Student Council (horse)
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Student Council | |
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Sire | William S. Farish III |
Owner | Millennium Farms |
Trainer | Vladimir Cerin Steve Asmussen |
Record | 31: 8-4-4 |
Earnings | US$1,567,731 |
Major wins | |
Pimlico Special Handicap(2008) Pacific Classic Stakes (2007) Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (2007) Maxxam Gold Cup Handicap (2007) |
Student Council (foaled in May 2002) is a millionaire American
Early career
Student Council did not win any races as at age two, age three, or most of his four-year-old season. His record as a two-year-old was (3): 0-0-0 with annual earnings of $2,758 in 2004. His record as a three-year-old was (1): 0-0-0 with annual earnings of $2,500 in 2005.
As a four-year-old, Student Council ran in a race in ten straight months from February through November. As the summer ended, he began to pick up pieces of the purse, finishing third twice and then second. He won his first race after 26 months and ten attempts. His maiden win came at Churchill Downs' Autumn Meet at 8+1⁄2 furlongs. He followed that score with another win at Keeneland, again at 8+1⁄2 furlongs, in an allowance race in 1:44.10. In his final race of the year, he reeled off another allowance win in November at Turfway Park at a mile in 1:37.62 on the all-weather track. He finished the year with three wins in his last four starts and a record of (10): 3-1-2 with earnings of $105,718.[2]
Five-year-old season
At age five, Student Council started the year with a second-place finish in the $150,000 grade three
In the summer of 2007, as a 23-1 longshot, he stunned the field of 12 in the $1,100,000 grade one
Six-year-old season
In his six-year-old season in 2008, Student Council failed to place in four straight races. His owner Ro Parra said the horse struggled to recover from an eighth-place finish in the
He was moved from the barn of Vladimir Cerin to Eclipse Award-winning trainer Steve Asmussen. Student Council then won the $500,000 grade one Pimlico Special on the day before the Preakness Stakes. At odds of 7.50-to-1, he was one of two grade one winners in the field of seven. The victory was especially significant for owner Ro Parra because he grew up in Lexington Park, Maryland, and attended, by his estimate, at least 15 editions of the Preakness.
Ridden for the first time by jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, Student Council rated in last as they passed the stands for the first time. Gotta Gold and Exchanger led and set a moderate early pace with fractions of :23.8, :47.4, and 1:11.3 in the first 3/4 of a mile. On the far turn Grasshopper, Sir Whimsey, and Student Council rushed at the leaders. Gotta Gold was still leading at the top of the stretch, clocking one mile at a time of 1:36. Down the lane, Student Council gradually reeled in Gottcha Gold, beating him by a neck in 1:54.8 on a muddy track. The top two cleared third-place finisher Sir Whimsey by 5-3/4 lengths. Mineshaft Handicap winner Grasshopper finished fifth as the 2-to-1 favorite.
In July, Student Council finished second in the $750,000 grade one
Retirement
Student Council was retired following the Breeders' Cup World Championships in November, 2008. He entered stud duty in 2009 at Millennium Farms in Kentucky. In November 2015 he was sold to stand Saudi Arabia in a deal brokered by Schumer Bloodstock. [3}
References
- ^ Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database;[1].
- ^ a b Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory;
3. https://paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/g1-winner-student-council-to-stud-in-saudi-arabia/