Goldencents
| Goldencents | |
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Pat O'Brien Stakes (2014) |
Goldencents (foaled March 7, 2010) is an American
Background
Goldencents is a bay horse with a narrow white
Goldencents was consigned to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2011 yearling sale and bought for $5,500 by Webb Carroll. The colt was offered for sale again in June 2012 and bought for $62,000 by Dennis O'Neill.[3] During his racing career Goldencents has been trained by Doug O'Neill and owned by Glenn Sorgenstein's W C Racing with a variety of partners.
Racing career
2012: two-year-old season
Goldencents made a successful racecourse debut in a five and half
2013: three-year-old season
Goldencents won three of his ten races as a three-year-old in 2013. He began the year with three races at Santa Anita Park. In the Grade III Sham Stakes on January 5 he started 2/5 favorite and won by one and a half lengths from Den's Legacy. O'Neill described the winner as "a brilliant athlete and so amazing mentally. He's just getting better every day".[5] After finishing fourth in the San Felipe Stakes in March he started at odds of 13/2 for the Grade I Santa Anita Derby on April 6. After tracking the leader Super Ninety Nine for most of the race he took the lead in the straight and won by one and a quarter lengths from the favored Flashback.[6] Krigger, who was recording his first Grade I success said I've started making history with this horse. This is just the start. As long as I can get him to relax, his potential is untapped."[7]
In the Kentucky Derby on May 4 at Churchill Downs the colt started 7.9/1 third choice in the betting, but after racing prominently in the early stages he faded badly and finished seventeenth of the nineteen runners behind Orb. Two weeks later he finished fifth behind Oxbow in the Preakness Stakes.
Goldencents was brought back in distance for the Grade I Bing Crosby Stakes over six furlongs at Del Mar in July and was beaten a head by the four-year-old sprinter Points Offthebench. Pat Valenzuela took over from Krigger when the colt started odds on favorite for the Grade II Pat O'Brien Stakes over seven furlongs at the same venue a month later. After taking a clear lead in the straight, he was overtaken in the final strides and beaten a length by Fed Biz. Golden Cents met Points Offthebench again in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship on October 6. He was favored in the betting but again had to give best to the older horse, who won by a length.
On November 1 at Santa Anita, Goldencents started at odds of 5/1 for the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile in which he was opposed by Verrazano and the 2012 Travers Stakes dead-heaters Alpha and Golden Ticket. Ridden by the Rafael Bejarano, he led from the start, set a very fast pace and won by almost three lengths from Golden Ticket.[8] When asked about his aggressive, front-running tactics, Bejarano said "it was one of my options to send him right away from the gate. Everything was great. I had a good trip and I had a little pressure in the first turn but it wasn't that bad."[9] Goldencents started favorite for the Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack four weeks later, but was bumped at the start and failed to reproduce his best form, finishing seventh of the ten runners behind Flat Out.
2014: four-year-old season
Goldencents did not reappear as a four-year-old until June 7 when he carried 121 pounds in the
For the second year running, Goldencents was the beaten favorite for the Santa Anita Sprint Championship. He proved too good for his American opponents but was caught in the final stride and beaten a nose by the Hong Kong-trained gelding Rich Tapestry. On October 31, Goldencents started 7/10 favorite as he attempted to repeat his 2013 success in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. His official trainer for the race was Doug O'Neill's assistant, Leandro Mora, as O'Neill was serving a suspension under the "convicted trainer's rule" for doping violations.[12] It had already been announced that the race would be Goldencents' last, and that he would begin his stud career at Spendthrift Farm in 2015. As in the previous year, he led from the start and set a strong pace, closely followed by Vicar's in Trouble, with the pair drawing clear of the others. Vicar's in Trouble dropped back soon after and was eased by the 3/4 pole, leaving Goldencents three lengths clear on the final turn. In the straight he held off a challenge from the three-year-old Tapiture to win the race for a second time.[13] Due to the controversy surrounding O'Neill, actress Bo Derek, who is a Commissioner on the California Horse Racing Board, expressed dismay at being trophy presenter for the race.[12] After the race Bejarano said "When Tapiture started coming up, I started to sweat cold again, but then it was all over. But I had so much confidence in this horse this whole week. He's been so kind, so great... so grateful to everything" while Mora commented "it's guts, that's him, he's an old pro."[14]
Stud career
Goldencents stands as a stallion at
Notable progeny
Goldencents Grade One winners:
c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding
| Foaled | Name | Sex | Major Wins |
| 2017 | Going To Vegas | f | Rodeo Drive Stakes (2021, 2022) |
Pedigree
| Sire Into Mischief (USA) 2005 |
Harlan's Holiday (USA) 1999 |
Harlan | Storm Cat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Romance | |||
| Christmas in Aiken | Affirmed | ||
| Dowager | |||
| Leslie's Lady (USA) 1996 |
Tricky Creek | Clever Trick
| |
| Battle Creek Girl | |||
| Crystal Lady | Stop The Music
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| One Last Bird | |||
| Dam Golden Works (CAN) 2000 |
Banker's Gold (USA) 1994 |
Forty Niner | Mr. Prospector |
| File | |||
| Bankers Lady | Nijinsky | ||
| Impetuous Gal | |||
| Body Works (CAN) 1989 |
Bold Ruckus | Boldnesian | |
| Raise A Ruckus | |||
| Kinto | Kinsman Hope | ||
| Where To (Family:4-m) |
References
- ^ "Into Mischief – Weatherbys Overview". Racing Post.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Magnolia – Family 4-m". www.bloodlines.net.
- ^ "Goldencents Takes Jackpot Wire-to-Wire".
- ^ "Today's Horse Racing Results". Racing Post.
- ^ "Goldencents Runs True for Sham Stakes Triumph".
- ^ "Today's Horse Racing Results". Racing Post.
- ^ Jack Shinar (April 6, 2013). "Goldencents Surprises in Santa Anita Derby". Blood Horse. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Today's Horse Racing Results". Racing Post.
- ^ Frank Angst (November 1, 2013). "Goldencents Blazes in Dirt Mile Victory". Blood Horse. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Today's Horse Racing Results". Racing Post.
- ^ "Goldencents in Track-Record Pat O'Brien Romp". Blood Horse. August 24, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ a b Dwyre, Bill (November 1, 2014). "Breeders' Cup notes: Trouble in the winner's circle". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Frank Angst (October 31, 2014). "Goldencents Posts Repeat in Dirt Mile". Blood Horse. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Horse Profile Goldencents". spendthriftfarm.com. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "Goldencents pedigree". Equineline.