Southern Image
Southern Image | |
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Sire | Arthur Appleton |
Owner | Tom Kagele, Blahut Stables, and Tepper Racing |
Trainer | Mike Machowsky |
Record | 8: 6-1-1 |
Earnings | US$1,843,750 |
Major wins | |
Pimlico Special Handicap(2004) Santa Anita Handicap (2004) Sunshine Millions Classic (2004) Malibu Stakes (2003) |
Southern Image (foaled April 7, 2000) is a millionaire American Thoroughbred racehorse and successful sire. He was bred in Florida by Arthur I. Appleton He finished racing with a record of 6-1-1 in 8 starts and earnings of $1,843,750. Southern Image was best known for his 2004 wins in the grade one Pimlico Special and the grade one Santa Anita Handicap which made him the third ever to win both prestigious races on separate coasts of the United States. The others were Farma Way and Seabiscuit.[2] He also won the Florida/California Sunshine Millions Classic and the grade 1 Malibu Stakes.
Two-year-old season
Southern Image was sold as a two-year-old for $300,000, the second-highest-priced horse at the Ocala Breeders' Sale in March 2003 two-year-old in training sale. He raced only once late in his two-year-old season and won a maiden special weight race at 6+1⁄2 furlongs at Santa Anita Park by three lengths. He earned $28,800.
Three-year-old season
At age three, Southern Image started the season with a third-place finish in a
Four-year-old season
In January 2004, Southern Image won the $1,000,000 stakes called the Sunshine Millions Classic at nine furlongs at Santa Anita by three lengths over Excess Summer and The Judge Sez Who. In March, he won the $1,000,000 grade one Santa Anita Handicap at ten furlongs at Santa Anita Park in a time of 2:01.64 over Island Fashion and Saint Buddy.
In May, Southern Image was shipped 3,000 miles east to run in the $600,000 grade one
Southern Image went off as the favorite at 9-5 because of his "Big Cap" score. He broke well and assumed the lead passing the stands for the first time. Going around the famous club house turn at Pimlico Race Course, jockey Victor Espinoza took hold. Throughout the backstretch and around the far turn in a 1/2 mile of :47, Southern Image sat back in second just off the right rear flank of leader Midway Road. At the top of the lane, he fought back a challenge from Bowman's Band and wore down the leader. He recorded a Beyer speed figure of 119 and a #1 on the Ragozian sheets and finished the mile and 3/16 race on dirt in 1:55.4, defeating runner-up Midway Road by 1-1/2 lengths, with third-place finisher Bowman's Band another 2 1/2 lengths behind them.
One month later, Southern Image finished second in the $800,000 grade one
Retirement
Southern Image stands at Taylor Made Farm in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He is also standing during the Southern Hemisphere season at Widden Stud, Australia, beginning in 2006.
Pedigree
Sire Halo's Image (USA) 1991 |
Halo (USA) 1969 |
Hail to Reason
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Turn-To |
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Nothirdchance | |||
Cosmah | Cosmic Bomb | ||
Almahmoud | |||
Sugar's Image (USA) 1981 |
Valid Appeal | In Reality | |
Desert Trial | |||
Sugar Del | Crozier | ||
Best Answer | |||
Dam Pleasant Dixie (USA) 1995 |
Dixieland Band (USA) 1980 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
Natalma | |||
Mississippi Mud | Delta Judge | ||
Sand Buggy | |||
Pleasant Jolie (USA) 1988 |
Pleasant Colony | His Majesty | |
Sun Colony | |||
Jolie Jolie | Sir Ivor | ||
Who's to Know (Family 13-c)[4] |
References
- ^ a b "Southern Image pedigree". equineline.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
- ^ Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database;[1].
- ^ Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory;
- ^ "Stray Shot - Family 13-c". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2014-06-06.