Go and Go
Go And Go | |
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Sire | |
Honours | |
Go And Go Round Tower Stakes at the Curragh | |
Last updated on September 23, 2007 |
Go And Go (March 2, 1987 – 2000) was an
Background
Owned and bred by Swiss businessman
Racing career
Racing at age two in Ireland, Go And Go was trained by
In 1990, Go And Go was back in Ireland, where he won the Minstrel Stakes at the Curragh in his three-year-old debut. He then ran fourth in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, after which his handlers decided to enter him in June's Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in New York off the success of his win in the off-the-turf Laurel Futurity the previous fall. With regular jockey Michael Kinane aboard in the third and longest leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series, Go and Go won the 1½ mile race. His victory in the nine-horse field came over runners-up Thirty Six Red and Baron De Vaux, plus the fourth-place finisher, the heavily favored Unbridled, who had won the Kentucky Derby and finished second in the Preakness Stakes.
Go And Go then finished seventh in August's
Stud record
Go and Go was retired to
In April 2000 he was euthanized as a result of a pelvis fracture sustained in a paddock accident. He is buried at Waldorf Farm.
Pedigree
Sire Be My Guest (USA) 1974 |
Northern Dancer (CAN) 1961 |
Nearctic | Nearco |
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Lady Angela | |||
Natalma | Native Dancer | ||
Almahmoud | |||
What a Treat (USA) 1962 |
Tudor Minstrel | Owen Tudor | |
Sansonnet | |||
Rare Treat | Stymie | ||
Rare Perfume | |||
Dam Irish Edition (USA) 1980 |
Alleged (USA) 1974 |
Hoist The Flag | Tom Rolfe |
Wavy Navy | |||
Princess Pout | Prince John | ||
Determined Lady | |||
Grenzen (USA) 1975 |
Grenfall | Graustark | |
Primonetta | |||
My Poly | Cyclotron | ||
Polywich (Family 10-a) |