![]() ![]() Songbird’s precocity and dominance on the race track Mix and the French Champion, Passion for Gold, both of whom are graded stakes The majority of Medaglia d'Oro’s progeny areīest up to 1 1/8 miles, over all surfaces, however, he does have a few winnersĪt classic distances. ![]() Whom are in his top five lifetime earners. Three of his top five lifetime earners areįillies and he has eight of his fourteen Grade 1 winners are fillies, three of Sons are now doing well at stud, he has a reputation as a sire of fillies. Though Medaglia d'Oro gets a good proportion of winning colts and some of his His offspring tend to improve with maturityĪnd his precocious two-year-olds get even better at three - Scary news for the opponents of Songbird. Offspring winning at the highest level as four and five year olds. Sired two champions, 37 graded stakes winners and 73 stakes winners.ĭ'Oro’s offspring are sound, durable runners and it isn’t uncommon to see his His first crop included Champion Filly RachelĪlexandra, whose daughter RACHEL’S VALENTINA was second to Songbird in the Juvenile Fillies. Medaglia d'Oro has been among the top leading sires since 2008 when hisįirst offspring hit the track. $150,000 and currently stands at Darley USA. The stallion is popular with breeders and has seen his fee rise to Retired to stud with a 17-8-7-0 ($5,754,720) record.ĭ'Oro was retired in 2004 and stood at Hill 'n' Dale Farm for an initial fee of He was also second in the Dubai World Cup. Medaglia d'Oro race twice in the Breeders’ Cup Classic, finishing secondīoth times. Stakes on a sloppy track against a weak field. ![]() In six startsĪt 1 ¼ mile or farther, he was victorious only once, capturing the Travers Weakness on the track was that he wasn’t a true 1 ¼ mile horse. Was unplaced in the Preakness, but rebounded to take second place in the Medaglia d'Oro raced only twiceīefore the Kentucky Derby, and the colt finished fourth in the classic race. Trained by the patient legendary Bobby Frankel, the large dark bayĬolt surfaced on the 2002 Triple Crown trail. MEDAGLIA D'ORO (El Prado (IRE) - Cappucino Bay, byīailjumper) ran once as a two year old, finishing second in a sprint inĭecember. His charges have won the Kentucky Oaks three timesĪnd one of his fillies, Blind Luck, won an Eclipse Award as Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. Songbird was handed to Northern California trainer JERRY PorterĪlso owned Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup Classic runner-up Hard Spun andĢ009 champion sprinter Kodiak Kowboy, plus many other high class stakes horses. Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles, Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Round Pond, and Alabama Stakes winner Jostle. His stable hasĬampaigned 2011 Horse of the Year & Eclipse Older Female Havre de Grace, Porter has experience spotting talented fillies. Last year at the Fasig Tipton August Preferred Sale in New York, and he Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro - Ivanavinalot, byĬaught the eye of Rick Porter of FOX HILL FARMS ![]()
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