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It's Tricky (USA)

Foal date
26/02/2008
Gender
Mare
Colour
Bay
Sire
Mineshaft (USA)
Dam
Catboat (USA)
Breeder
Stonerside Stable
Official rating
Career earnings
$1,666,499.98
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Off the mark at the first attempt in a maiden on the dirt at Aqueduct as a 2yo in November 2010; she climbed quickly up the ranks, landing two more successes at Aqueduct before gaining a memorable win in the Grade 1 TVG Acorn Stakes over 1m at Belmont Park in June 2011; remaining in the care of Kiaran McLaughlin, the daughter of Mineshaft carried the colours of Godolphin for the first time in the Group 1 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga and duly obliged; runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic that autumn; at four she won the Grade 2 Top Flight and Distaff handicaps before landing the Grade 1 Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont; ended her career with two more placings at the top level; handled a fast and muddy surface; effective at 1m-1m2f