Stardom Bound
Stardom Bound | |
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Awards | |
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, 2008 |
Stardom Bound (foaled in
Stardom Bound was sired by Tapit (winner of the 2004 Wood Memorial Stakes), a son of Pulpit by A.P. Indy by Seattle Slew. She was from Tapit's first crop and helped propel him to the top of the 2008 Freshmen Sire List. Stardom Bound is out of My White Corvette, who won three of eleven starts. Stardom Bound was My White Corvette's first stakes winner.[2]
She was purchased by Charles Cono in March 2008 at the
2008 racing season
In her brilliant 2-year-old season, Stardom Bound was compared to Zenyatta; those around her called her "Baby Z" or "Zenyatta Junior".[5] Usually breaking badly (once "in the air" and twice slowly), she ran from off the pace, yet had a great turn of foot that propelled her to the lead.
She first attracted attention when winning the 2008 Del Mar Debutante on September 1, 2008. She had raced twice before but difficulties at the gate had hampered her chances each time. In the Debutante, Stardom Bound overcame yet another bad start by unleashing a "monstrous move" while racing seven wide. She would go on to win by over four lengths.[6]
Her next start was on September 27 in the
Stardom Bound won the Eclipse Award as American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly for 2008. Her jockey in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Mike E. Smith, was asked how special Stardom Bound could be next year as a 3-year-old. He replied, "She's got a shot with the Derby horses to tell you the truth."[8]
2009 racing season
Stardom Bound started her three-year-old in the Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita. She started well but found herself trapped on the rail. Finally finding a gap, she got clear to win by a length.[9] In her next start in the Santa Anita Oaks, Stardom Bound again won, but this time by only a nose. Jockey Mike Smith said, "When I moved out with her turning for home, everybody else went out at the same time and we got caught really wide. From the sixteenth pole home, I thought we could grind ‘em down, but I was worried."[10] It was her fifth consecutive grade 1 win and her last.
On April 4, she raced outside of California for the first time in the
She finally returned to racing in November in the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct, but finished fifth.
Retirement
Stardom Bound was retired after failing to win in three starts in 2010 at age four. She was bred to Big Brown in 2010, and was sold while in foal for an undisclosed price to Northern Farm in Japan.[4] The resulting colt was named Seaside Bound. She was bred to King Kamehameha in 2011, producing a colt named King Kanunu in 2012. She was then bred to Deep Impact, producing a filly named April Mist in 2014.[13]
Race record
Date: | Race: | Grade: | Track: | Place: |
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2008 | Maiden Special Weight | None | Del Mar Racetrack
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2nd |
2008 | Sorrento Stakes | GIII | Del Mar Racetrack
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2nd |
2008 | Del Mar Debutante Stakes | GI | Del Mar Racetrack
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1st |
2008 | Oak Leaf Stakes
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GI | Santa Anita Park | 1st |
2008 | Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies | GI | Santa Anita Park | 1st |
2009 | Las Virgenes Stakes | GI | Santa Anita Park | 1st |
2009 | Santa Anita Oaks | GI | Santa Anita Park | 1st |
2009 | Ashland Stakes | GI | Keeneland | 3rd |
2009 | Gazelle Stakes | GI | Aqueduct | 5th |
2010 | El Encino Stakes | GII | Santa Anita Park | 2nd |
2010 | La Cañada Stakes | GII | Santa Anita Park | 7th |
2010 | Allowance | None | Keeneland | 5th |
References
- ^ Hammonds, Evan (January 26, 2009). "2YO Filly Eclipse Award: Stardom Bound". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Duckett, Sally. "Stardom Bound white light for sire Tapit | UK Bloodstock News | Racing Post". Racing Post. Archived from the original on August 5, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Keeneland bound
- ^ a b "Mares in Japan Part 3: American Royalty, with Kate Hunter". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Liebman, Dan. "Bold Move Makes Stardom Bound a Winner". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Shinar, Jack. "Stardom Bound Rises to Debutante Victory". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Shinar, Jack. "Stardom Bound Awesome in Oak Leaf". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ NTRA article, October 24, 2008
- ^ "Stardom Bound Too Slow? Not So Fast My Friend". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Shinar, Jack. "Stardom Bound Barely Best in 'Anita Oaks". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Ron. "Hooh Why Stuns Stardom Bound in Ashland". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ "Stardom Bound out of the Oaks". sahorseracing.com. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ^ "Family of Stardom Bound". www.jbis.jp. Retrieved June 2, 2016.