Fighting Mad (foaled February 18, 2016) is an American Thoroughbred mare and the winner of the 2020 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes.[1]
| Fighting Mad | |
|---|---|
| Sire | New Year's Day |
| Grandsire | Street Cry |
| Dam | Smokey's Love |
| Damsire | Forestry |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | February 18, 2016 |
| Country | USA |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Gary and Mary West Stables Inc |
| Owner | Gary and Mary West |
| Trainer | Bob Baffert |
| Jockey | Abel Cedillo |
| Record | 8:5-1-0 |
| Earnings | $444,008 |
| Major wins | |
| Torrey Pines Stakes (2020) Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (2020) Santa Maria Stakes (2020) | |
| Last updated on 11 August 2020 | |
Career
editFighting Mad's first race was on August 25, 2018, where she won a Maiden Special Weight race at Del Mar. This was her only race of the season.[1]
She began her 2019 season with an April 30, 2019 Allowance race win at Churchill Downs. On May 17, 2019, she competed in her first graded stakes race - the 2019 Miss Preakness Stakes, but finished in a disappointing 7th place. She then did another Allowance Optional Claiming race on July 19, 2019, where she came in 2nd.[1]
On August 17, 2019, at Del Mar, she won the Grade-3 Torrey Pines Stakes. Despite her lack of results at that point, she was the 2-1 favorite and defeated Hollywood Hills by six lengths.[2] This was the final race of her 2019 season.
She began her 2020 season at the Grade-3 2020 Desert Stormer Stakes in May with a 4th-place finish. She rebounded just two weeks later though by winning the May 31st, 2020 Grade-2 Santa Maria Stakes. She came in as a large underdog behind 2-1 Hard Not to Love and the 3/5 favorite Ce Ce and won by 3 1/4th lengths.[3]
On August 2, 2020, she got the biggest win of her career when she captured the Grade-1 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes. She came in as the 1-1 favorite and again defeated Hard Not to Love and Ce Ce.[4] She got in front early with a strong break and beat Ollie's Candy by a half length. This win earned the horse a berth in the 2020 Breeders' Cup Distaff.[5]
Pedigree
edit| Sire New Year's Day (USA) b. 2011 |
Street Cry (IRE) b. 1998 |
Machiavellian | Mr. Prospector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coup De Folie | |||
| Helen Street | Troy | ||
| Waterway | |||
| Justwhistledixie (USA) b. 2006 |
Dixie Union | Dixieland Band | |
| Shes Tops | |||
| General Jeanne | Honour And Glory | ||
| Ahpo Hel | |||
| Dam Smokey's Love (USA) b. 2005 |
Forestry (USA) b. 1996 |
Storm Cat | Storm Bird |
| Terlingua | |||
| Shared Interest | Pleasant Colony | ||
| Surgery | |||
| Smokey Mirage (USA) b. 1996 |
Holy Bull | Great Above | |
| Sharon Brown | |||
| Verbasle | Slewpy | ||
| Verbality |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Fighting Mad". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Fighting Mad Draws Away Late In Torrey Pines". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Fighting Mad leads gate to wire in Santa Maria Stakes". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Fighting Mad Wires Clement L. Hirsch Stakes". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Fighting Mad Wins Clement Hirsch, Earns Breeders' Cup Distaff Berth". Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Fighting Mad". Retrieved 9 January 2020.