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Quality Road (nacido el 23 de marzo de 2006 en Virginia ) es un caballo de carreras pura sangre estadounidense retirado y un semental exitoso.

Fondo

Quality Road fue criado y propiedad de Edward P. Evans . Su padre fue Elusive Quality , quien también fue padre de Smarty Jones , ganador del Kentucky Derby / Preakness Stakes de 2004, y de Raven's Pass , ganador de la Breeders' Cup Classic de 2008. Su madre es Kobla, hija de Strawberry Road , Campeón Australiano del Año en 1983 .

En su madurez, alcanzó una altura de 16,3 manos (67 pulgadas, 170 cm) . [ 1 ]   

carrera en las carreras

2009: temporada de tres años

Entrenado por Jimmy Jerkens , Quality Road compitió en Florida a principios de 2009, donde sus victorias en el Fountain of Youth Stakes y el Florida Derby (Grado 1) lo convirtieron en uno de los favoritos para el Kentucky Derby. Sin embargo, sufrió dos lesiones. La primera fue una fisura en el casco de su pata trasera derecha el día que ganó el Florida Derby. En abril, sufrió una segunda fisura en el casco de su pata delantera derecha. Como consecuencia, se perdió las tres etapas de la Triple Corona estadounidense .

A mediados de junio, el propietario Edward Evans transfirió al potro al cuidado del entrenador Todd Pletcher . El 3 de agosto de 2009, Quality Road hizo su primera carrera desde su lesión, ganando el Amsterdam Stakes en el hipódromo de Saratoga con un tiempo récord de pista de 1:13.74 para seis furlongs y medio . [ 2 ]

El 29 de agosto de 2009, Quality Road terminó tercero detrás de Summer Bird en el Travers Stakes. Posteriormente, obtuvo un segundo lugar, también detrás de Summer Bird, en la Jockey Gold Cup del 10 de octubre. Más tarde ese mismo mes, Quality Road fue preinscrito en la Breeders' Cup Classic, con la esperanza de que su estilo de carrera se adaptara bien a la pista sintética de Santa Anita Park .

El 7 de noviembre de 2009, Quality Road se convirtió en el primer caballo en retirarse de la Breeders' Cup Classic. Tras negarse a entrar en la puerta de salida y dar patadas con las patas traseras en dos o tres ocasiones, el personal de pista le vendó los ojos y dio patadas violentas, raspando sus corvejones contra la puerta y forzando así su retirada.

2010: temporada de cuatro años

El 3 de enero, Quality Road debutó a los 4 años en el Hal's Hope Stakes ( Grado III) como el gran favorito. Ganó por 2 + 3/4 cuerpos .

On February 6, he broke his own track record when he won the Donn Handicap with John Velazquez riding. Quality Road finished the race in 1:47.49 to break the record of 1:47.72, which he set when he won the 2009 Florida Derby. He took control of the race at the stretch and began to pull away at the eighth pole. Dry Martini, the 2009 Suburban Handicap winner, was second.

In an interview with the Thoroughbred Times after the race, Pletcher said he would point the colt for the Metropolitan Handicap and the "big races" at Saratoga Race Course "before the Breeders' Cup Classic" in fall 2010. He also complimented Quality Road's performance, saying, “He’s got a very high cruising speed and can go :46 and 1:09 and still keep going. Not many horses can do that and he was spotting weight to all those horses, six pounds or more.[3]

Quality Road earned a 121 Beyer Speed Figure in the Donn Handicap, then the highest speed figure awarded for a race over one mile since 2005.

In the May 31 Metropolitan Handicap, Quality Road was installed as favorite and held off Musket Man to win in a very fast time of 1:33.11. On August 7, 2010, he ran 2nd in the Whitney Handicap, beaten a head by eventual Breeders' Cup Classic winner Blame. On September 4, 2010, he won the Woodward Stakes by 4+3⁄4 lengths.

Quality Road ran only once more. On November 6, 2010, he started in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. Breaking from the 1 post, he remained on the rail throughout the race and finished 12th and last behind Blame. After the race, it was determined that the horse had an abscess and that was the reason he was pulled up.

Stud record

Quality Road was then retired to Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. His stud fee for 2011 was $35,000. His first crop raced in 2014, most notable runners were 2014 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny, multiple graded stakes winner Blofeld, and stakes winner Overprepared. He was the leading first crop sire by earnings in 2014.[4]

He was not as successful with his second crop that started racing in 2015, but in 2016 he rebounded by leading the third crop sire list. His outstanding runner of 2016 was Abel Tasman,[5] who went on to win the 2017 Kentucky Oaks.[6]

La descendencia más destacada de Quality Road incluye [ 7 ]

Descendencia destacada

c = potro , f = potranca , g = castrado

historial de carreras

Genealogía

References

  1. ↑"Pedigree Analysis: Is Bigger Always Better?". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  2. ↑"Quality Road Smashes Record in Amsterdam". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  3. ↑"Quality Road Destroys Competition in Runaway Donn | Thoroughbred Times". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2010-02-12.
  4. ↑Sparkman, John P. "Quality Road back on track with solid 2016". Daily Racing Form.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑Porter, Alan. "Abel Tasman a Comeback for Quality Road". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ↑"Plenty 'Abel' in Kentucky Oaks". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ↑"Quality Road on Stallion Register Online". Stallion Register Online. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  • Quality Road's pedigree and partial racing stats
  • Video at YouTube of Quality Road winning the 2009 Florida Derby