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BAY FILLY Barn 3 & 4 & 9 Hip No Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent XXV Barn BAY FILLY Hip No. 3 & 4 & 9 Foaled April 15, 2019 169 Empire Maker Pioneerof the Nile ................ Star of Goshen American Pharoah ................ Yankee Gentleman Littleprincessemma .............. Exclusive Rosette BAY FILLY Northern Afleet Afleet Alex ............................ Maggy Hawk Forgotten Miss ...................... (2012) Kingmambo Madam Lagonza .................. Hire a Brain By AMERICAN PHAROAH (2012). Horse of the year, Triple Crown winner of $8,650,300, Kentucky Derby [G1] (CD, $1,418,800), etc. His first foals are 3-year-olds of 2020 . Sire of 425 foals, 114 starters, 7 black-type win - ners, 41 winners of 56 races and earning $4,830,336, including Four Wheel Drive (3 wins, $693,385, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint [G2] (SA, $550,000), etc.), Sweet Melania (3 wins, $376,500, JPMorgan Chase Jessamine S. [G2] (KEE, $120,000), etc.), Cafe Pharoah [G3] ($569,871). 1st dam FORGOTTEN MISS, by Afleet Alex. Unraced. Sister to ADMIRAL ALEX . Dam of 3 other registered foals, 3 of racing age, including a 2-year-old of 2020, 2 to race, no winners, including-- To the Moon N Back (f. by Noble Mission (GB)). Placed at 2, $12,771. 2nd dam MADAM LAGONZA, by Kingmambo. Unraced. Half-sister to Political Fact (Total: $115,305, 3rd Juddmonte E.B.F. Beresford S. [G2] ), Major Inquiry (Total: $64,666, 2nd Dawn Milk Challenge S. [L], etc.), Sheer Quality ($94,100, 2nd Luther Burbank H. (SR, $8,000), etc.). Dam of 3 winners-- WOODLANDER (c. by Forestry). 5 wins, 3 to 5, $330,374, Fort Marcy H. [G3] (AQU, $68,460), Lexington S. [G3] (BEL, $65,820), 2nd Poker H. [G3] (BEL, $22,520), 3rd Jamaica H. [G3] (BEL, $30,000), Saranac S. [G3] (SAR, $11,190). ADMIRAL ALEX (c. by Afleet Alex). 2 wins in 4 starts at 3, $76,764, Arts and Letters S. (BEL, $42,000). Sire. Miss Ocean City. Winner at 2, $46,887. Dam of 2 winners, including-- AZAR (g. by Scat Daddy). Winner at 2, 3, and 4, $356,558, With Antici - pation S. [G2] (SAR, $120,000), 2nd Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral S. [G3] (TP, $94,000), Pilgrim S. [G3] (BEL, $40,000), Kitten's Joy S. [L] (GP, $19,800). Miner's Secret. Unraced. Dam of 5 foals, 4 to race, all winners, including-- COAL FRONT (r. by Stay Thirsty). 7 wins in 12 starts, 3 to 5, $925,280, in N.A./U.S., Amsterdam S. [G2] (SAR, $120,000), Razorback H. [G3] (OP, $300,000), Gallant Bob S. [G3] (PRX, $180,000), Mr. Prospector S. [G3] (GP, $58,280), Parx Dirt Mile S. [L] (PRX, $90,000), 3rd Mon - mouth Cup S. [G3] (MTH, $20,000); winner in 1 start at 5, 3,305,178 dirhams, in U.A.E., Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum City District One Godolphin Mile [G2] . (Total: $1,825,280). CONQUEST TITAN (g. by Birdstone). Winner at 2, $75,800, in Canada, Swynford S. [L] (WO, $75,000); winner at 2, $169,249, in N.A./U.S., 2nd Holy Bull S. [G2] (GP, $80,000). (Total: $241,344). Engagements: Breeders' Cup. Foaled in Kentucky. (KTDF)..
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