Informed Decision

Informed Decision (foaled February 5, 2005 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2009 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint on her way to being named the American Champion Female Sprint Horse.

Background

Informed Decision is a gray mare who was bred by Charles Kidder and Nancy Cole in Kentucky. She is sired by

Informed Decision did not start racing until age three, but won in her first start on January 3, 2008 at Gulfstream Park. She finished the year with five wins from seven starts,[1] including setting a new track record of 1:20.86 for the seven furlong distance on the polytrack surface at Keeneland in the Grade II Raven Run Stakes.^[2]

At age four, she won six of seven starts, including the Grade I

Informed Decision returned to racing at age five in 2010 but managed only three wins from eight starts. The highlights were wins in the Grade III Chicago Handicap and Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes. She finished seventh when attempting to defend her title in the Filly & Mare Sprint.^[1]

Retirement

Informed Decision became a broodmare in 2011, delivering her first foal, a bay colt by Street Cry, on March 11, 2012.^[5]

References

• Informed Decision at the NTRA
• Informed Decision at Breeders' Cup.com with race video