Awesome Again

Awesome Again
SireDeputy Minister
GrandsireVice Regent
DamPrimal Force
DamsireBlushing Groom
SexStallion
Foaled(1994-03-29)March 29, 1994
Ontario, Canada
DiedDecember 15, 2020(2020-12-15) (aged 26)
Georgetown, Kentucky, U.S.
CountryCanada
ColourBay
BreederFrank Stronach
OwnerStronach Stables
TrainerDavid Hofmans (1997)
Patrick B. Byrne (1998)
Record12: 9–0–2
EarningsUS$4,374,590[1]
Major wins
Jim Dandy Stakes (1997)
Stephen Foster Handicap (1998)
Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap (1998)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1998)
Whitney Handicap (1998)

Canadian Classic Race wins:
Queen's Plate (1997)

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Classic (1998)
Honours
Special Sovereign Award (1998)
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2001)
Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita
Awesome Again Lane Aurora ON

Awesome Again (March 29, 1994 – December 15, 2020) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion. As a three-year-old, he won the Queen's Plate in Canada and the Jim Dandy Stakes in the United States. He was undefeated at age four, scoring his biggest win in the Breeders' Cup Classic after winning the Stephen Foster Handicap, Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap, Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap and Whitney Handicap. He was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2001.

At stud, he was an important sire whose offspring include Ghostzapper, an American Horse of the Year.

  1. ^ "Awesome Again profile". Equibase. Retrieved November 5, 2020.