Blue Prize

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Blue Prize
SirePure Prize
GrandsireStorm Cat
DamBlues For Sale
DamsireNot For Sale
SexMare
Foaled2013
CountryArgentina
BreederBioart S. A.
OwnerBioart S. A. (2016)
Merriebelle Stable (2017-2019)
(John Moores & Charles Noell)
TrainerIgnacio Correas IV
Record23: 10-8-3
Earnings$2,692,253[1]
Major wins
Gran Premio Seleccion (2016)
Falls City Handicap (2017)
Fleur de Lis Handicap (2018)
Locust Grove Handicap (2018)
Spinster Stakes (2018, 2019)
Top Flight Handicap (2018)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Distaff (2019)

Last updated on May 13, 2021

Blue Prize (foaled August 26, 2013) is an Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2019 Breeders' Cup Distaff.

Career[]

Blue Prize's first race and only start as a two-year-old[a] was on May 30, 2016, at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo, where she came in first.

Blue Prize finished second in her first two starts at age three. On October 10, 2016, she won the Grade-1 Argentinian Gran Premio Seleccion. She was named Argentina's champion three-year-old filly.[1][2]

She was sold to Merriebelle Stable in 2017[2] and was relocated to the United States where she made her first start on June 11 with a second place finish at Churchill Downs. She then came in second place three more times in a row.[1]

On October 8, 2017, she came in third place at the Grade-1 Spinster Stakes. She finally captured her first American graded win by winning the Grade-2 Falls City Handicap on November 23 to close out his 2017 season.[3]

She had a strong 2018 season. She won the Top Flight Handicap, the Fleur de Lis Handicap,[4] the Locust Grove Handicap and the Grade-1 Spinster Stakes. She closed the season out with a 4th place finish at the Grade-1 Breeders' Cup Distaff on November 13.

Blue Prize started her 2019 season with a third place finish in the La Troienne Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 3. She tried to defend her Fleur de Lis Handicap crown in June, but came in second. She then finished third in the July 13 Delaware Handicap.[1]

Blue Prize's 2019 season picked up though in August with a win at the Summer Colony Stakes at Saratoga. This was the first of a three race win streak. Her next win came on October 6 when she successfully defended her Spinster Stakes title at Keeneland.[4][5] On November 2, she finished out the 2019 season with a win at the Grade-1 Breeders' Cup Distaff, beating Midnight Bisou. [6][4]

Blue Prize was sold for $5,000,000 and retired in November 2019.[7] She will be bred to Into Mischief.

Pedigree[]

Pedigree of Blue Prize (ARG), 2013[8]
Sire
Pure Prize (USA)
1998 		Storm Cat (USA)
1983 		Storm Bird Northern Dancer
South Ocean
Terlingua Secretariat
Crimson Saint
Heavenly Prize (USA)
1991 		Seeking The Gold Mr. Prospector
Con Game
Oh What A Dance Nijinsky
Blitey
Dam
Blues For Sale (ARG)
2003 		Not For Sale (ARG)
1994 		Parade Marshal Caro
Stepping High
Love For Sale Laramie Trail
Museliere
Key Cure (USA)
1996 		Cure The Blues Stop The Music
Quick Cure
Dancers Key Key to the Mint
Dancers Saga

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "Profile for Blue Prize". equibase.com. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Blue Prize (ARG) Gives Connections First Breeders' Cup Win In Distaff, Midnight Bisou Second". Paulick Report. 2 November 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Argentine-Bred Blue Prize Takes Falls City Handicap For First U.S. Graded Stakes Win". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Blue Prize". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Blue Prize Repeats in Keeneland's Juddmonte Spinster". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Blue Prize Upsets Midnight Bisou in Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Breeders' Cup Distaff Winner Blue Prize To Visit Into Mischief For First Mating". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Blue Prize". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  1. ^ Thoroughbreds racing in the Southern Hemisphere have an official foaling date on July 1, compared to January 1 for the Northern Hemisphere
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