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| Henny Hughes Retired |
Stats Updated Through: 1/2/2008
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Trainer:
Kiaran P. McLaughlin
Jockey:
John R. Velazquez
Owner:
Zabeel Racing International Sheikh Rashid bin Moha
Age/Sex
5-year-old
Colt
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| 2006 Stats: | | Starts | | 4 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 3-0-0 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $480,000 (90) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 75% (75%) |
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Racing Career:
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| Date | Purse | Race Name | Track | Grade | Finish | | 11/04/06 | $2M | TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint | Churchill Downs | 1 | 14 | | 10/07/06 | $400K | Vosburgh S. | Belmont Park | | 1 | | 08/26/06 | $250K | King's Bishop S. | Saratoga | 1 | 1 | | 07/01/06 | $150K | Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup S. | Monmouth Park | 3 | 1 | | 10/29/05 | $1.5M | Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile | Belmont Park | | 2 | | 10/08/05 | $500K | Champagne S. | Belmont Park | 1 | 2 | | 08/27/05 | $250K | Hopeful S. | Saratoga | 1 | 2 | | 07/28/05 | $150K | Saratoga Special S. | Saratoga | | 1 | | 07/04/05 | $100K | Tremont S. | Belmont Park | | 1 | | 06/17/05 | $37K | Maiden Special Weight | Monmouth Park | | 1 |
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Silks and Media:
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Strengths: Blinding speed paired with a better finishing kick than most presume. Crushes opponents by wide margins by opening up in the stretch, not the first half-mile – a rare trait for sprinters. His cruising speed is breakneck for most.
Weaknesses: Missed eight months, but was hardly relaxing on the beach – moving from Dubai and back while inactive. That has shortened his 2006 campaign, which will only include one start against older horses before the BC.
Status: Retired after a disappointing effort in the Sprint ... He stands at Darley, in Lexington, Ky. for $40,000. After the 2008 breeding season in the Bluegrass, he will shuttle to Darley Australia for the Southern Hemisphere 2008 season.
In The Genes: Sire, Hennessy, raced only one season in 1995, winning the G1 Hopeful and finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Best known as a stallion for producing 2001 Juvenile winner Johannesburg, a champ on two continents. First stakes winner out of dam, Meadow Flyer.
Bet You Didn't Know: Henny Hughes is a third generation BC Juvenile runner-up. Grandsire Storm Cat was second in 1985, sire Hennessy was second in 1995 and Henny Hughes was second in 2005.
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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