Beholder (horse)

Beholder
Beholder in the walking ring for the 2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff
Sire	Henny Hughes
Grandsire	Hennessy
Dam	Leslie's Lady
Damsire	Tricky Creek
Sex	Mare
Foaled	May 9, 2010[1]
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Clarkland Farm
Owner	Spendthrift Farm
Trainer	Richard Mandella
Record	26: 18-6-0[2]
Earnings	$6,156,000
Major wins
Santa Ynez Stakes (2013) Las Virgenes Stakes (2013) Santa Anita Oaks (2013) Zenyatta Stakes (2013, 2014, 2015) Santa Lucia Stakes (2014, 2015) Adoration Stakes (2015, 2016) Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (2015) Pacific Classic (2015) Vanity Mile (2016) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2012) Breeders' Cup Distaff (2013, 2016)
Awards
American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly (2012) American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly (2013) American Champion Older Dirt Female Horse (2015, 2016)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (2022) Beholder Mile Stakes

Beholder (foaled May 9, 2010) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and multiple Eclipse Award winner. Her most memorable performance was defeating the champion filly Songbird by a nose in the 2016 Breeders' Cup Distaff. Her other notable wins include the 2012 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, the 2013 Breeders' Cup Distaff and the 2015 Pacific Classic against male horses. She is the first horse since 1976 to win a Grade One race at ages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and one of only two horses to have ever won three Breeders' Cup races. She was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2022, her first year of eligibility.