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Pleasant Stage
Sire
Oak Leaf Stakes (1991)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1991)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (1991)

Pleasant Stage (March 14, 1989 – August 28, 1992) was an American

CCA Oaks. She died of a heart attack on August 28, 1992, at Del Mar Racetrack after an adverse reaction to a routine vitamin shot by her veterinarian.[2]

Background

Pleasant Stage was a bay filly bred in Kentucky by Mrs. Thomas Evans and raced in the colors of

CCA Oaks winner Class Play.[3] Buckland Farm's manager Pat Vickers described her as being a young horse with "a certain racing-filly look" who led the other yearlings around the field.[4]

During her racing career Pleasant Stage was trained by Christopher Speckert.

Racing career

1991: two-year-old season

Pleasant Stage began her racing career at Del Mar racetrack in the late summer of 1991. On August 18 she started a

33.5/1 outsider for a six furlong maiden race and finished strongly to take third place behind Captivant and Praslin.[5] Moved up in distance for a maiden over one mile in September she started favorite but was beaten two lengths into second place by Queens Court Queen. Despite her two defeats, the filly was stepped up in class for the Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita Park on October 14 and started the 6.5/1 third choice in the betting behind the Sorrento Stakes winner Soviet Sojourn and the Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner La Spia. Ridden as in her previous start by the future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Delahoussaye, she was restrained in the early stages before taking the lead in the straight and winning by two lengths from Soviet Sojourn, with La Spia three lengths back in third.[6]

On November 2, Pleasant Stage contested the eighth running of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs. In a fourteen-runner field she started at odds of 5.8/1 behind Preach (Frizette Stakes), Speed Dialer (Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes) and the British challenger Culture Vulture, whilst the other runners included La Spia, Soviet Sojourn and Queens Court Queen. She started slowly and raced at the back of the field before moving up into fourth entering the straight. She produced a sustained run on the inside to overtake La Spia in the final strides to win by a head with Cadillac Women two and a half lengths back in third ahead of Speed Dialer, Spinning Round and Vivano.[7] In the closing stages, the filly's 81-year-old owner repeatedly asked Pat Vickers "Is she going to get there": as Pleasant Stage crossed the line, Vickers replied "She's got it".[4]

1992: three-year-old season

On her three-year-old debut, Pleasant Stage started favorite for the

CCA Oaks
over ten furlongs at Belmont on July 11. She finished third of the six runners beaten two and a half lengths behind the winner Turnback the Alarm.

In late August at Del Mar, Pleasant Stage had what her trainer described as an "apoplectic reaction" to a routine veterinary injection and died within two minutes.[4]

Assessment and awards

In the

Eclipse Awards for 1991, Pleasant Stage was named American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly.[10]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Pleasant Stage (USA), bay mare, 1989[1]
Sire
Pleasant Colony (USA)
1978 		His Majesty (USA)
1968 		Ribot Tenerani
Romanella
Flower Bowl
Alibhai
Flower Bed
Sun Colony (USA)
1968 		Sunrise Flight Double Jay
Misty Morn
Colonia Cockrullah
Nalga
Dam
Meteor Stage (USA)
1982 		Stage Door Johnny (USA)
1965 		Prince John Princequillo
Not Afraid
Peroxide Blonde Ballymoss
Folie Douce
Northern Meteor (USA)
1975 		Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Patelin Cornish Prince
Pontivy (Family: 23-b)[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pleasant Stage pedigree". Equineline.
  2. New York Times
    . 1992-08-30. Sports Section 8, page 11. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. ^ a b "Turk Mare – Family 23-b". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Chuck Culpepper (October 30, 1992). "Horse's death sets stage for owner". Boca Raton News. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Maiden Special Weight result". Equibase. August 18, 1991.
  6. ^ "Oak Leaf Stakes result". Equibase. October 14, 1991.
  7. ^ "Breeders' Juvenile Fillies result". Racing Post. November 2, 1991. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Kentucky Oaks result". Racing Post. May 1, 1992. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Mother Goose Stakes result". Equibase. June 7, 1992.
  10. ^ "Eclipse Award 1991". BloodHorse. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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