390:. A field of nine faced 6-5 favorite Mineshaft and Triple Crown veteran Balto Star, who was sent off at 4–1. When the gate opened, Balto Star was sent to the front and led the field through the first half mile, setting fractions of 23.1 and 46.7 over the sloppy track. The 7–2 second choice, Western Pride, stalked him in second and inherited the lead when Balto Star dropped out of contention, going 3/4 miles in 1:11. Turning for home, Mineshaft, who had stalked the pace saving ground early, was eased out three wide on the far turn and passed Western Pride after a mile in 1:36 to win going away by 3
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Following his seven runs in Great
Britain, Mineshaft was transferred to the United States as a three-year-old and moved to the barn of Neil J. Howard. In his North American debut, he won an allowance race by
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furlongs in 1:43.8. Mineshaft followed that up with a runner-up finish in the $ 125,000 Grade III Whirlaway
Handicap, losing to Balto Star. He then won the $ 500,000 Grade II
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on his second start as a three-year-old. He failed to win another race in Great
Britain but placed third in the Group Three
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Retired on
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honors. He finished the year with a record of 7–2–0 in nine starts and earnings of $ 2,209,686.
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lengths in a final time of 1:56.16. It was a head back to 42–1 longshot Judge's Case in third.
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in France. His record in
Britain was 3-1-1 in seven starts, with annual earnings of $ 73,716.
289:. He finished racing with a record of 10–3–1 in 18 starts and career earnings of $ 2,283,402.
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lengths over Hold That Tiger and
Puzzlement. Then he won the $ 1 million
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in 1:38.97. He finished 2002 with another allowance score at a mile at
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Kentucky to win the $ 100,000 Grade III
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in the winter and won the $ 75,000 Diplomat Way
Handicap at
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William Farish, W. Temple Webber, Jr. and James Elkins
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1611:Racehorses trained in the United States
1596:American Thoroughbred Horse of the Year
281:. Bred and owned by the partnership of
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688:Pedigree Online, Thoroughbred Database
379:by nine lengths in a time of 1:48.52.
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728:TB Times Stallion Directory Mineshaft
712:Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory
700:Thoroughbred Times Stallion Directory
16:American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
297:Trained by Classic-winning trainer
107:, W. Temple Webber and James Elkins
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328:lengths at a mile and 70 yards at
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785:Thoroughbred Racing Associations
361:at nine furlongs in 1:48.9, by 3
269:, who in turn was a son of 1977
230:Last updated on 11 February 2021
210:Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame
1591:American Grade 1 Stakes winners
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466:United States Horse of the Year
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197:U.S. Champion Older Male Horse
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386:Handicap at "Old Hilltop" in
723:Pedigree & Partial Stats
181:Diplomat Way Handicap (2003)
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1606:Racehorses bred in Kentucky
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764:American Horse of the Year
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192:American Horse of the Year
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781:Turf & Sports Digest
341:Fair Grounds Race Course
330:Fair Grounds Race Course
263:U.S. Racing Hall of Fame
1616:Thoroughbred family 1-x
257:. He was sired by 1992
1147:DRF, TSD & TRA era
259:U.S. Horse of the Year
1601:Eclipse Award winners
1586:1999 racehorse births
798:retrospective winners
585:Ogden Phipps Handicap
283:William S. Farish III
105:William S. Farish III
541:King's Bishop Stakes
448:Jockey Club Gold Cup
359:New Orleans Handicap
162:New Orleans Handicap
157:Jockey Club Gold Cup
649:Cigar Mile Handicap
428:, Dollar Bill, and
388:Baltimore, Maryland
1337:Conquistador Cielo
1206:(DRF & TSD) /
814:Emperor of Norfolk
783:, and TRA denotes
601:FrontRunner Stakes
216:Mineshaft Handicap
50:Prospectors Delite
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1541:Bricks and Mortar
1523:California Chrome
1511:California Chrome
776:Daily Racing Form
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412:Suburban Handicap
271:U.S. Triple Crown
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1517:American Pharoah
1487:Rachel Alexandra
1391:Black Tie Affair
1262:Arts and Letters
1057:DRF &TSD era
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1235:(TRA, TSD) /
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626:Weep No More
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1355:Spend A Buck
1313:Seattle Slew
1287:(since 1971)
1221:Sword Dancer
1163:Counterpoint
1030:Twenty Grand
982:Exterminator
910:Fitz Herbert
792:
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773:DRF denotes
707:
695:
683:
642:True Timber
594:Bond Holder
577:Acorn Stakes
522:
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405:Belmont Park
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307:Prix Daphnis
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293:Early career
275:Seattle Slew
248:thoroughbred
236:
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224:(since 2005)
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220:Fair Grounds
41:Seattle Slew
1565:Cody's Wish
1463:Ghostzapper
1445:Point Given
1433:Charismatic
1301:Secretariat
1272:Personality
1215:Round Table
1157:Hill Prince
1149:(1950–1970)
1097:Count Fleet
1073:War Admiral
1059:(1936–1949)
1024:Gallant Fox
1012:Reigh Count
1006:Chance Play
952:Old Rosebud
922:The Manager
898:Burgomaster
800:(1887–1935)
569:It's Tricky
336:in 1:36.2.
