User:Aspening/Plum Pretty

Plum Pretty
Sire	Medaglia d'Oro
Grandsire	El Prado
Dam	Liszy
Damsire	A.P. Indy
Sex	Mare
Foaled	March 4, 2008
Country	United States
Color	Bay
Breeder	Silent Indy Stables, LLC & DDS Stables
Owner	Peachtree Stable
Trainer	Bob Baffert
Record	12: 5-2-3
Earnings	$1,688,746
Major wins
Sunland Park Oaks (2011) Kentucky Oaks (2011) Cotillion Stakes (2011) Apple Blossom Handicap (2012)

Plum Pretty (foaled March 4, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

Background

Plum Pretty is a bay mare who was bred in Pennsylvania by Silent Indy Stables and DDS Stables. She is part of the third foal crop of Medaglia d'Oro, a winner of three Grade 1 stakes races, including the 2002 Travers Stakes. Medaglia d'Oro retired to stud in 2005 at the age of six after winning eight of his 17 starts. In addition to siring Plum Pretty, he is also the sire of 2009 Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra, two-time champion Songbird, and 2017 Breeders' Cup Turf winner Talismanic, among other notable horses.

Plum Pretty's dam Liszy, a daughter of 1992 American Horse of the Year A.P. Indy, ran in two races in early 2003 before being retired to become a broodmare. While a poor performer on the racetrack, she sold for $170,000 in January 2008 while carrying Plum Pretty, and had previously been sold in early 2006 while carrying a More Than Ready foal.

Plum Pretty's owners tried to sell her twice as a yearling, but she did not meet her reserve both times. In March of her two-year-old year, she sold for $130,000 to John Fort.

Racing career

Plum Pretty first raced on October 27, 2010 at Hollywood Park Racetrack, winning a maiden special weight race that would be her only start at two years old.

At three, Plum Pretty finished third in both the Las Virgenes Stakes and the Santa Ynez Stakes, before winning the Sunland Park Oaks and Kentucky Oaks.

(info about late 3yo and 4yo campaigns)

Retirement

In November 2012, Plum Pretty was sold for $4.2 million to Whisper Hill Farm as a broodmare prospect. Following the sale, Whisper Hill Farm owner Mandy Pope said that she would be sending the horse to Timber Town Stable near Lexington, Kentucky prior to being bred. Her first foal, a colt by Distorted Humor, was born on February 6, 2014. Later gelded and named Plum Amazing, he did not race until 2019, when he finished fourth in a maiden special weight race at Tampa Bay Downs.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Plum Pretty, bay mare, foaled March 4, 2008

Sire Medaglia d'Oro dark bay or brown 1999	El Prado gr. 1989	Sadler's Wells b. 1981	Northern Dancer
			Fairy Bridge
		Lady Capulet gr. 1974	Sir Ivor
			Cap and Bells
	Cappucino Bay b. 1989	Bailjumper b. 1974	Damascus
			Court Circuit
		Dubbed In ch. 1973	Silent Screen
			Society Singer
Dam Liszy chestnut 2000	A.P. Indy dkb/br. 1989	Seattle Slew dkb/br. 1974	Bold Reasoning
			My Charmer
		Weekend Surprise b. 1980	Secretariat
			Lassie Dear
	Silent Account ch. 1983	Private Account b. 1976	Damascus
			Numbered Account
		Ciao dkb/br. 1974	Silent Screen
			Ave Valeque (Family 8-g)

Plum Pretty is inbred 4x4 to Damascus and Silent Screen, meaning that these stallions each appear twice in the fourth generation of her pedigree.