Einstein (horse)
| Einstein | |
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| Sire | Spend A Buck |
| Grandsire | Buckaroo |
| Dam | Gay Charm |
| Damsire | Ghadeer |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 23 October 2002 |
| Country | Brazil |
| Colour | Dark Bay/Brown |
| Breeder | Fazenda Mondesir |
| Owner | Frank Stronach |
| Trainer | Helen Pitts-Blasi |
| Record | 24: 10-3-2 |
| Earnings | US $2,278,020 |
| Major wins | |
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Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (2006, 2008) Mervin H. Muniz Jr. Memorial Handicap (2007) Turf Classic Stakes (2008, 2009) Clark Handicap (2008) Santa Anita Handicap (2009) Woodford Reserve (2008, 2009) |
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Einstein (foaled October 23, 2002 in Brazil) is a Thoroughbred racehorse competing in the United States.
Einstein is a dark bay or brown horse bred in Brazil by Fazenda Mondesir, [1] He was sired by the 1985 American Horse of the Year, Spend A Buck. His dam, Gay Charm, was the 1988 Brazilian Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. His damsire was Ghadeer, a son of Lyphard and an influential stallion in Brazil who sired twenty-five Group One winners.
When he was brought to the United States, Einstein's new owners entrusted his race conditioning to Helen Pitts, who had taken over their stable upon the retirement of Kenneth McPeek.
Einstein made his American debut on February 25, 2006 at Gulfstream Park in Florida, where he won the first of his two Gulfstream Park Turf Handicaps. He went on to wins that include races on three different track surfaces: the Turf Classic Stakes on turf and the Clark Handicap on dirt, both in 2008 at Churchill Downs, and in 2009, California's richest race, the Santa Anita Handicap on Pro-Ride synthetic dirt.
Einstein successfully defended his title in the Grade I Woodford Reserve-sponsored Turf Classic Stakes on May 2, 2009. on June 13 he was going for a world record, trying to be the first horse to win Grade 1 races on all three surfaces in the same year, first in the Santa Anita, then in the Woodford, and lastly on dirt in the race he got second in before, the Stephen Foster Handicap. In the Stephen Foster he struggled to obtain a clear run and was repeatedly blocked before finishing third to Macho Again.
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