Union Rags
Union Rags | |
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Gone West | |
Sex | Stallion |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Phyllis Mills Wyeth |
Owner | Chadds Ford Stable |
Trainer | Michael R. Matz |
Record | 8: 5-1-1 |
Earnings | US$1,798,800 |
Major wins | |
Champagne Stakes (2011) Saratoga Special Stakes (2011) Fountain of Youth Stakes (2012) ) |
Union Rags (foaled March 3, 2009 in
Background
Union Rags is a
Racing career
2011: Two-Year-Old
Union Rags made his debut on 12 July when he won a Maiden race at
2012: Three-Year-Old Season
In his three-year-old debut, Union Rags won the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park "comfortably"[9] by four lengths from News Pending, with the favored Discreet Dancer two and a quarter lengths further back in third. At the same course five weeks later, Union Rags started the odds-on favorite for the Florida Derby but finished third behind Take Charge Indy. In the Kentucky Derby, he started second favorite at odds of 5.1/1. Following a poor start, and at one point last in the field, he finished seventh of the twenty runners, seven and a half lengths behind I'll Have Another.[10] Union Rags did not run in the 2012 Preakness Stakes but was entered in the Belmont Stakes on June 9. Following the withdrawal of I'll Have Another, Union Rags started second favorite for the race behind Dullahan. John Velasquez settled the colt in fourth place on the rail as Paynter set the pace. In the straight, Union Rags made steady progress on the inside to overtake Paynter in the final strides and won by a neck. After the race, Matz said, "We always thought this horse had Triple Crown potential."[11]
Union Rags was being prepared for a run in the
Stud career
Union Rags entered stud at Lane's End Farm for the 2013 breeding season for a fee of $35,000.[13] His first reported foal, a bay colt out of the Dehere mare Gleaming, was born on January 19, 2014.[14] The colt, now named Confederate Rags, is a winner.
On April 20, 2016, Union Rags had his first winner in Lady Stardust at Aqueduct in a maiden special weight race going 4+1⁄2 furlongs.[15] On September 3, 2016 the filly Union Strike became his first Grade I winner when she won the Del Mar Debutante Stakes.[16] Union Rags finished second in the 2016 earnings list of first-crop sires based in North America.[17]
Union Rags's most notable progeny include:[18]
- Paradise Woods- Winner of the Gr.I Santa Anita Oaks, Gr.I Zenyatta Stakes
- Union Strike- Winner of the Gr.I Del Mar Debutante Stakes
- Dancing Rags- Winner of the Gr.I Alcibiades Stakes
- Free Drop Billy- Winner of the Gr.I Breeders' Futurity Stakes
- Tequilita- Winner of the Gr.II Forward Gal Stakes and Gr.III Charles Town Oaks
- Patch- Finished 3rd in 2017 Belmont Stakes, famous for having only one eye
- Musawaah- Winner of the Prix de la Seine in France
- No Dozing- Winner of the Concern Stakes, multiple graded stakes placed
- Heneral Kalentong (Philippines) - Winner of triple crown 2020 [Sweep 3 legs] [19]
- Union Bell (Philippines) - 2019 Stakes Horse of the year by Philarcom [6wins for 6starts in 2019] [20]
Pedigree
Sire Dixie Union |
Dixieland Band | Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
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Natalma | |||
Mississippi Mud | Delta Judge | ||
Sand Buggy | |||
She's Tops | Capote | Seattle Slew | |
Too Bald | |||
She's A Talent | Mr. Prospector | ||
Paintbrush | |||
Dam Tempo |
Gone West
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Mr. Prospector | Raise a Native |
Gold Digger | |||
Secrettame | Secretariat | ||
Tamerett | |||
Terpsichorist | Nijinsky
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Northern Dancer | |
Flaming Page | |||
Glad Rags
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High Hat | ||
Dryad |
References
- ^ "Sports Illustrated – May 3, 2012". Sports Illustrated. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Dixie Union Stud Record". Racing Post. 2012-02-15. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ "Union Rags profile". BloodHorse. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ Tim Layden (May 4, 2012). "The story behind Union Rags and two people's shot at Derby glory". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Saratoga Special Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Champagne Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Breeders' Cup Juvenile". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Welcome to the Thoroughbred Racing". Tra-online.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Fountain of Youth Stakes". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Kentucky Derby". Racing Post. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ^ "Union Rags wins the Belmont Stakes". USA Today. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ "Belmont winner Union Rags retires". Wall Street Journal. Associated Press. July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- ^ "Smart Strike's Fee Remains at $85,000 in 2013". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Union Rags' First Foal Is a Colt". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Balan, Jeremy. "Lady Stardust First Winner for Union Rags in Debut". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ Mitchell, Eric. "Union Strike Rolls Home in Debutante". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Dialed In Holds Off Union Rags in Freshman Sire Race". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "Union Rags on Stallion Register Online". Stallion Register Online. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
- ^ "HENERAL KALENTONG Horse Performance and Track Records - Philippines". 28 November 2019.
- ^ "Union Bell, Bell Racing Stable lead Philracom awardees". Manila Standard.