Speech (horse)
| Speech | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Mr. Speaker |
| Grandsire | Pulpit |
| Dam | Scribbling Sarah |
| Damsire | Frued |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 2017 |
| Country | USA |
| Color | Bay |
| Breeder | Gail Rice |
| Owner | Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Madaket Stables LLC |
| Trainer | Michael W. McCarthy |
| Record | 7:3-3-1 |
| Earnings | $378,240 |
| Major wins | |
| Ashland Stakes (2020) | |
| Last updated on July 29th, 2020 | |
Speech (foaled February 12, 2017) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 2020 Ashland Stakes.[1]
Career[edit]
Speech's first race was on November 15, 2019, at Del Mar Racetrack, where she came in third. Speech picked up her first win in her second start on December 14, 2019, at Los Alamitos Race Course.[1]
She competed in her first stakes race on March 8, 2020, at the Grade-3 Santa Ysabel Stakes and came in 2nd place, behind Donna Veloce. This was Speech's first two-turn race.[2]
Speech's next race was on May 2, 2020, at Oaklawn Park, where she picked up a win in an Allowance Optional Claiming race.
On June 6, 2020, Speech competed in the Grade-2 Santa Anita Oaks. She finished four lengths behind the victor, Swiss Skydiver, but finished over seven lengths ahead of Merneith. The result gave Speech 40 qualification points towards the 2020 Kentucky Oaks.[3]
Speech won the most important race of her career on July 11, 2020, when she captured the Grade-1 Ashland Stakes. She came into the race with 4:1 odds as the third favorite horse and won by 3 lengths in an upset.[4] This victory qualified her for the 2020 Kentucky Oaks.
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Mr. Speaker (USA) b. 2011 |
Pulpit (USA) b. 1994 |
A.P. Indy | Seattle Slew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend Surprise | |||
| Preach | Mr. Prospector | ||
| Narrate | |||
| Salute (USA) b. 2002 |
Unbridled | Fappiano | |
| Gana Facil | |||
| Personal Ensign | Private Account | ||
| Grecian Banner | |||
| Dam Scirbbling Sarah (USA) b. 2010 |
Freud (USA) b. 1998 |
Storm Cat | Storm Bird |
| Terlingua | |||
| Mariah's Storm | Rahy | ||
| Immense | |||
| Plinking (USA) b. 2000 |
Talkin Man | With Approval | |
| Pookette | |||
| Holy Wish | Lord at War | ||
| Holy Moly |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Speech". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Donna Veloce Cruises In Santa Ysabel". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Swiss Skydiver Goes Gate To Wire In Grade II, $200,000 Santa Anita Oaks". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Speech springs upset in Ashland Stakes at Keeneland, qualifies for Kentucky Oaks". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Speech". Retrieved 9 January 2020.