainer | Owner | Ref |
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Jun 28, 2012 | 2 | 5+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Maiden | Hollywood Park | 21.80 | NA | 9 | 4 | NA | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [16] |
Jul 22, 2012 | 2 | 5+1⁄2 furlongs | Maiden Special Weight | Maiden | Del Mar
|
2.30 | 1:03.78 | 9 | 1 | 3+1⁄4 lengths | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [17] |
Sep 1, 2012 | 2 | 7 furlongs
|
Del Mar Debutante Stakes | I | Del Mar
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8.10 | NA | 8 | 2 | nose | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [18] |
Oct 4, 2012 | 2 | 6 furlongs
|
Allowance | Allowance | Santa Anita | 0.60 | 1:09.00 | 6 | 1 | 11 lengths | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [20] |
Nov 2, 2012 | 2 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | I | Santa Anita | 3.9 | 1:43.61 | 8 | 1 | 1 length | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [68] |
Jan 21, 2013 | 3 | 6+1⁄2 furlongs | Santa Ynez Stakes | II | Santa Anita | 0.2 | NA | 7 | 2 | 3⁄4 lengths | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [69] |
Mar 2, 2013 | 3 | 8 furlongs | Las Virgenes Stakes | I | Santa Anita | 0.8 | 1:36.14 | 8 | 1 | 3+3⁄4 lengths | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [22] |
Apr 6, 2013 | 3 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Santa Anita Oaks | I | Santa Anita | 0.3 | 1:43.16 | 6 | 1 | 2+3⁄4 lengths | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [70] |
May 3, 2013 | 3 | 9 furlongs | Kentucky Oaks | I | Churchill Downs | 9.0 | NA | 10 | 2 | 1⁄2 length | Garrett Gomez
|
Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [71] |
Sep 1, 2013 | 3 | 8 furlongs | Torrey Pines Stakes | III | Del Mar
|
0.10 | 1:36.30 | 5 | 1 | 2+3⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [25] |
Sep 28, 2013 | 3 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Zenyatta Stakes | I | Santa Anita | 1.60 | 1:42.11 | 7 | 1 | 1+1⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [72] |
Nov 1, 2013 | 3 | 9 furlongs | Breeders' Cup Distaff | I | Santa Anita | 2.80 | 1:47.77 | 6 | 1 | 4+1⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [73] |
Apr 20, 2014 | 4 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Santa Lucia Stakes | Listed Stakes | Santa Anita | 0.10 | 1:42.67 | 5 | 1 | 5+1⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [30] |
Jun 7, 2014 | 4 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Ogden Phipps Stakes | I | Belmont Park | 1.00 | NA | 6 | 4 | NA | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [31] |
Sep 27, 2014 | 4 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Zenyatta Stakes | I | Santa Anita | 0.40 | 1:42.19 | 5 | 1 | 3⁄4 lengths | Mike E. Smith | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [74] |
Apr 10, 2015 | 5 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Santa Lucia Stakes | Listed Stakes | Santa Anita | 0.10 | 1:42.54 | 5 | 1 | 3+1⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [75] |
Jun 13, 2015 | 5 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Adoration Stakes | III | Santa Anita | 0.20 | 1:41.67 | 6 | 1 | 1+1⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [36] |
Aug 1, 2015 | 5 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Clement L. Hirsch Stakes | I | Del Mar
|
0.30 | 1:43.81 | 8 | 1 | 7 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [37] |
Aug 22, 2015 | 5 | 10 furlongs | Pacific Classic Stakes | I | Del Mar
|
0.80 | 1:59.77 | 10 | 1 | 8 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [49] |
Sep 26, 2015 | 5 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Zenyatta Stakes | I | Santa Anita | 0.40 | 1:42.83 | 8 | 1 | 3+3⁄4 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [42] |
May 8, 2016 | 6 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Adoration Stakes | III | Santa Anita | 0.05 | 1:42.73 | 6 | 1 | 2+1⁄2 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [76] |
Jun 4, 2016 | 6 | 8 furlongs | Vanity Mile
|
I | Santa Anita | 0.20 | 1:35.97 | 5 | 1 | 1+1⁄2 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [46] |
Jul 30, 2016 | 6 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Clement L. Hirsch Stakes | I | Del Mar
|
0.10 | NA | 5 | 2 | 1⁄2 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [47] |
Aug 20, 2016 | 6 | 10 furlongs | Pacific Classic Stakes | I | Del Mar
|
3.00 | NA | 9 | 2 | 1⁄2 lengths | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [51] |
Oct 1, 2016 | 6 | 8+1⁄2 furlongs | Zenyatta Stakes | I | Santa Anita | 0.40 | NA | 5 | 2 | neck | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [53] |
Nov 4, 2016 | 6 | 9 furlongs | Breeders' Cup Distaff | I | Santa Anita | 3.30 | 1:49.20 | 8 | 1 | nose | Gary Stevens | Richard Mandella
|
Spendthrift Farm | [55] |
Furlongs | Miles | Meters |
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5+1⁄2 | 11⁄16 | 1,106 |
6 | 3⁄4 | 1,207 |
6+1⁄2 | 13⁄16 | 1,308 |
7 | 7⁄8 | 1,408 |
8 | 1 | 1,609 |
8+1⁄2 | 1+1⁄16 | 1,710 |
9 | 1+1⁄8 | 1,811 |
9+1⁄2 | 1+3⁄16 | 1,911 |
10 | 1+1⁄4 | 2,012 |
12 | 1+1⁄2 | 2,414 |
Pedigree
Sire Henny Hughes (USA) 2003 |
Hennessy (USA) 1993 |
Storm Cat | Storm Bird |
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Terlingua | |||
Island Kitty | Hawaii | ||
T C Kitten | |||
Meadow Flyer (USA) 1989 |
Meadow Lake | Hold Your Peace | |
Suspicious Native | |||
Shortley | Hagley | ||
Short Winded | |||
Dam Leslie's Lady (USA) 1996 |
Tricky Creek (USA) 1986 |
Clever Trick | Icecapade |
Kankakee Miss | |||
Battle Creek Girl | His Majesty | ||
Far Beyond | |||
Crystal Lady (CAN) 1990 |
Stop The Music
|
Hail To Reason | |
Bebopper | |||
One Last Bird | One For All | ||
Last Bird (Family:23-b)[6] |
See also
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