299:John Gosden
141:$ 2,283,402
1580:Categories
1559:Flightline
1529:Gun Runner
1469:Saint Liam
1349:John Henry
1331:John Henry
1268:Fort Marcy
1244:Buckpasser
1204:Bold Ruler
1079:Seabiscuit
970:Man o' War
964:Sir Barton
946:Friar Rock
826:Longstreet
675:References
523:Major Wins
472:Retirement
146:Major wins
133:18: 10-3-1
95:Dark Brown
1553:Knicks Go
1547:Authentic
1503:2012–13:
1479:2007–08:
1457:Mineshaft
1427:Skip Away
1413:1995–96:
1409:Holy Bull
1403:Kotashaan
1397:A.P. Indy
1367:Ferdinand
1343:All Along
1317:1978–79:
1305:1974–76:
1299:1972–73:
1256:Dr. Fager
1225:1960–64:
1169:One Count
1091:Whirlaway
1089:1941–42:
1085:Challedon
1083:1939–40:
1067:Granville
1048:Discovery
1042:Cavalcade
1036:Equipoise
1034:1932–33:
992:1924–25:
908:1909–10:
902:1907–08:
878:1902–03:
872:1900–01:
842:1894–95:
818:1889–90:
667:Saudi Cup
551:Dialed In
377:Keeneland
303:Newmarket
267:A.P. Indy
265:inductee
251:racehorse
237:Mineshaft
37:Grandsire
31:A.P. Indy
22:Mineshaft
1505:Wise Dan
1493:Zenyatta
1373:Alysheba
1319:Affirmed
1270:(DRF) /
1250:Damascus
1233:Moccasin
1208:Dedicate
1180:Tom Fool
1171:(DRF) /
1135:(TSD) /
1133:Coaltown
1127:Citation
1000:Crusader
976:Grey Lag
916:Meridian
874:Commando
856:Ornament
850:Requital
820:Salvator
610:Effinex
255:stallion
245:American
241:Kentucky
138:Earnings
69:Stallion
1535:Justify
1475:Invasor
1295:Ack Ack
1285:winners
1115:Assault
994:Sarazen
892:Sysonby
886:Beldame
862:Hamburg
832:Tammany
808:Hanover
766:winners
499:gelding
459:⁄
441:⁄
426:Volponi
419:⁄
409:Grade I
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366:⁄
352:⁄
323:⁄
273:winner
169:(2003)
154:(2003)
120:Trainer
101:Breeder
83:Country
55:Damsire
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1557:2022:
1551:2021:
1545:2020:
1539:2019:
1533:2018:
1527:2017:
1521:2016:
1515:2015:
1509:2014:
1497:2011:
1491:2010:
1485:2009:
1481:Curlin
1473:2006:
1467:2005:
1461:2004:
1455:2003:
1449:2002:
1443:2001:
1439:Tiznow
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1431:1999:
1425:1998:
1419:1997:
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1401:1993:
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1371:1988:
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1353:1985:
1347:1984:
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1311:1977:
1307:Forego
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1254:1968:
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1219:1959:
1213:1958:
1202:1957:
1196:1956:
1192:Nashua
1190:1955:
1184:1954:
1178:1953:
1167:1952:
1161:1951:
1155:1950:
1131:1949:
1125:1948:
1119:1947:
1113:1946:
1109:Busher
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1077:1938:
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998:1926:
986:1923:
980:1922:
974:1921:
968:1920:
962:1919:
958:Johren
956:1918:
950:1917:
944:1916:
940:Regret
938:1915:
934:Roamer
932:1914:
926:1913:
920:1912:
914:1911:
896:1906:
890:1905:
884:1904:
880:Hermis
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854:1897:
848:1896:
838:Domino
836:1893:
830:1892:
824:1891:
812:1888:
806:1887:
508:Foaled
497:, g =
493:, f =
213:(2005)
204:Honors
199:(2003)
194:(2003)
186:Awards
179:(2003)
174:(2003)
164:(2003)
159:(2003)
130:Record
91:Colour
75:Foaled
1451:Azeri
1415:Cigar
1274:(TRA)
1239:(DRF)
1227:Kelso
1210:(TRA)
1139:(DRF)
1137:Capot
1121:Armed
904:Colin
655:2018
639:2014
623:2013
607:2011
591:2011
565:2008
547:2008
529:2007
495:filly
112:Owner
1198:Swap
513:Name
491:colt
489:c =
436:by 4
414:by 2
261:and
78:1999
27:Sire
988:Zev
868:Imp
518:Sex
375:at
218:at
65:Sex
47:Dam
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645:c
629:f
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555:c
537:c
756:e
749:t
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702:;
690:;
461:2
457:1
443:2
439:1
421:4
417:1
397:4
393:3
368:2
364:1
354:2
350:1
347:+
345:8
325:2
321:1
318:3
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