Plum Pretty
SireMedaglia d'Oro
GrandsireEl Prado
DamLiszy
DamsireA.P. Indy
SexMare
FoaledMarch 4, 2008
CountryUnited States
ColorBay
BreederSilent Indy Stables, LLC & DDS Stables
OwnerPeachtree Stable
TrainerBob Baffert
Record12: 5-2-3
Earnings$1,688,746
Major wins
Sunland Park Oaks (2011)
Kentucky Oaks (2011)
Cotillion Stakes (2011)
Apple Blossom Handicap (2012)

Plum Pretty (foaled March 4, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

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Plum Pretty is a bay mare who was bred in Pennsylvania by Silent Indy Stables and DDS Stables.[1] She is part of the third foal crop of Medaglia d'Oro, a winner of three Grade 1 stakes races, including the 2002 Travers Stakes. Medaglia d'Oro retired to stud in 2005 at the age of six after winning eight of his 17 starts. In addition to siring Plum Pretty, he is also the sire of 2009 Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra, two-time champion Songbird, and 2017 Breeders' Cup Turf winner Talismanic, among other notable horses.[2]

Plum Pretty's dam Liszy, a daughter of 1992 American Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, ran in two races in early 2003 before being retired to become a broodmare. While a poor performer on the racetrack, she sold for $170,000 in January 2008 while carrying Plum Pretty, and had previously been sold in early 2006 while carrying a More Than Ready foal.[3]

Plum Pretty's owners tried to sell her twice as a yearling, but she did not meet her reserve both times. In March of her two-year-old year, she sold for $130,000 to John Fort.[1]

Racing career

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Plum Pretty first raced on October 27, 2010 at Hollywood Park Racetrack, winning a maiden special weight race that would be her only start at two years old.[1]

At three, Plum Pretty finished third in both the Las Virgenes Stakes and the Santa Ynez Stakes, before winning the Sunland Park Oaks and Kentucky Oaks.

(info about late 3yo and 4yo campaigns)

Retirement

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In November 2012, Plum Pretty was sold for $4.2 million to Whisper Hill Farm as a broodmare prospect. Following the sale, Whisper Hill Farm owner Mandy Pope said that she would be sending the horse to Timber Town Stable near Lexington, Kentucky prior to being bred.[4] Her first foal, a colt by Distorted Humor, was born on February 6, 2014.[5] Later gelded and named Plum Amazing, he did not race until 2019, when he finished fourth in a maiden special weight race at Tampa Bay Downs.[6]

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Plum Pretty, bay mare, foaled March 4, 2008[7]
Sire
Medaglia d'Oro
dark bay or brown 1999
El Prado
gr. 1989
Sadler's Wells
b. 1981
Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
Lady Capulet
gr. 1974
Sir Ivor
Cap and Bells
Cappucino Bay
b. 1989
Bailjumper
b. 1974
Damascus
Court Circuit
Dubbed In
ch. 1973
Silent Screen
Society Singer
Dam
Liszy
chestnut 2000
A.P. Indy
dkb/br. 1989
Seattle Slew
dkb/br. 1974
Bold Reasoning
My Charmer
Weekend Surprise
b. 1980
Secretariat
Lassie Dear
Silent Account
ch. 1983
Private Account
b. 1976
Damascus
Numbered Account
Ciao
dkb/br. 1974
Silent Screen
Ave Valeque (Family 8-g)

Plum Pretty is inbred 4x4 to Damascus and Silent Screen, meaning that these stallions each appear twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.

  1. ^ a b c "Plum Pretty profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  2. ^ "Medaglia d'Oro on Stallion Register Online". Stallion Register Online. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  3. ^ "Liszy profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  4. ^ "KY Oaks winner Plum Pretty brings $4.2M to kick off Keeneland November". Paulick Report. 2012-11-06. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  5. ^ "First Foals for Eclipse Champion Havre De Grace, Plum Pretty". Paulick Report. 2014-02-08. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  6. ^ "Plum Amazing profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  7. ^ "Plum Pretty pedigree". www.equineline.com. Retrieved 2018-08-12.